Year 2 have been enjoying the sunshine this week by making use of the outdoor area. The outdoor area is set up to develop the children's 4Rs. They must show reciprocity through working together in many of the areas, resourcefulness by carefully selecting the resources they need to use, resilience to keep going and adapt their work and finally reflectiveness when thinking what they could do differently next time.
Alongside developing the children's 4Rs, the outdoor area is also set up to support areas of the curriculum. There is a 'times table twister game', a potion lab where recipes require children to measure capacity with precision and the sand pit caters for many castles with moats, towers, drawbridges and portcullis' to be built.
This week the children have been taking ownership of the water area by filling it up themselves and adding potions, paints and bubbles to suit their ideas. In the sand pit, many children have been aspiring to build the 'perfect' castle, ensuring that all the defensive features were included. There has been bug hunts going on, where children have been creating a habit for the creepy crawlies they have found. Children have been testing their mental maths and agility with the 'times table twister game' - each spot on the twister dial is a times table question and the children must match their bodies to the answers on the mat.
Outdoor Learning is an important part of every child's education at Broadford. Alongside developing their 4Rs and curriculum knowledge, it also develops the children's social skills. The staff have thoroughly enjoyed watching the children during their constructive play this week!
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