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Treasure Hunt
In their Geography lessons this term, Prep 2 have been learning about direction. The Children were challenged to draw a treasure map and used compass points to find their hidden treasure. The class had great fun swapping maps to find the treasure!
St Christopher’s Conker Championships
It’s that time of year again when the Children get to take part in the Conker Competition. A little different this year as the Children have had to compete in their “bubbles!”.
Plastic Free Schools
We are excited to introduce our ‘Plastic Free Schools Action Group’. Lowenna, Seren, Rosie and Erin will be working with ‘Surfers against sewage’ and supporting our school this year to become plastic free. We will be updating you regularly with information on our progress starting with Prep 5 and 6 completing a litter pick this…
Fossils!
After learning about Mary Anning in our history lessons, Prep 1 were inspired to make fossils last week. We pressed dinosaur toys into play dough to make an impression, then used plaster of Paris to create our fossils, it was great fun if not slightly messy!!!
Learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot
This week the whole school have learnt about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. Prep 4 went to the woodland area to build Sukkah’s.
Prep 2 Yoga
What better way to end a very wet day than a yoga session. So good for our wellbeing! Thank you Buckfast for the Take 5 Festival Prep 2 really enjoyed it.
Labyrinths
Today prep 5 took part in Buckfast Abbey’s Take 5 online festival. The children drew and walked labyrinths having thankful reflections. The children fed back that they found it calming to walk a labyrinth.
Hand Puppets
In their After School Activities this week Prep 3 have been working on making hand puppets. They took plenty of concentration and good hand eye co-ordination. The tasks proved rather tricky for some, but we all got there in the end! Good perseverance P3.
Doing the Labyrinth Walk in the Early Years
The early years are very excited to be reporting on More Take 5 adventures. Today we made a large Labyrinth in the classroom. We were hoping to be outside however the weather had different ideas! We worked as a team to make our Labyrinth using yarn, conkers, acorns and fir cones. This week we have…
Mindfulness Colouring
Doing some mindfulness colouring….what better way to end a busy School day. All part of the Buckfast Abbey #take5 festival.
