Archive | Foxdown Class
Snow Day!
Posted on November 21, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
Today was very exciting. Foxdown loved exploring in the snow we made snowmen and other sculptures with moulds. They’re learning then evolved to a science experiment. One little child asked the question ‘ what would make snow melt quicker hot water or cold water?’ So that’s exactly what we did and timed each snowball melting. […]
Posted on November 19, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
We had fun drawing trees and using the new palm drills to make holes I’m the paper fornthe leaves.
Burford in the Autumn
Posted on November 8, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
This week Foxdown went to Burford woods. They were amazing at handling the terrain, as it was very wet and sticky mud. They showed resilience when tackling the mud. They were creative with den building. The team work was amazing when they had to explain to each other how and where to go on the […]
An Author Visit
Posted on September 27, 2024 | By lmccannvsp
On Wednesday, John Towsend an author came to visit Years 1 2 and 3. He shared some animals facts from his books with us. We found out that although a polar bear’s fur is white its skin is black. This helps the polar bear absorb the heat from the sun and stay warm. He also […]
Author visit – John Townsend
Posted on September 25, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp
Today, we were visited by the amazing author, John Townsend. He bought a wide variety of his books to share with the children. John was very entertaining and engaging with his questions, accents, singing, sound effects machine and a puppet called Roderick. All the children shared their knowledge and facts about different animals and evaporation, […]
How to we keep our teeth healthy?
Posted on September 13, 2024 | By lmccannvsp
Today, Foxdown learnt about how we keep our teeth healthy. We spoke about how we brush our teeth correctly and how often we should brush them. We also spoke what it is like to visit the dentist. Year One then thought about which foods and drinks are healthy for our teeth and which are unhealthy. […]
A visit from the Dog’s Trust
Posted on September 9, 2024 | By lmccannvsp
Dog’s Trust Visit September 9th 2024 Today, Emily from the Dog’s Trust came to visit our school. In our workshop we learnt to understand how a dog feels at different times and how we should behave, for example at mealtimes or when they are sleeping. We learnt how important it is to think about […]
Yay it’s our first day!
Posted on September 4, 2024 | By soyarzabal
Yesterday our children came in happily with lovely smiles. They had fun exploring with their friends and had a super day back together again. It’s lovely to be back!
Foxdowns Burford woods summer ’24
Posted on July 18, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today was amazing all round with glorious weather. They had fun exploring with secret maps, going on a scavenger hunt and climbing bridges blindfolded. We had s’mores, hot chocolate and lots and lots of mud!!! They also got lose with my phone tontake photos and i was told i had to post all of them!!!!
Making rainbows – Our Skittles experiment
Posted on July 1, 2024 | By lmccannvsp
This morning we made a rainbow with Skittles as part of Science week! First we placed the Skittles around the edge of two plates. On one the Skittles went all the way around and on the other we had a gap in between. Then we added warm water to the plates and watched. We noticed […]
Natural painting and rain
Posted on June 20, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
In forest school we did some natural painting with mud and leaves. We then had a challenge where they had to get water from one end to the other without moving from one side. They did it and did it as a team.
Bugs, stickman, hand drills
Posted on June 20, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today for once we actually had the sun shining down on our forest school session. We had a really good discussion about risks a d how as they get older they need to start doing their own risk assessments when it comes to tasks. They were so sensible talking about how tree climbing is a […]
Professional athlete at Parkham School
Posted on June 17, 2024 | By skersey
Orleigh, Tythecott from Buckland Brewer School travelled to Parkham School to take part in the visit from David Hill a professional athlete with Goldworthy, Melbury and Foxdown. We each participated in a training exercise and then we listened to David’s inspiring story of his life with a Q & A. What an inspirational man!
Foxdown released their class butterflies
Posted on May 20, 2024 | By lmccannvsp
Foxdown have really enjoyed watching the lifecycle of caterpillars and butterflies. The caterpillars came to us super small. They ate their food for a while before they turned into chrysalises. We waited about two weeks before watching them emerge. We were super lucky that four out of five hatched while we were at school. We […]
Crafty piggies
Posted on February 1, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today we had a visit from Horace, Boris and Percy and foxdown had to make a potion to make them big again!. We had fun bird watching and making bird feeders, making trees with ours hands and feet and woodland scene pictures from items they could find in our forest school area.
The third little pig and potions
Posted on January 29, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Last week in forest school we had a visit from the three little pigs but unfortunately the wolf left a magic potion around that he got from Alice in wonderland so Percy and his brick had shrunk!!!! We also explored clay modeling with natural materials
A visit from one of the three little pigs
Posted on January 24, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today foxdown were surprised when they had a letter from one of the pigs asking for help with his stick house. They’re a bit worried now that next week we will get a visit from the final pig to build his brick house!!!!!
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
ice drilling was fun today as well as leaf rubbing. We also had a visit from the first little pig he had left Foxdown some straw so they could help him build his house. They did a great job.
Real Gym
Posted on January 14, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp
In Foxdown this week, we have been developing our physical skills and learning how to take off and land with control and thinking about our body position during flight.
Christingle Service at Parkham~ 11th January 2024
Posted on January 12, 2024 | By dmarksvsp
The children from Parkham Primary School went to St James’ Church on Thursday to celebrate Christingle with Rev Jane. Here are some photos: