Archive | Gorwood Class
Lunchtime football ⚽️ club
Posted on October 19, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
On Tuesday lunchtimes, Tythecott and Gorwood classes have enjoyed football club. We have been learning passing, shooting and dribbling including different types of turn. We have applied all our skills to play games at the end of each session.
Tag rugby
Posted on October 19, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
Over the half term, Gorwood class have been learning about attacking and defending in tag rugby. We have learnt about the side pass, pop pass and gut pass along with the importance of dodging as well as supporting a team mate who is running for the try line. In addition, we have learnt the rules […]
Electrical knowledge
Posted on October 19, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
In science this week, Gorwood have applied the knowledge they have learnt to make pressure pads to sound a buzzer. Using foil, cardboard, tape and foam along with a battery, wires and a buzzer, each group created a pressure pad to sound a buzzer using the foil to conduct the electricity and complete the circuit […]
Tye dye and leaf printing 20/09
Posted on October 11, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
We explored natural dyes and how we can use them.
Buford wood fun autume ’23
Posted on October 11, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
We had so much fun today. Gorwood learnt how to use a map and compass to explore the woods and answering different questions along the way. They used there team.work to.carry someone on a stretcher around an obstacle course, then we had pancakes and s’mores. They also learnt how to make glue from pine sap […]
Posted on October 11, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
today Gorwood made flowers from leaves, learnt how to light fires with a rope and stick. They so explored the den building area and digging.
Morwhellam Quay – Friday 6th October
Posted on October 9, 2023 | By ehangervsp
We had a fantastic day at Morwhellam Quay on Friday. The children enjoyed having a go at breaking rocks to find copper, going on the mine train and looking round different Victorian houses. It was great to step into history and experience it for ourselves.
Soup and story telling
Posted on September 28, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today we explored storytelling and made tin can soup. They learnt that when we work together and share amazing things can happen. Some also finished off their dye work from last week.
Buckland Brewer Harvest Festival
Posted on September 21, 2023 | By skersey
Today we went to the church for our Harvest Festival and we braved the rain on the way back but had a wonderful celebration. Lovely to receive so many donations of food for the Bideford Harbour Foodbank Charity and to share this with so many parents. Well done to all the children and for […]
Forest school names on our wood cookies
Posted on September 19, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
This week we finished of our wood cookies and had a game of prey and predator and also learnt some more of the songs on the boomwhackers.
Electrical problems
Posted on September 12, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
This afternoon, Gorwood class used different electrical components to investigate how to make a circuit work. Using wires, cells, bulbs, buzzers and switches we tried to get our circuits to work. We learnt that it must be a complete circuit with no breaks to allow the electricity to flow. As well as creating circuits that […]
Introducing our new topic
Posted on September 8, 2023 | By ehangervsp
Yesterday, the children were introduced to our new topic which looks at how life has changed since the industrial revolution. We first watched a clip from the 2012 olympic opening ceremony which focused on the industrial revolution. We then looked at different aspects of Victorian life including communication (making a string telephone), engineering (building a […]
Fencing
Posted on September 8, 2023 | By ehangervsp
On Thursday 7th, Gorwood had a go at fencing. They started with a warm up by running around then stopping as still as possible to practice balancing. They then learnt about the stance and how to hold the foil. Following this they learnt how to move forward, lunge and parry. They practised these skills before […]
Sunny chilled first session.
Posted on September 8, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
We had lots of fun today with making music and learning how to use a bow saw to make wood cookies.
Year 6 Wake Park Treat July 23
Posted on July 23, 2023 | By jrichardsonvsp
We had an amazing day at the Wake Park: the weather was kind and the activities were awesome! What a fabulous way to celebrate the end of primary school for Year 6!
DT Baking session
Posted on July 17, 2023 | By ehangervsp
This morning, Gorwood class had a go at making Devonshire cut rounds as part of our DT project. We followed a recipe and the children added their own personal touch with ingredients like cheese, pesto and herbs. The children had a great time baking and enjoyed eating the finished product.
Tent building and peg whittling
Posted on July 12, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today was so much fun exploring how to work as a team to build a tent. They also worked on their resilience and worked on whittling tent pegs. I also got taught how to use Google lens to find out what we found inside a stick.
Somerset vs Hampshire
Posted on July 10, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
Today, children from across the partnership travelled to Taunton to watch a professional cricket match. There was some cricket until lunch with Somerset losing four wickets. During this time the children had their faces painted and tried out some of their own cricketing skills with bowling and throwing at different targets. At lunchtime, Mr Marks […]
Fire lighting
Posted on July 5, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today Gorwood learnt how to light a fire with a flint and steel. They were all.then saying they were hungry so we were lucky to be spontaneous and cook some campfire apples. Some also played prey and predator again, and some finished off their lanterns from a fee weeks ago. I was so proud of […]
Mini beasts classification
Posted on June 27, 2023 | By cdavieswoolsery
In our science lesson today, we used posters to catch and collect different mini beasts. Searching in the bark of trees, under rocks and logs we found many different creepy crawlies. We took them back to the classroom and using magnifying glasses and classification keys identified what we had found. We found millipedes, worms, spiders, […]