Newsletter: 26th April 2024
Posted on April 26, 2024 | By Mr Cole | Leave a response
London Residential Next Monday, Year 5 will be off the the national Capital for three days of exploring and finding out about how our democracy works and what London is like as a city, as well as enjoying the rides at LegoLand and watching a West End show. We will be blogging our posts of […]
Visitors in Burscott
Posted on April 26, 2024 | By cfarmerwoolsery | Leave a response
This morning JJ brought in some new arrivals to meet us. They were very sweet and the children enjoyed their company.
Fun in the sun
Posted on April 25, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today the class explored the forest school area in the dry sunshine yes we actually had some sun for the first time for one of our session. They had fund den building and working together to explore different ways of building. Some then found fun with water and working out they can pour it down […]
Gods eye crafts and
Posted on April 25, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
This week we were busy planting and digging innthe mud kitchen area. We were also busy making god eyes which are a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn upon a wooden cross. Often several colors are used. They are commonly found in Mexican, Peruvian, and Latin American communities, among […]
Compass and crafts
Posted on April 25, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today we had a very busy session. We were playing a game and learning how to use a compass and map reading. The class also wanted to get crafty with some gods eyes are a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn upon a wooden cross. Often several colors are […]
RNLI came to Buckland Brewer
Posted on April 25, 2024 | By skersey | Leave a response
This afternoon our local RNLI came into school to discuss the different RNLI flags and what they mean. They discussed what to wear to keep safe in and out of the water. Which flag is safe to swim between?
Healthy eating.
Posted on April 25, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
Today in SCARF Cranford and Sunflowers joined together to learn about healthy eating. We talked about why we need to eat, what foods we eat, the different food groups and how that helps our bodies work. Then we made a banana smoothy, strawberry smoothy and a smoothy made with both strawberries and bananas. At the […]
Bugs, bugs and more bugs!
Posted on April 24, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In forest school this week we went on a search for minibeasts. We made a list of the bugs we found for our writing. Today we started to design our own bug ready for us to find some interesting facts about it. Then hopefully we will be on the BBC like David Attenborough. Using our […]
A Fun Visit from Story Bears
Posted on April 24, 2024 | By soyarzabal | 1 response
Sunflowers enjoyed a fun visit from Story Bears. We joined in with singing and played musical instruments. We played the musical instruments slowly, fast, loudly and quietly. Sunflowers also performed the action song “Hop Little Bunnies Hop, Hop, Hop”. We then acted out the story – we moved fast like the hare and slowly like […]
Fossils
Posted on April 23, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
Today we learnt all about fossils. Sir David loved to search out fossils in his younger days. We found out animals and insects can make fossils but also plants can make fossils. We learnt how they are formed. The animal dies, they are then covered in mud and over 1000’s of years more mud/sand covers […]
A Super Start to the Summer Term
Posted on April 22, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision, we have had a great time playing to learn at the water tray. It has been fun filling jugs and watering cans with water and then pouring into tubes and down pipes. All these activities help develop our gross motor skills. We communicated with each other to find the best way to […]
Newsletter: 19th April 2024
Posted on April 19, 2024 | By Mr Cole | Leave a response
Welcome Back! I hope you had a lovely Easter holidays and, despite the start of the summer term feeling more like winter, everyone is ready for an exciting four months! We have lots going on this term (see the list at the bottom of the Newsletter!), from residentials to trips out, exciting topics to learn […]
Stroxworthy mark making
Posted on April 18, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery | Leave a response
Using painting and sewing skills to create a piece of art on fabric, design inspired by Alice Kettle and Hannah Rae.
Parkham Mini Marathon
Posted on April 17, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today all the pupils braved the cold and the wind as they took on the mini marathon challenge. Before Easter, all the classes practised running 12 laps of the playground culminating in today’s challenge to run 2.6 miles, a tenth of a marathon. Everyone showed superb determination and challenged themselves to go as far as […]
Buckland Brewer Mini Marathon
Posted on April 16, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today, we took part in the London mini marathon. Before Easter all the classes had been improving their fitness trying to run 12 laps a day of the playground which is equivalent to 2.6 miles a week, the equivalent of a mini marathon (a tenth of the distance of a full marathon). The children were […]
Sir David Attenborough
Posted on April 16, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
We are learning about David Attenborough as an inspirational person for our history. We learnt that it was this dream to go and see the animals in their habitat rather than bringing them into the BBC production studio. We found out that David grew up in Leicester with his two brothers. HIs father was […]
Science in the Poly
Posted on April 16, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today we were planting and the children were discussing what makes plants grow. This led to a further discussion about what would happen if we gave plants different liquids. So they all decided to do an experiment with lettuce seeds. They broke off into four groups and each group have a different liquid to water […]
Spring time planting.
Posted on April 16, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today we were lucky to have Jack from Birch Farm come for a visit at school today. He helped the class plant up some beds with different vegetable like turnips, radishes and spinach. He discussed with the children what plants needs to grow, showed them how to sow, plant and water the seeds. He will […]
Woolsery Mini marathon
Posted on April 15, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today, we just about managed to dodge the wind and rain to take part in the London mini marathon. Before Easter all the classes were improving their fitness trying to run 12 laps a day which is equivalent to 2.6 miles a week, the equivalent of a mini marathon (a tenth of the distance of […]
Reading recommendations
Posted on March 28, 2024 | By jrichardsonvsp | Leave a response
During the past few weeks, we have been sharing ideas for good books linked to the letter A. Here are some of our suggestions: Lyla says Animal Tales by Michael Morpurgo is perfect for children aged 9-11, who like short stories and love animals. There are great pictures too! Leo recommends The Amazing Story of […]