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Forest School update
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Over the past few sessions at Forest School, we have been busy working with sticks. The reason for this was that one of our reception group noticed that a stick on the ground looked like a letter of the alphabet, so the challenge was set to find sticks to match all 26 letters, or make them up. They have also been finding sticks to spell out their names or, for the Nursery children, the first letter of their name.
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Again working with sticks, the Nursery and Year 1 children have been set the task of collecting 10 sticks no thicker than their little finger. This resulted in stick collecting races, with the overall champion stick collector being James Cooke. However, he didn’t realise that there was an ulterior motive for this exercise – we now have a small supply of sticks to light our storm kettle and campfire!
Mar 24, 2004, 20:16
Hatton Country Park visit
Reception and Nurser visited Hatton Country World, near Warwick. We observed ‘new life’ on the farm. There are many other activities to enjoy there: a guinea pig village, falconry display and tractor rides to name a few. The theme for our work in the Reception classroom this half term is ‘Spring: Growth and Change’. This visit supports what we are doing in the curriculum.
Mar 3, 2004, 11:56
St David's Day
Shwmae, Bore da! Llongyfarchiadau! Dydd Gwyl dewi llawen!
On the 1st March we celebrated Dydd Gwyl Dewi. Mr Hughes, who is fondly known as Uncle Hugo joined us for our morning assembly. As the previous deputy head of Hillstone, for some 31 years Mr Hughes is well known to the children.
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Luckily for those who were not familiar with Mr Hughes, he was appropriately attired with a red welsh dragon and ‘Hugo’, clearly visible on his siwmper gwyrdd. He also wore an interesting leek inspired tie from his large collection.
Many of the children were less familiar with Mr Hughes's Welsh roots. He explained the origin of St. David’s Day and the children were fascinated to hear about Britain’s smallest city deep in the Welsh countryside.
Mar 1, 2004, 14:20
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