Term 1 : Year 3

This term, year 3 have havested the vegetables from our allotment area. They cooked a vegetable stew with arborio rice, some herbs and stock and enjoyed eating this on a cold morning. They have also experimented making natural dye out of beetroot, onion and red cabbage. Having shown an interest in the amount of fungi growing naturally in the school grounds, some of the children made spore prints with the mushrooms. We were lucky enough to have some owl pellets donated to us from the local Exporers group and the children were able to disect it and analyse the bones and remains within the pellets. 

Last year during the parents volunteer day, 4 strong knowledgeable people, built 2 compost bins and this term we have been able to collect enough fine quality compost to spread and cover over our allotment area.

The children have also been practicing using the flint and steel to start a fire. The have chosen to build dens, use hammers and nails and clay. 

Year 3 at Earth Class

Term 1: Year 2

This term, Year 2 have been learning to use a variety of different tools safely. They have been looking after the chickens, cooking on the campfire using allotment produce and directing their own learning journeys using their own personal interests.

One of their Earth Class badges is  'habitats' and today we explored animal homes around the school, identified mature trees, pond and hedges as most important habitats. The children then went on to make miniature gardens including a varity of habitats. Some other children wanted to make a bird table, so rolled tyres to elevate it, cut the sunflowers and took out the seeds, poured water in the water table, then sat in the bird hide with binoculars and waited. After waiting quietly and patiently their perseverance was rewarded as a robin and a female blackbird came to visit.

 

Year 2 at Earth Class

Children's voice:

  • "I am blending this to make a colour I can't make." - Belle
  • "I'm making a colourful blue car." - Clara
  • "I was doing hammers and nails and I learnt how to use the claw when the nail is bent and I want to get it out." - Ivy
  • "I used the secateurs to cut stinging nettles. I learnt I have to keep the secateurs by my side when I am walking." - Fia
  • "The curry plant has a strong aroma." - M
  • "The curry plant has a pungent scent." - Abi
  • "The rosemary has a strong scent." - Tennessee
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  • "Hemlock has purple blotches on the stem and it is poisonous. My dad cut some down and it gave him red marks." M
  • "We had to make a bird table so it wasn't tilting." Abi
  • "We was birdwatching and we saw a black bird and a red roblin." Mia
  • "I have made a garden with different habitats." Fia
  • "I made a garden with lots of flowers." Clara
  • "I made little trees for different animals and I made a log pile and a bug hotel." Tennessee
  • "When Mrs Robinson let the chickens out, they all ran really fast so I stood still so they wouldn't bite me." Ivy
  • "I've made a drum kit and when you bang it, it sounds like an actual drum." Joel
  • "I've put two woodlouse in here." Nelson
  • "I made a habitat with Edene and we have left it outside because we want the bugs to enjoy it." Daisy
  • "I liked doing hammer and nails and choosing the beads." Edene
  • "I liked doing the little garden thing. I added mud and leaves and grass." Radi
  • "The great thing about my hammer and nails is picking up the bead and putting it on the wood." Sienna
  • "I put berries in my garden so the bugs can have food." Emma
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  • "We done some weaving and it took us alot of time." Mia
  • First we had to cut some flexible wood and then we had to bend it into a circle and then put a piece of wood through the diameter." M

   

 

 

 

 

 

In September, our school was asked to take part in a promotional video for Wilder Kent Awards. Please take a look at the video!