Frogs- Grounds Week Day 4

Today we went up to the woods and when we got there we made a den for the three little pigs. We collected lots of natural materials to help us. We found some sticks and leaves and used string to hold it altogether.

We worked as a team to build our dens.

We had lots of fun but got very messy!

Frog's Grounds Week Day 2 and 3

 Yesterday we were leaf detectives! We found lots of leaves and we looked at them closely. We identified which trees they were from.  We found leaves from oak, sycamore, birch, ash and rowan trees. In the afternoon we did some leave rubbings and sketching. We found out that leaves have veins.

 Today, we learnt about how animals hibernate during the winter. We played a game where we had to 'squirral' acorns away for the winter... then we had to find them again!

 To help feed the birds during the winter, we made bird feeders to hang in the school grounds. We mixed up lard, nuts and seeds. Then we spooned the mixture into a plastic bottle. Look out for them around school!

Frog's Grounds Week - Day 1

Yesterday we went on a weather walk to look for signs of autumn. We had to use all of our senses. We saw dew glistening on a cobweb. We could feel the cold, crisp air on our faces. We could smell the squishy mud and we could hear the leaves crunching under our feet.

When we came back to class we sketched what we saw. Then we wrote about what we saw.

Here is some of our fantastic work!

Grounds Week - Stickman

We have been enjoying reading 'Stickman' as part of our Julia Donaldson topic!

We went to the woods to find 'the right kind of stick'.

 Once we found our sticks we used them to attach other sticks, lollipop sticks, matchsticks, wool or paper to turn our stick into Stickman or his Stick Lady Love.

And here are what we made....

Can you spot some of Stickman's features on the Stickmen we made?

What would you use for your Stickman or Sticklady?

We had to find the best way of joining the resources as joining Sticks was tricky at times.

We experimented different ways of making legs and arms for the Stickman or Sticklady as well as eyes, mouth and hair.

Do you think we found the right kind of stick?

Where would you take Stickman?

 What would you add to your stick to make Stickman's features?

We used our school 'Secrets of Success' to help us be successful learners when making our Stickmen.

Trying something new, improving, persevering, working hard and using our imaginations!