Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Foraging

3GS and 3LB have been learning about what you can find when foraging in the UK.  For Outdoor Learning Day this year, we went into the woods to see what we could find. We took sheets with pictures of all the plants and nuts that it is possible to find when foraging. 

 Finding an acorn!


Pointing at lots of plants down by the stream.

Thursday, 17 May 2018

UV radation

3HI have been learning about properties and effects of light waves in Science this half term.  For Outdoor Classroom Day this year, we went out in the sunshine to learn about the dangers of UV radiation.  We then made bracelets with UV beads - they change colour when exposed to UV light, helping you to stay safe in the Sun!



Solar oven cooking

As it was Outdoor Classroom Day today, we took advantage of the sunny weather and did some outdoor cooking!  The solar oven has shiny panels to reflect radiation from the Sun into the box.  It gets surprisingly hot!


Our Smores before cooking...


Melting...


They're ready!



3HI enjoying their Smores.

Outdoor Learning Day!

Today is Outdoor learning day so classes have been learning outside in the sunshine!
I have snapped a few sneaky pictures of some of the learning.

Miss Ifould's Group doing some group cohesion games



Miss Waldram and Mrs Ash making use of their solar oven (the smores were delicious!)

Miss Bufton and 3LB reading Kensukes Kingdom

Hula hooping

Monday, 14 May 2018

Readathon - Week 7

Using the magic of maths the readathon results are now worked out fairly for KS3 and KS4. 

Well done to 3GS for winning the readathon cup on Friday!! They read for an average of 20 minutes which is very impressive. 

The full results are below:
1st - 3GS
2nd - 3LB 
3rd - 3HI
4th - 4AW
5th - 3CM
6th - 4CF
7th - Morris House 



The Polygon Allotment


 
The Polygon Allotment
 
 
Now that the weather has changed and Spring is in the air 4AW spent a lesson in the Polygon school allotment. They cleared weeds from around the wishing well and tidied one of the allotment beds.
 
Reece, Ryan and Zack also tidied and replanted the strawberry bed in hopes of a fresh crop of strawberries in the Summer months.


 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, 9 May 2018

The Morris House Garden

Pupils at Morris House initially spent the winter months clearing and preparing the front garden for Southampton in Bloom this summer.


This week, Charlie and Jordan planted various flowering border plants including a lovely selection of colourful pansies that were kindly donated by Sainbury's and Homebase.




They will continue to develop the front border area over the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more updates...