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Reception and Year 3 were amazed to find a selection of pants blowing round the playground this morning. The pants were covered in purple glitter and the children eventually decided that they belonged to some aliens and had come from outer space! We had a busy day doing lots of space and pants themed activities, including writing messages to the aliens, creating some rockets to send the pants back to space and building a brilliant moon buggy. We pegged the pants on the washing line in case the aliens come back for them. Let us know if you see them!
After a great night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast, the children were full of energy and ready for their final activity at Folly Farm.
Heading up into the woods, they were split into two teams and challenged to build the best shelter. Working brilliantly together, they gathered long sticks, discussed different ideas, and carefully planned designs that would keep them dry. Their teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills were on full display throughout the challenge.
To put their shelters to the test, a very short but localised storm arrived, giving everyone the perfect opportunity to find out just how waterproof their creations really were!
Afterwards, we enjoyed lunch around the campfire, where the children toasted marshmallows and reflected on their adventures.
The children have had a fantastic time throughout the trip and have represented the school wonderfully, consistently demonstrating our school values through their enthusiasm, resilience, kindness, and teamwork. We are incredibly proud of them all.
After a good night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast, the children were full of energy and ready to begin their second day at Folly Farm.
The day started with pond dipping, where they discovered a wide variety of fascinating creatures living beneath the water’s surface. After carefully observing their finds, each child selected their three favourite creatures to film, research and create narration for.
They then uploaded their footage and enjoyed learning how to edit their films, adding narration and background music to bring their projects to life. Later, the group set off on a walk to the highest point at Folly Farm, where they were rewarded with stunning views of the surrounding countryside, before making their way back through the beautiful wildflower meadow.
This evening, the children will share their wildlife films, explain why they chose their featured creatures and give thoughtful reviews of one another’s work. To round off another exciting day, they will head into the woods for some games before returning for hot chocolate and biscuits, followed by a well-deserved night’s sleep.
After arriving at Folly Farm, the children began the day with a lesson exploring what makes an effective wildlife film. After watching and discussing a selection of clips, they headed out into the woodland habitat to begin filming.
Working collaboratively in groups, the children collected footage of their chosen creatures and recorded informative voice-overs to accompany their films.
Back in the classroom, they uploaded their footage and narration before editing their work and adding background music.
Although the rain prevented our planned walk to the top of the hill, the children adapted brilliantly, using their senses to capture the sight, sounds and smells of the orchard on video. They then added this footage to their films.
The children have worked incredibly hard throughout the day and are now looking forward to enjoying a well-earned roast chicken dinner before they head out to the woodland again tonight to go badger watching and play games.
Kestrels were investigating turning a solid into a liquid as part of their 'Changing State' topic today. In groups, the children were given chocolate and had to find out which was the quickest way of melting it. They also discovered that if they left their melted chocolate, it turned back into a solid! This investigation created lots of scientific discussion where the children were able to link it back to some of their prior learning.
As part of Kestrels' science topic of 'Changing State', we were investigating the viscosity of different liquids. We took our learning outside to test the 'runniness' of our chosen liquids. The children made some great predictions and were able to plan their investigations using accurate scientific language. A great afternoon of science was had.
