Forest School were very excited this week to be visiting Oxleaze Stables in Filkins. As we drove up to the farm we were able to spot a number of cows and horses in the fields and identify wild flowers by their colour. Josh’s mummy met us as we drove in through the gate and she […]

Celebrating Children’s Day in Japan A short week – but busy! We started off by celebrating Children’s Day in Japan. We talked about where Japan is and how we might get there – some interesting suggestions! We talked about the flying of flagpoles outside people’s homes for this festival with a carp representing each member […]

This week we have been down on the farm and on Monday we literally did that – we walked to Crown Farm to see the sheep and lambs and also saw lots of horses and some big tractors. Mr Badger told us lots about sheep and we even saw him give them all some medicine. […]

A huge thank you to everyone who made and bought cakes for the Ducks/Ducklings and Owlets Cake Stall on Tuesday. We are thrilled to say that the event raised £84.02 -a fantastic amount! Pauline & Sally have already had the brochures out looking for the best way to spend the money! The gel numbers could […]

Welcome back to pre-school, what a lovely time we all had during the Easter break. This week the children have made dragon masks and built a variety of machines including inspiration from one of our books, a dragon machine making use of some big boxes, tubes and packing tape. We have been writing in dragon’s […]

This week we have been looking at spring, seeds and growing. Thank you to all those who remembered to bring a sock in. The children have made grassheads and hopefully they will soon start to grow some hair! The children know that they have to put them in a sunny spot and give them water […]

This week lots of stories were read, mostly a child’s own book from home. On Monday ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ was revisited – lots of recall from the children about what was going to happen next plus continuing the rhyming strings within the narrative. As a treat ‘Gruffalo’ cake was brought in for snack time, it […]

Thank you to everyone who supported our topic and brought in cuddly bears and toys this week. We have had lots of picnics at snack times, which resulted in more shouts of ‘spillage’ than usual! Thanks also for the huge variety of ‘bear’ books that have been brought in – we have enjoyed lots of […]

This week we put on our lab coats and goggles and started some experiments. We saw colour mixing – watching the blue and yellow water travel along the kitchen towel to meet in the middle as green. We also saw a reaction with food colour in milk and added a drop of washing up liquid […]