Year 3 have been learning all about herbs, smelling and tasting them and identifying which herbs can be used for different purposes whether it is in cooking or used in cosmetics.

They have taken lots of cuttings and sown some seeds to see if they can grow more herb plants.

The children have also been learning about soil and all about worms and how valuable they are to the environment. They have had lots of fun constructing their own wormery which they observed over a couple of weeks to see how worms work underneath the ground.

They learnt how to make compost and what could and could not be composted and began their own compost heap.  The plan is to use this compost next year for potting on their cuttings.

The children worked hard raking up the fallen leaves in the garden which we didn’t just throw away.  We have made heaps of the leaves which will turn into leafmould after about 2 years! The children will have to come back when they are in year 5 to see what has happened!

They went on to learn about different structures of soil and because our soil is very heavy clay they were able to use this to model into some lovely creations. We all had very muddy hands at the end of this session!

Year 3 enjoyed lots of games and hot chocolate in their final session of the year and we made a very large 2D sculpture of a Christmas tree.

We couldn't hold our usual Halloween disco this year so instead we held a Halloween fancy dress day in school.  The children's costumes were fantastic and they enjoyed trying to look scary when I went to visit them in class!  Thank you for all the donations, we raised approximately £140 for the PTA - we are saving for new iPads.  

Year 6 went on their Robinwood residential as the rest of the school broke up for half term.  Year 6 were away when Storm Dennis hit the country but even heavy rain and howling winds could not stop our children have an amazing time!  The children faced some difficult challenges to test their physical, social and mental metal. Whether it was throwing themselves off a tower and down the zip wire, conquering the brainteasers of the Knight’s Quest or squeezing through the narrow spaces of the caves our children showed that they truly know how to take on a challenge with an open mind. Everyone came home having managed to overcome some sort of obstacle, which they had previously thought would be impossible!  We were very proud of the children for their attitude and the leaders at Robinwood regularly commented on how impressive their teamwork was as a group.  Hopefully Year 6 will take these life-long memories and skills and use them to overcome the challenges which may face them in the future. Well done Year 6! Here are a few photos from Robinwood to give a flavour of the children did but there are lots more photos available to view on Year 6’s class page.