Acer visit Forest School- Year 2

 To tie in with our topic 'Into the Forest', Acer Tree visited Manor Way's Forest School. We found the witch's cottage, as well as Hansel and Gretel. Whilst we were there we also  learnt about habitats and made our own habitats for local wildlife. 

Year 3 English: Onomatopoeias in the Forest School

For our hook day we went into the Forest School and made shelters to represent a tent. In our model text, the two characters are in a tent and hear lots of noise and sounds but do not know where these sounds are coming from. This increases the suspense and  tension and is a technique we are learning in our writing lessons. 

We pretended to be in a tent and wrote down all the sound words and onomatopoeias that we could hear. We then went back to class and recorded them on our working wall so that we can use them in our writing. 

Year 3 build shelters!

Today, Year 3 headed down to the Forest School on a mission to build the best shelters that they could. The children were given a range of resources to support them in their mission. They used tarpaulins, tyres, bamboo, clips, rope as well as natural resources they could find in the Forest School. The classes compared their shelters and resources to ones from the Stone Age and were able to appreciate the challenge early humans would have faced!

 

Forest School Explorers in Nursery

The children in Nursery enjoyed exploring the Forest School. They went on hunts to find natural objects including leaves and twigs. They then took turns to balance along the climbing apparatus.