Children in the junior room paired up with a senior room buddy to help them with a materials hunt around the school – exploring and investigating the properties and characteristics of different materials.
We took advantage of the lovely weather for some outdoor learning on the beach today. First the children had their daily running practice on the dunes, had a picnic for lunch on the beach and finished with a visual arts lesson on observational drawing.
As part of play the junior room are exploring and developing their STEM skills. Some fabulous creations from earlier this week!
Many thanks to Gordon D’Arcy for facilitating a fantastic field trip along the beach and dunes of our Fanore Beach. The children really enjoyed it and learned so much about their local area. This was funded by the Heritage Keeper’s Programme.
The children explored water safety and how to keep our beach clean today. 
A beautiful day for the children to explore their local seashore as part of the Explorers Education Programme.
The school was fortunate to be chosen as part of the BLAST Arts in Education programme this year. The children have been working with artist Nathalie to create a beautiful mosaic mural. This is also the school’s Heritage Keeper’s project to enhance and celebrate our local heritage.
A sneak peak of the children working hard on their design!
The senior room enjoyed their second workshop with Karen as part of the Calf and Cuckoo programme.
Children in the senior room have been enjoying learning the basics of coding through game based activities.
As part of Engineer’s Week the children in the senior room were tasked with the challenge of designing a paper airplane. Children worked in groups to design and remodel their ideas before having a class competition to see which airplane flew the furthest and which stayed the longest in the air. Future aeronautical engineers in the making!
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