Today half of the class have been at forest school- truly wild learning! The other half of the class have been working with me looking at the different habitats that invertebrates like, and we have designed suitable bug homes for … Continued
Today we went outside and laid down in the warm sunshine on the astroturf. We watched the clouds scoot by and saw all sorts of birds- including a very brief view of a swallow swooping overhead. A cloud went overhead … Continued
Today we amalgamated our #30DaysWild activity with some computing! We needed to learn about branching databases, so we learned how we can use them to identify the different types of insects and other invertebrates living in our school habitat. We … Continued
Today we had a great surprise when we arrived at school- Mrs Barker had borrowed a moth trap and had left it set up overnight! We had lots of different moths to look at in the trap. The trap works … Continued
Today we spent just 4 minutes picking up litter on the backfield after breaktime. We thought that the field had looked very clean, but actually, we found a lot of small pieces of rubbish. Lots of it was plastic too. … Continued
12th June: Sharing our finds, feather and egg identification There was lots of wildness in Cole Class today! Firstly, half of the class went to forest school this morning, while the other half learnt about the things that all living things … Continued
Today we did a mini wildness search on the backfield, looking for moss, lichen and small flowers. We found lots of daisies, as well as some very interesting lichen. We have enjoyed looking at the lichen under a magnifying glass.
Thursday 7th June: Magnifying! Joe was keen to bring in his small magnifying glass, to have a closer look at some of the natural wonders in our back field. I took photos using an add on lens on the class iPad. … Continued
This year Cole Class are taking part in #30dayswild, and each day we will be carrying out a “random act of wildness”. On this page we’ll be keeping a track of our exploits this week. Monday 4th June: Grass Whistles … Continued
I was very impressed with how well the children danced our maypole dance, especially as we had only had one run-through in the hall beforehand. Although the Barber’s Pole looks like quite a simple dance, there were a number of … Continued