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Wednesday 20 May 2026 Term 5
Sunday 17 May 2026 Elephant Class - DT: Taste testing fruit and vegetables Elephant Class have become smoothie experts over the last few weeks. We all showed a great deal of courage to sample different fruit and vegetables, some of which we had not tried before! This helped us to decide what we wanted to include in our own smoothie recipes. Mini chefs in the making...
Sunday 17 May 2026 Elephant Class - Science: Identifying Plants
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Friday 8 May 2026 Dyeing Delights Today at Forest School, the children explored the wonderful world of natural dyeing as an optional creative activity. Using avocado stones and skins, onion skins, and madder root, they discovered how colours from nature can transform plain cotton bags into unique handmade creations. The children enjoyed watching the different shades develop — from soft pinks and warm yellows to earthy reds — while learning about traditional dyeing methods, their historical connection with the area and the importance of using natural materials. Each bag turned out beautifully different, reflecting both the process and the creativity of its maker. Alongside the dyeing activity, the children continued to enjoy brilliant den building, nordic braiding, and exploring the woodland signs of spring.
Tuesday 5 May 2026 Forest School We had a lovely day at forest school and we're very grateful to our forest school leader Bumblebee and also Rosehip for giving us all such a brilliant day.
Thursday 30 April 2026 The Rare Breeds Centre 2026 Hippo Class had a wonderful day out on our school trip to the Rare Breeds Centre.
Friday 24 April 2026 Dogwood & Whitebeam - A Backdrop of Bluebells Year 6 had a fantastic first week back in the woods, making the most of the beautiful carpet of bluebells surrounding our Forest School site. The children worked together to prepare for the 'Kelly Kettle Challenge' next week by collecting kindling: dead & dry, rulers not reindeers and short and snappy. Yaffle had felled two silver birch and so there was tool skills safely while log splitting. Creativity was everywhere as a big group designed and built their own “tiny town” using natural materials, complete with pathways, shelters, sculptures and imaginative details. Others enjoyed learning Nordic braiding techniques, showing great patience and perseverance as they created colourful woven cords. It was a wonderful start to the term, full of teamwork, creativity, and woodland exploration.
Thursday 23 April 2026 Hippo Class this week We have had a really lovely first week back to school. Our caterpillars have arrived and we are watching them grow and change as we learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. We had lots of fun in PE learning our sports day races and we also loved dancing at our danceathon.
Wednesday 22 April 2026 22.04.26 - Kudus PSHE
Friday 3 April 2026 A Nettle Feast Courage was the order of the day as the children set out to forage for nettles. Having discussed the wonders of the 'Mighty Nettle' and how to be safe and responsible forager, we set off! The children had the choice as to whether or not to forage with or without gloves and whilst there were several stings EVERYBODY was incredibly brave and decided that the sting was actually quite a nice zingy sensation if you 'chose to look at it that way'
Wednesday 1 April 2026 Knight Day and Our New Learning It was brilliant seeing everyone dressed up as knights for our knight day. We had fun making hobby horses and riding them round on the playground. We had a brilliant range of names from Twinkle, Daisy and Sparkle to John, Robert and Jack Dennis! And of course, one was named 6,7. Knight day was a lovely way to conclude our learning on castles and knights. At the end of our knight day, I changed over our learning board, ready for the new term. In term 5 our learning focus will be living and growing. We will start off by reading ‘The very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. On the last day of this term I introduced our new learning. We read the story and watched a little video all about the life cycle. My mum very kindly knitted me the hungry caterpillar resources and created a big knitted caterpillar with all the food he eats so as we go through the story the children can put the food in the caterpillar… and of course w
Wednesday 1 April 2026 Drumming On Friday 27th March we met Ben Jackson who will be teaching us drumming next term. Mr Jackson will be teaching us virtually, on Friday afternoons, in groups of 10. Hippo Class really enjoyed this and really impressed us with their focus. I hope they enjoy it next term too.
Wednesday 1 April 2026 Hippo Class Last Week Here are photos from last week. Hippos had a great time dancing in PE with Mrs Mileham, and also enjoyed Cosmic Yoga in Hippo Class. We completed our maths learning for the term and learnt the sound oi in phonics. Hippo Class have been really creative in their play, and have been drawing castles and building castles with all kinds of resources available within our continuous provision, and they are able to use their knowledge and apply it to their play.
Monday 30 March 2026 Elephant Class - Scooterbility Year 1 were lucky enough to take part in 'Scooterbility' this week. The children had a fantastic time. We learnt all about different ways to keep safe on a scooter. Next, we had a go at travelling in a straight line, then around a cone and we even had a go at using the brake to come to a stop quickly. The final part of the session included trying out some new tricks! We are now all scooting experts!
Sunday 29 March 2026 Geography in Giraffes Class We've been using grid references and contour maps to understand our local area. Later in the term we compared Goudhurst and the UK to South America.
Sunday 29 March 2026 Computing in Giraffes Class This term, we've been learning about programming and creating shapes using 'Logo'
Friday 27 March 2026 Exquisite Eggs Our eggs are finished and they look STUNNING!
Friday 20 March 2026 Eggs & Bones This week we decorated our eggs using wax relief inspired by the beautiful Ukrainian Pysansky Easter eggs and submerged them into our chosen colour red (madder root) or blue (red cabbage). In addition, we learnt a little more about our resident barn owls and learnt about owl pellets. Some of the children decided that they were going to become owl scientists and dissect the pellets to discover what the owls had been eating. This resulted in some huge 'ooooos' and 'aaaaaahs' and a full reconstruction of a vole skeleton. Curiousity and commitment in abundance!
Thursday 19 March 2026 Hippo Class this week We have had such a wonderful week. We enjoyed our vet visit, as well as watching a musical production of The Railway Children. And Mrs Coleman and I have continued to observe lots of engagement from the children with our learning focus ‘Castles and Knights', not only through adult directed learning but through the children's play in child initiated time.
Thursday 19 March 2026 Vet Visit As part of science week, on Wednesday morning, Mr Cameron came to talk to us about what it is like to be a vet. We put animals in size order, learned about their heart beats, learned how to use a stethoscope and how to bandage an animal. We also learned that an elephants heart is is big as a beach ball. And how tiny a rabbits heart is. The children had all sorts of interesting questions to ask him and we loved learning about how science is an important subject if you want to be vet.
Wednesday 18 March 2026 Year 6 DT and Science - Fair Ground Rides throughout the term the children have been designing, building and constructing their own fair ground carousel rides that rotate using a circuit.
Wednesday 18 March 2026 Year 6 World Book Day 2026 Year 6 threw themselves into World Book Day! We created our own biographies of our life, made book marks, enjoyed the interactive world of Harry Potter with an online backstage tour of the hit London show and finally read with Mrs Smajlaj.
Wednesday 18 March 2026 Elephant Class - British Science Week This week Elephant Class were lucky enough to have the chance to become doctors for the day. We enjoyed learning about all the medical equipment that doctors use, had the chance to weigh babies and even apply plasters to poorly patients. We were so inspired and definitely think that we have some future doctors in the making!
Tuesday 17 March 2026 Year 6 - Dance This term Year 6 have been participating in dance in their PE lessons. The children have been focusing on themes and motives and have been choreographing their own routines.
Friday 13 March 2026 Hippo Class this week This week we have continued our learning on castles and knights. The class really engaged with the story ‘The castle the king built' and have really impressed me with their writing as they develop their independence. In child initiated time a group of children built an impressive castle out on blocks and cones, making battlements, a drawbridge, towers and a moat with chalk. They then had a wonderful time in their imaginative play, pretending to be kings, queens and knights, protecting the castle from attack. They did this independently, using their knowledge of castles.
Friday 13 March 2026 PE this week This week we had PE on Monday and Tuesday. We did jumping on both of our lessons.
Friday 6 March 2026 Charcoal, Fairy Fires & Fun This week we used the technique of pyrolysis to create our very own charcoal from willow harvested from the school's willow den in the playground! Then there was plenty of time to draw using our freshly created charcoal sticks. There was also a chance to make some fairy fires so that we could practise our fire-striking skills.
Friday 6 March 2026 Caterpillar Game & an Eggciting Project The birds are busy at the moment. Have you seen them carrying building materials in their beaks? Yesterday, I saw the sweetest long-tailed-tit in my garden with a frothy white feather in her mouth. We discussed how great tit females chose their partners based on how bright yellow his chest is. Did you know that a great tit's yellow plummage is strengthened in colour based on how many greeen caterpillar it eats. The more caterpillars the brighter its chest!! We started our session with a game. The children got into groups and chose the name of a woodland bird for their group: we had cuckoos, robins, long-tits and wrens amongst others. Each group were given a special colour set of caterpillars that they had to find in the woods and off they went!!! We then introduced the group to the traditional art of egg-blowing - this will be step 1 in a special project to create a special Easter keepsake if they wish. It took commitment and courage not to give up.

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