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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 […]
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?
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 […]
Last session of the year.
Posted on March 27, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
The year two’s had a great last session today with cooking campfire pizza, Easter damper bread and of course s’mores. They all showed team work working together together the cooking done. They also showed some great sharing skills helping each other overcome some problem solving. Lastly what amazing resilience with the weather what a difference […]
Easter visit to the Church
Posted on March 22, 2024 | By cpenningtonvsp | Leave a response
The whole school visited Buckland Brewer Chapel and Chapel to hear about the story of Easter starting from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. The children went into groups and experienced a variety of activities linked to Easter with an Easter egg hunt at the end. Thank you for everyone involved and our candle now has […]
Little people came to visit
Posted on March 21, 2024 | By skersey | Leave a response
Little people had come into the Forest School area and left a surprise for Tythecott class. Using our gift we made friendship bracelets with our partner. As a reward to the little people we made them some shelters (including swimming pools and swings!) After a quick game of one breath dragon game we gathered daisies […]
Bikeability
Posted on March 21, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
A huge well done to all the year 5s and 6s who took part and completed the Bikeability course over the last couple of days. Starting on the playground demonstrating your skills before progressing onto the roads to learn about how to ride on the roads safely using the correct hand signals and where to […]
Northam caretrust visit
Posted on March 18, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
On Friday a small group of children went to Northam caretrust in Bideford they had a lot of fun replanting daffodils and digging a flat area for there nee shed for their gardening tools. We had a lovely lunch and then enjoyed a chilled out time in their sensory room. We were lucky to have […]
Computing
Posted on March 15, 2024 | By cpenningtonvsp | Leave a response
This half term, they have loved creating images of mountains in Keynote. We have then inputed the image into AR Portal to create 360 images.
Red Nose Day
Posted on March 15, 2024 | By cpenningtonvsp | Leave a response
Tythecott enjoyed dressing up in red today.
Open the Book
Posted on March 14, 2024 | By cpenningtonvsp | Leave a response
Today Open the Book team read the story Praying for Peter. Peter was locked in jail by King Herald. John Mark and others were praying for Peter’s release. God sent an Angel to free him. We had some children help with the performance.
Charcoal pencils
Posted on March 13, 2024 | By skersey | Leave a response
Tythecott class learnt how to use charcoal to make charcoal pencils to write with. We improved our knot skills and kept warm with hot chocolate. Ask them what their favourite part of the afternoon was…..
Water resistance
Posted on March 13, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
In science yesterday, we explored which shapes resulted in less water resistance when sinking in a container. We moulded plasticine into different shapes and timed how long it took to sink to the bottom. We timed it three times and took an average before analysing our results. We found that flat round shapes took longer […]
Planting trees at the church
Posted on March 8, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Last week we were asked vy the churchbto go help plant some apple trees at the front of the church. It was wet and windy but they all enjoyed themselves being part of something that’s going to last for years.
Posted on March 8, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today we planted our orchard with trees from The Tree Council. Some very excited children can’t wait to have fruit from them and make jam or crumbles.
Tennis
Posted on March 8, 2024 | By cpenningtonvsp | Leave a response
Tythecott and Orleigh have had a great session with Tom as part of tennis super week. They tried some skills and played games. They have all been invited to a free tennis party this weekend. Please see their invites for more details.
Gymnastics in a different hall with different equipment
Posted on March 7, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
On Tuesday afternoon, we went over to Parkham and used Allardice Hall for a final gymnastics lesson of the topic. Using the skills learnt in out floor work, we transferred these skills onto wall bars and challenged ourselves to try new things. We thought about the 5 gymnastic shapes and tried to use them on […]
Buckland Brewer World Book Day
Posted on March 7, 2024 | By skersey | Leave a response
Buckland Brewer whole school (even Mrs Kersey) wrapped a book, thought of some clues and brought some props. Gorwood photos to follow…… Can you guess our books?
Fossil hunting
Posted on March 7, 2024 | By skersey | Leave a response
Tythecott class made their own fossils out of salt dough using organic materials found in the Forest School area. They then went on a dinosaur hunt……… I wonder what they discovered?
Force metres and friction
Posted on March 5, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today in science we investigated friction. Using force metres to measure the amount of friction created, we explored which surfaces created the most and least friction by dragging a kilogram weight across different surfaces to find out. We found that sandpaper, carpet and bubble wrap created the most friction whilst paper and cardboard created the […]