Outdoor Learning Y1.2
Week ending 6th December
The children have begun to use resources outside to make Christmas decorations. This week, they made reindeers using leaves and sticks.
Week ending 15th November
The children completed their two week project this week learning about Guy Fawkes, why people celebrate bonfire night and bonfire safety. Inspired by this information and the wonderful autumnal leaves, they have made bonfire pictures using natural resources.
Week ending 18th October
The children have really made the most of outside learning this week and have been incredibly busy! They began the week by making the most of the puddles to investigate floating and sinking. They made predictions first, before testing out different items and recording the result. They also finished their designed vases by adding foraged items and used recycled materials to create some art.
Week ending 11th October
This week, the children got their wellies on and went exploring on the field to find out what was still growing, using their sense of smell to investigate some of the herbs and flowers.
Week ending 4th October
This week the children have taken rubbings of different textures in the outside area. They have also been weaving and have added texture with different natural materials.
To bring some maths outside, they used natural materials to create graphs and charts. The Year 1’s also practised their name writing with brushes and water.
Week ending 27th September
Again, the children have loved experiencing outdoor learning this week. On Thursday, they got stuck into our Groundforce morning with such determination. They did an amazing job weeding our sensory garden to get it ready for us to make the area a calming space to be.
Week ending 20th September
This week, the children have been season spotting outside and have made some fantastic observations that show them autumn is on the way.
They have also learnt about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and created some wonderful outside art inspired by his work.
Thursday 5th September
Today was our 'Ground Force' day. Children spent time outside working on our school grounds - we were able to incorporate some of our Diamond Learning Goals during the session.
It is our aim for children to spend time outside each week - this might be respecting our grounds and maintaining an aesthetic look or curriculum learning that builds on subjects taught in class.