Beech Class Forest School

Beech Class Forest School

This week at Forest School, the children explored nature using their senses. We discussed the five main senses, focusing on touch and sight.

The children enjoyed a “feely bag” activity, using their hands to describe and guess natural objects such as conkers and feathers, using words like smooth, bumpy, hard, and soft. They also used binoculars to look for birds and made simple bird feeders by threading cereal onto pipe cleaners.

To further explore touch, the children took part in a barefoot trail, walking on materials like sand, leaves, sticks, and water. They described the sensations using words such as soft, cold, itchy, and sharp. Many children really enjoyed this sensory experience.

Year 1; Certificates: Friday 1st May 2026

 

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Walnut

E for Excellence: Layla

Star Writer: Damir

Reflectiveness: Mia

Beech

E for Excellence: Leon

Star Writer: Ziyon

Trackers: Prisha, Leonor

Teacher Happy: Chynna

Apricot

E for Excellence: Nirgun

Star Writer: Nathan

Reflectiveness: Leighton

Year 1: What We Are Learning

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

In Art this week, we have been diving into the fluid and

experimental world of watercolour. The children have been

exploring how paint behaves when it meets water,

discovering that art can sometimes be a series of

"happy accidents".The children experimented with

several professional techniques:

Wet on Dry: Painting onto dry paper

for sharp, controlled marks.Wet on Wet: Dropping paint onto damp paper

to watch the colours bleed and bloom.

We have looked at the work of professional artists

Paul Klee and Emma Burleigh. By discussing

their styles, the children learned how artists use watercolour to

express feelings and tell stories, which they then applied

to their own explorations.

This week in maths we have been focusing on halves and quarters through engaging and practical activities! We started with some paper folding and cutting to master the art of making two equal halves. Next we used playdough to introduce quarters to the children, as they found different ways to cut the playdough shapes into 4 equal parts. This allowed the children to investigate various methods of partitioning. Next we will move onto finding a half and a quarter of a quantity! 

In History this week, we learned about why the World Wide Web is important and how it helps us find information quickly. We tried different ways to find answers like using books, iPads and asking an adult or a friend. We talked about what was easy or tricky and discovered that iPads can be the quickest way to find information while books and asking others can also be helpful but be more challenging and time consuming.

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!

Year 2 - Learning Blog

                                                        

A very creative week for Year 2, as the children have been completing performances while reciting poetry. They have been learning about the different features of a poem, and this week the focus was on repeated phrases. The children also followed the rhythm of the poem by clapping and speaking in time with one another.

We experienced some fantastic performances, and the children came up with some fabulous movements to accompany their poems. A wonderful lesson enjoyed by all.

Here are some examples of repeated phases poems. Enjoy!

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly:

OH Dear:

Year 2 Certificates - 1.5.26

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Mulberry 

 E for Excellence: Darcy-Leigh

Star Writer: Ethan

Reflectiveness: Arya

Resourcefulness: Montana

Resilience: Zara

Reciprocity:Alice 

Pine

E for Excellence: Kotryna

Star Writer: Mason H

Resilience: Tayo

Resourcefulness: Teodor

Reciprocity: Sienna-Rae

Reflectiveness: Medina

Rowan

E for Excellence: Sadhana

Star Writer: Sriyan

Resilience: Andrei

Reflective: Zach and Romil

Teacher Happy: Zenaya

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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.

 

Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others. 

Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.