We had lots of fun making natural playdoh at forest school today. We foraged for blackberries to mix into our doh then explored the textures.

This week we have been rolling tyres to increase our shoulder stability, observing how the water changes the colour of the bark on the trees and fining out which group of objects have fewer or more.

We have been learning how to chop wood using an axe and mallet safely in preparation for cooking on the fire.

In our literacy we have been drawing our bodies and our families so we decided to make them using natural objects at forest school.

Thank you to the year 5 and 6’s for coming down and reading to us. The children loved it.

The year 3’s made bows and arrows finding the correct sticks to make the bows.

We have been trying our juicy apples, counting natural objects and working on our gross motor skills today.

The year 4 children made bows and arrows. They were able to find appropriate sticks to fit the job of bow then another for an arrow.

The year 2 children were able to pick some juicy apples from our trees. They also cut disks of wood using a hand saw supported to make forest school necklaces.

Today in forest schools, we looked at the season. We explored different colours of leaves and how the fruit trees have changed since our last visit.

We were very lucky to have an author visit from Julia Donaldson! She showed us her new book, Gruffalo Granny!

Some of our fabulous year 6 children have had a special visit to the Rotherham Minster this afternoon; they performed their opera song from The Magic Flute which we sang last year in school. Over 100 children visited the event to raise money for a sculpture to be built right here in Kimberworth. It was a fabulous celebration of the amazing and cultural activities that are happening in and around Rotherham in our schools!

We have had an amazing 1st day back at school today. Look at all the amazing things we have been doing.

We all enjoyed an ice lolly together in this hot weather. Thank you Mrs Logan for the lovely treat.

The year 5/6 children were amazing searching for and identifying all different types of flora and fauna in our forest school area today.

We have been using the traditional Japanese technique to transfer natural objects on to paper using a hammer.

We have been practicing our skill of pushing and gliding on the bikes. We are getting good at balancing on our bikes.

The EYFS children have been learning all about water safety this afternoon. We know we need to hold hand and take 2 steps back.