Discoverers
2023-2024
Summer 1
24th April 2024
Today we read a story that Mrs Abbott had given to us about hedgehogs. We remembered lots of information that Sue and Sally told us last week and could even remember that a hedgehogs nest is a hibernaculum! We played a game of 'Worm, Worm, Hedgehog!'
17th April 2024
Today we had a visit from Sue and Sally from Hog Manor who came to talk to us about the hedgehogs they rescue. They showed us how to make a hibernaculum from natural materials and showed us a real life hedgehog spine that we felt to see how sharp it was.
Spring 2
6th March 2024
Today Discoverers told tales about the cardigan monster that lives under the tree house and we used our ‘belief binoculars’ to find it. We shared tales around the fire circle and played a new game called ‘pop’ which involves naming different native flora and fauna.
28th February 2024
This week we learnt about how important bees are to the environment and made our own little bees using Alder seeds, yellow thread and tissue paper for the wings.
Spring 1
7th February 2024
Today the weather was finally good enough to carry out the Big Schools Birdwatch. We found a quiet spot around our site and counted all the birds we saw. We even saw a lapwing which is on the conservation list as a threatened species.
24th January 2024
We had intended to carry out the Big Schools Birdwatch today, however 39mph winds meant that it wasn’t really Birding weather. We decided to utilise the time by refilling our bird feeders and we played a new game called ‘Roosting Starlings’.
17th January 2024
Today we made bird feeders spreading fat onto empty toilet roll tubes and rolling them in bird seed. We are trying to encourage the birds to come ready for our RSPB big bird count next week.
10th January 2024
Today Hetty Hedgehog came to us telling us that her home had been destroyed in the recent storms and asked that the children make her a new one. We had a think about the sort of things she might need in a home. The children told Mrs Powell that Hetty should be hibernating and that she is nocturnal and should not be out during the day. They said that she would need a safe and secure home that was insulated, waterproof and windproof.
We also looked at a skull of a rabbit from a skeleton that year 6 found on the field. The children were fascinated to see what it looked like.
Autumn 2
1st November 2023
Discoverers were able to choose from making a wreath or making clothes for a peg doll using found natural materials. They produced some really lovely items and some great looking characters.
Autumn 1
18th October 2023
We read the story Leaf Man and went off to see if we could find our own Leaf Man. Some children made a self portrait using things they found around our school site.
11th October 2023
It was a wet drizzly day today. We stayed in the hall and made conker comets using our found conkers and crepe paper streamers. Then we raced them to see who could get them to go the farthest.
Slow motion video of our conker comets in action.
4th October 2023
Discoverers ground down “stones” to make Stoneage paints today and created their own cave paintings using what they had created. They used straws to blow the paint over their hands and used their fingers and hands to make other marks.
27th September 2023
We made flipper flappers today that spin in the wind. The children loved making them spin as they ran around the field.
20th September 2023
Discoverers went to Hopwood woods as part of their learning on the Stoneage. See the class page for more information on what they got up to.
13th September 2023
For our first Forest School session we reviewed the Forest School rules and played our favourite Forest School game 'Squirrels Scamper'. We also sang a new Forest School song.