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• 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.
• Friday 6 March 2026 Kudus World Book Day - 06.03.26
• Friday 6 March 2026 World Book Day We loved celebrating world book day. Don't they all look amazing!
• Thursday 5 March 2026 Hippo Class this week The week has flown by! This week we learnt ‘er' in phonics and continued our learning with number bonds to 10 in maths.
• Friday 27 February 2026 Brimstones & Orange Tips - Back & Loving the Mud Watch this week's videos to see what a WONDERFUL first week we had.
• Friday 27 February 2026 Hippo Class this week What a lovely start to term. We had some sunshine and it felt like Spring is on it's way.
• Sunday 15 February 2026 Science in Giraffes Class - states of matter We've been learning about solids, liquids and gases. We've investigated freezing, melting and the water cycle.
• Friday 13 February 2026 Gymnastics in Giraffes This term, Giraffes class have been learning how to travel, balance and jump.
• Wednesday 11 February 2026 Kudus Science Experiment
• Thursday 5 February 2026 Kudus PE
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Elephants Class - Computing: Programming Robots
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Elephants Class - Maths: Number Bonds
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Elephants Class - PSHE: SCARF Workshop
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Elephants Class - DT: Freestanding Structures
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Elephants Class - English: Lost in the Toy Museum
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Kudus Re - Humanism
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 27.01.26 Kudus Life Space Visit!
• Thursday 22 January 2026 Hippo Class this week We have had a lovely week. The children are really beginning to develop their independence and interest to write in child initiated time.
• Friday 16 January 2026 Holly & Chestnut - Getting into the swing of things Wednesday brought bright, blue skies quickly burning off a milky mist and frosty breath billowing like dragon's breath out of our warm mouths. In contrast, Thursday's grey gloom was harmonised by a melody of raindrops on different woodland instruments.
• Thursday 15 January 2026 Hippo Class this week Hippo Class have really embraced our learning on Space and have engaged well with our story ‘meet the planets'. They have been writing about rockets as well as learning the dwarf planets song.
• Thursday 15 January 2026 Kudus DT - Food Tasting
• Thursday 15 January 2026 Computing - Stop Motion Animation Leopards have been developing their skills in producing their own animation using stop motion.
• Friday 9 January 2026 Hippo Class this week We have had a really lovely first week back to term 3. Everyone has engaged really well with their learning and it has been wonderful to catch up with them and hear their news.
• Friday 9 January 2026 Hippo Class- Rockets! This term we are learning about Space, and our story of the week was ‘Whatever Next', all about a bear who finds a rocket and flies it to the moon. We have loved building rockets this week, I am very impressed with everyone's creations!
• Friday 9 January 2026 Hippo Class- PE We had lots of fun in PE on Monday and Tuesday this week.
• Wednesday 7 January 2026 Kudus PE - Large Apparatus
• Friday 19 December 2025 PE in Giraffes Class
• Thursday 18 December 2025 Hippo Class - Merry Christmas! Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks. Sorry there aren't more! The last couple of weeks of term are so busy with the nativity performances and the pantomime trip as well as all our end of term commitment's that I've barely found a moment to pick up the tablet. But what a lovely couple of weeks we have had.
• Friday 12 December 2025 Roman Day in Giraffes Classs Today we enjoyed making Roman bread, hunting for Roman numerals, building arches out of sugar cubes, making clay busts and dressing up!
• Friday 12 December 2025 12.12.25 Kudus Drumming Performance!
• Friday 5 December 2025 Sparkling Shells & Rainy Days Birch Group were blessed with crisp blue skies to explore pewter casting, using natural shells pressed into clay to create detailed moulds. With care and curiosity, they watched the molten pewter flow into the casts, revealing beautiful shell impressions once cooled. A calm, focused session that blended nature, craftsmanship, and wonder.
• Thursday 4 December 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a busy week preparing for our nativity performances next week, and this included our first dress rehearsal!
• Thursday 4 December 2025 Christmas Market - 29th November 2025 We would like to extend a massive thankyou to all our PTFA reps and parents, for their sterling effort over the last few weeks, culminating in the Christmas Market. For helping, donating and simply being wonderful and sharing the load.
• Saturday 29 November 2025 Christmas Market - 29th November 2025 Outside stall holders
• Saturday 29 November 2025 Christmas Market - 29th November 2025 Dragon Den - Year 6
• Friday 28 November 2025 Sweet Jar Competition 2025 Thank you for the amazing entries to the sweet jar competition. There was some incredibly creative and unique designs this year. We were very impressed!
• Thursday 27 November 2025 Hippo Class This Week This week we had fun meeting farmers William and Penny (Rosehip from forest school) and learning all about what it is like to be a farmer. As you can see, they kindly brought one of their tractors with them and we all enjoyed having a turn sitting in the tractor. We are so grateful for them to take the time to come and see us, it really brought our topic ‘people who help us' to life.
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Hippo Class this week This week has flown by and we certainly enjoyed the snow, even if it only lasted half an hour!
• Wednesday 19 November 2025 Wealden Partnership Netball 2025
• Wednesday 19 November 2025 Wealden Partnership Under 8s Hockey
• Wednesday 19 November 2025 Rawlinson Run 2025
• Tuesday 18 November 2025 18.11.25 Kudus English
• Sunday 16 November 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a great week in Hippo Class. All the children worked really hard on their writing about poppies and engaged well with their maths learning of one more. Next week we will learn about one less.
• Friday 14 November 2025 Quiz Night - 14th November 2025 Quiz Night
• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Elephant Class visit to Cranbrook Musuem Visit linked to our humanities unit on the history of toys
• Monday 10 November 2025 Hippo Class last week Here are photos from last week!
• Friday 7 November 2025 Birch & Elder - Autumn Awe What a joy it was to step back into the woods with Year 5 this week. Autumn has arrived in full colour, and the forest floor greeted us with a soft carpet of leaves.
• Tuesday 4 November 2025 Kudus Drumming - Music
• Friday 31 October 2025 This week in Leopards. We have been learning how to correctly hold a hockey stick, dribble around cones and complete a push pass.
• Thursday 30 October 2025 School Disco - 30th October 2025 School Disco
• Thursday 30 October 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a lovely first week back! This week we have explored 3D shapes in maths, learnt new sounds in phonics (f, ff, l, ll, ss) as well as developing our skills with segmenting and blending and letter formation. On Monday afternoon in PE we started our new unit on ‘target' and practiced throwing and catching. On Tuesday afternoon in PSHE we discussed what makes us special and on Wednesday we focused on our topic ‘people who help us' as well as talking about fireworks which will be our writing focus next week. The children have really engaged with our story of the week ‘a superhero like you' by Dr Ranj and enjoyed sharing what jobs their grown ups do.
• Thursday 30 October 2025 30.10.25 Kudus English
• Friday 17 October 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a brilliant last week of term! And we thoroughly enjoyed our time with our buddies this afternoon, watching the magician and spending time outside afterwards.
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Stone Age Day Leopards 2025
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Kudus News - 15.10.25
• Friday 10 October 2025 Bone Detectives, Caterpillar Creators & Firey Dragons This week at Forest School was packed with hands-on activites
• Friday 10 October 2025 Hippo Class this week This week we have loved learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin and today we explored real pumpkins. We will continue reading our story pumpkin Jack and learning about the life cycle through the seasons.
• Thursday 9 October 2025 Curiosity Kitchen On Thursday, Giraffes class were lucky enough to take part in our competition prize! We met two professional athletes who spent time with us, exercising and trying healthy fruits and vegetables. The children really enjoyed experimenting with different dips, making interesting flavour combinations such as carrot and honey, pepper and ketchup and even cucumber and marmite!
• Friday 3 October 2025 Butterfly Bakers I am always determined to show the children that, whilst marshmallows might be nice, there are a whole host of exciting and scrumptious treats to cook over a campfire and what better pace to start than — baking bread on a stick!
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a lovely week with our carnival taster session and our first Harvest Festival.
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 Kudus - DT - Wheeled Vehicle Prototypes
• Tuesday 30 September 2025 Kudus Carnival Taster Session 30.09.25
• Tuesday 30 September 2025 Leopards become hunter-gatherers!
• Tuesday 30 September 2025 Leopards do Salsa!
• Friday 26 September 2025 The Forest Jam This week at Forest School, we celebrated the changing season with one of our favorite autumn activities: making blackberry jam over the campfire!
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Hippo Class this week This week in Hippo Class we have been learning m, d and g in phonics, practicing our letter formation and practicing our segmenting and blending. It is a new skill and we will continue to model to the children how to do it. As we continue to learn more sounds there will be lots of opportunities for segmenting and blending a variety of words. Next week we will be learning the sounds o, c, k and ck.
• Monday 22 September 2025 Leopards Art - Mark Making
• Friday 19 September 2025 Woodchip & Woolly Acorns This week Year One group had a busy and brilliant time in the woods! With autumn in full swing, we spent the morning helping to get the forest floor ready for winter. The children worked incredibly hard spreading woodchip around the paths—perfect for keeping things safe and less muddy as the weather turns colder. They were intrigued by how warm the woodchip pile was under the surface and it prompted lots of theories!! They also enjoyed pulling each other back to the woodchip pile in the trailer. There were lots of exclamations of "It's hard work but really fun hard work" - you heard it here first parents!!
• Friday 19 September 2025 PE in Giraffes Class In term 1, Giraffes class will be learning two 'invasion' sports; Tag Rugby with Mrs Wyatt, and Football with Mrs Mileham.
• Friday 19 September 2025 Hippo Class this week What a lovely week we have had in Hippo Class.
• Thursday 18 September 2025 Kudus English - 18.09.25 - Verbs in Action!
• Wednesday 17 September 2025 Art in Giraffes Class In Term 1, Giraffes class have been learning about collage. This week, we've experimented with different collage techniques.
• Wednesday 17 September 2025 Year 6 Art - Self Portraits In their art lesson with Mrs Morris this week, using Frida Kahlo's work as their inspiration, the children used their ‘proportion' and ‘drawing skills' to create their own self-portraits.
• Wednesday 17 September 2025 Year 6 Art - Self Portraits In their art lesson with Mrs Morris this week, using Frida Kahlo's work as their inspiration, the children used their ‘proportion' and ‘drawing skills' to create their own self-portraits.
• Monday 15 September 2025 Tree Detectives Back in the Woods This week, our Year 1 children had their very first Forest School session of the new school year—and what a magical time it was!
• Monday 15 September 2025 15.09.25 Kudus Fossil Hunting - English
• Friday 12 September 2025 Elephant Class WB 8th September Elephant Class have truly hit the ground running. We have all been very impressed with their positive attitude to new learning. Come rain or sunshine, we have managed to fit a lot into our first full week together! The children enjoyed their first session at Forest School and are excited to make apple and blackberry jam in the coming weeks.
• Friday 12 September 2025 It’s Friday! Hippo Class have had their first full week!
• Friday 12 September 2025 Elephant’s first DT lesson We examined books containing sliders and levers. We labelled them.
• Thursday 11 September 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a wonderful second week at school; starting our phonics lessons, listening to stories, and learning the poem ‘people need people'. We are adapting well to routines and expectations and have had lots of opportunities to learn through play in child initiated time.
• Tuesday 9 September 2025 Science in Giraffes Class In term 1, week 2, Giraffes class began our learning on the Science topic for the term; Sound. We learnt that vibrations make sound, and that these vibrations travel easiest through solid objects, then liquid, then through gas (like the air around us). To understand this fully, we put tuning forks in water and saw the vibrations turn into ripples. We also put our ears onto the table when tapping and noticed that it was much louder when the sound travelled through a solid than through the air.
• Monday 8 September 2025 English in Giraffes Class In Term 1, week 2, Giraffes class are continuing our work around the class book 'The Dot'. This book features a girl who gets angry, but eventually turns her anger into a positive thing, creating beautiful artwork.
• Friday 5 September 2025 Hippo Class-first week We have had a wonderful first week in Hippo Class, the children are adapting really well to our routines and expectations. We have enjoyed stories, including the poem ‘people will always need people' by Benjamin Zephaniah. And the children have enjoyed lots of child initiated time where they have been able to learn through play and get to know each other. The children did brilliantly for their first lunch time too!
• Wednesday 3 September 2025 PSHE in Giraffes Class In term 1, week 1, Giraffes class learnt about working collaboratively. We found that we had to listen to each other, lean on each other (both figuratively and literally!) and learn to compromise to get the job done.
• Thursday 17 July 2025 Year 2 S'more Challenge The children have shown a real interest in fire striking this term and so it seemed fitting to set the optional 'Kudu Super S'more Challenge'.
• Thursday 17 July 2025 Buddy Day 2025 Broad oak Wood bustled with laughter & sticky fingers, and a little bit of bear magic as our Lions teamed up with Hippos for a very special Teddy Bears' Picnic in the woods.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Colour Dash 2025
• Friday 11 July 2025 Wealden Partnership Swimming Gala 2025 On Tuesday 1st July a team from Goudhurst and Kilndown travelled to Dulwich Prep school to take part in a swimming gala.
• Thursday 10 July 2025 Our final Hippo News- Hippo Class 2025 Not only have Hippo Class had an amazing week but they have had an amazing year. The progress they have made this year has truly blown us away. I feel incredibly proud and privileged to have taught them and to have been a part of their learning journey. They are great company and have made us laugh a lot. Mrs Coleman and I will miss them and will make the most of our last week with them in Hippo Class next week. What a wonderful week we have to look forward to next week with the KS2 performance on Monday afternoon , Mrs Roberts celebration service at church on Tuesday afternoon, our Djembe performance on Thursday morning and our class party on Thursday afternoon and our final day together on Friday. I want to thank you all for your kindness and support this past year and I want to wish you all the best for the summer holidays and year 1.
• Wednesday 9 July 2025 Kudus Art - 09.07.25 - Today, we imitated the artist Antonio Ole by collaging different materials to recreate one of his images.
• Wednesday 9 July 2025 Kudus DT-08.07.25-Sewing
• Sunday 6 July 2025 History in Elephants Class History - Great fire of london
• Sunday 6 July 2025 Art in Year 1 art - printing
• Sunday 6 July 2025 DT in Elephants Class DT - food technology
• Friday 4 July 2025 Year 1 Trip to the Museum of Kent Life Museum of Kent Life
• Friday 4 July 2025 Hippo Class This Week This week we have loved reading our story of the week Storm Whale and learning all about Blue Whales. The class have retained so much knowledge about Blue Whales and have been using this knowledge in their writing. And I have seen so many impressive drawings of Whales this week during child initiated time!
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Science - Spring, Summer and Plants We've been learning about the different seasons this year and in Spring we went out into the outdoor space and looked for changes in the plants since Autumn and Winter.
• Wednesday 2 July 2025 Kudus Art 02.07.25
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 WW2 Trip to Tenterden Railway
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Giraffe Science - Learning about the Digestive System
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Giraffes Computing - editing a photograph
• Friday 27 June 2025 Hippos this week What a wonderful week we have had. We loved spending time with our buddies on Tuesday, in school and in the forest. Hippo Class are still curious about lighthouses and have continued building, painting and drawing lighthouses. I love when they take the lead with their learning.
• Friday 20 June 2025 Lighthouses! As part of our learning focus on ‘by the seaside' we have been learning about lighthouses. It has completely captured their imagination, look at their amazing creations!
• Thursday 19 June 2025 Hippo Class What a busy and wonderful couple of weeks we have had. We have had sports day and open afternoon, tile painting and pyjama day. Hippo Class have been spending time with year 1, year 3 and year 6 whilst Mrs Coleman and I are attending transition events and they have really enjoyed spending time with other classes. Hippo Class have also really engaged with our learning focus and have loved learning about lighthouses this week. They have been drawing lighthouses and making them out of cardboard boxes and paint. They have wowed us with their enthusiasm and creativity!
• Friday 6 June 2025 Hippos, first week of term 6 We had a lovely start to term 6! Our 5 Oceans song is a hit with the class, and they are really engaging in our new learning focus, ‘by the seaside'. We loved practicing for sports day and as you can see from the photos, my hair got a makeover… best hairdressers I have ever been to!
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 03.06.25 Kudus Class Educational Visit to Leeds Castle - Kings and Queens History Learning
• Sunday 1 June 2025 A Whole Day in the Woods for Our Little Butterflies Ruscksacks on backs, Peacocks and Red Admirals set off through the wildflower meadow towards the Wonderful Woods. They saw butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies and swallows. They heard lots of birds including a noisy pheasant and a persistant chiff-chaff. They knew the way; they knew what to do - the adults were pretty much out of a job!!!
• Friday 23 May 2025 Lions' Last Session A forecasted storm might have stopped us going to the woods on Wednesday but it did not stop Beech group from having a whale of a time and proclaiming that 'Forest School fun can be had wherever your outside in nature' - perfectly put! The whole Group had been hard work collecting kindling so Rosehip collected it from the wood and we were able to do Kelly Kettles at school - Yummy!
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Hippo Class end of term What a lovely couple of weeks we have had in Hippo Class. We loved observing the life cycle of our butterflies and enjoyed releasing them into our Hippo garden, and we have been reading lots of stories related to our topic of living and growing; stories such as Eddies Garden, The Growing Story, and The Tiny Seed. We did our last piece of writing for this term where everyone got to choose a spring themed picture and write about it. They are becoming so independent with their writing which is wonderful to see.
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Ancient Egyptian Day in Year 3
• Monday 19 May 2025 19.05.25 Kudus Maths
• Friday 16 May 2025 Peacocks & Red Admirals First Forest School
• Friday 9 May 2025 Fashion Forward Forest School!! This week at Forest School, we got creative with colour and made our own tie-dye t-shirts using natural dyes! Forget synthetic chemicals — we turned to nature's palette, experimenting with onion skins, avocado stones, and madder root.
• Friday 9 May 2025 Kudus welcome the chicks This week we had the pleasure of looking after hatching eggs and welcoming 10 fluffy chicks.
• Friday 9 May 2025 Kudus - Kings and Queen Day 09.05.25
• Friday 9 May 2025 Hippo Class this week This week in Hippo Class we have had Forest School, VE celebrations and drumming. We have been writing sentences in phonics using CVCC words and in writing we have been writing about the life cycle of a bean. In maths we are learning to verbally count to twenty to help us recognise numerical patterns. In RE we have learnt more about Judaism and in PSHE we have learnt about healthy eating. We are also patiently waiting for our butterflies to come out of their chrysalis’s!
• Thursday 8 May 2025 08.05.25 Kudus Chick Update - Day 3!
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 VE day workshop VE day workshop in Year 1
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 Kudus Afternoon Chick Update 07.05.25
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 Kudus V.E. Day Celebrations - 07.05.25
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 Kudus 07.05.25 - Chicks Day 2 - Update!
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 Kudus Chicken Eggs - Day 1
• Friday 2 May 2025 Hippo Class This Week We have had a lovely week this week. In maths we have been counting backwards and in phonics we have been segmenting and blending CVCC words and sentences and writing them on our whiteboards.
• Thursday 1 May 2025 Goodbye April - Hello May - Toolwork & Nordic Braiding The sun shone and the children enjoyed the dappled shade of the woodland whilstmaking up their own games including a game of mud cricket! SOme of them also enjoyed experiencing the art of nordic braiding and others set themselves some whittling projects they wanted to complete including a very cool die with the dots lightly drilled into each face.
• Thursday 1 May 2025 Morris Men come to Goudhurst! Today we watched the Morris Men celebrating May Day and Year 1 loved 'feeding' the horse with our money!
• Thursday 1 May 2025 The Morris Dancers Hippo Class loved the Morris Dancers this morning!
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Dance-a-thon Wow! The children danced their socks off! We saw some fantastic dance moves in the charity dance-a-thon today; break dancing, the robot and the conga!
• Thursday 24 April 2025 Rare Breeds Centre 2 Here are more photos from our visit to the Rare Breeds Centre.
• Thursday 24 April 2025 The Rare Breeds Centre 2025 We had a wonderful day at the Rare Breeds Centre for our school trip! They made us all very proud. (More photos will be uploaded.)
• Thursday 24 April 2025 Hippo Class - Drumming! On our first Thursday back to school we met our music teacher Ben who will be teaching us the djembe drums this term. The children were really engaged and focused and we’re looking forward to developing our skills over terms 5 and 6.
• Thursday 24 April 2025 Kudus Maths 23.04.25
• Wednesday 23 April 2025 Beech & Oak Not in Knots We looked at the knots needed to tie a ridge line
• Wednesday 23 April 2025 Kudus PSHE 23.04.25
• Tuesday 22 April 2025 Hippo Class PE On our first day back we enjoyed athletics with Mrs Mileham where we started learning the races we will do on sports day. It was lots of fun and Mrs Mileham and I were so impressed with how well they listened and picked things up. We will continue learning these races in both my lessons on Mondays and Mrs Milehams lessons every other Tuesday.
• Friday 4 April 2025 Art in Year 1 In Term 4, Year 1 have been learning about sculpture and have used plasticine and clay to create sculptures using the artist Marie Prett as inspiration
• Thursday 3 April 2025 Kudus Federation Day! 03.02.35
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 Wealden Partnership Mixed Hockey 2025
• Tuesday 1 April 2025 Science Fair! On Tuesday 18th March, over 50 children from across both our schools took place in the inaugural 10:10 Federation Science Extravaganza! We had over 150 visitors to see exhibitions ranging from exploding volcanoes to strawberry DNA extraction! What was so impressive was the huge amount of work that had gone in to each and every single display, with the children able to explain the science behind their investigation too. The judges had an extremely difficult time - thank you so much to them for donating their time and energy. The exhibition really did embody all of our school values, especially as there were children joining in from every class from YR to Y6. Thank you to all of those children who took part, their parents and carers for supporting them and coming into school for the afternoon and to everyone who helped with the organisation, especially Mr Emmett. What a fantastic celebration of British Science Week at our wonderful federation.
• Thursday 27 March 2025 Making Memories: Sunset & Supper The excitement was fever pitch as the two minibuses left school at 3:30. The children bounded down to the woods armed with their packed suppers, cosy layers, torchs and a sense of adventure!As the golden hour approached, the woods came alive with the chatter of excited children eager to make the most of their evening in nature.
• Thursday 27 March 2025 Knight School We had a great time at knight school today. We spent the morning making our hobby horses which was really enjoyable, all the children really engaged with it and it was brilliant hearing the range of names children chose for their noble steed, from Sparkles to Derek! In the afternoon we had a puppet show telling the story of ‘The Worst Princess’ by Anna Kemp. We then went into the hall where the children learnt to ride and race their horses, joust, save courtiers from a dragon and then at the end they all got knighted. They are now officially knights of Goudhurst!
• Friday 21 March 2025 Dens, Hammocks, Knots & Frogspawn Holly and Sweet Chestnut have had another glorious day in the woods, filled with sunshine and birdsong. This week Sweet Chestnut group were greeted to Broad Oak Wood by a kestrel swooping down to the ground in an attempt to catch something for breakfast! Live learning in action, resulting in some of the children opting to carry out their own independent research into birds of prey.
• Friday 21 March 2025 18.03.25 Kudus Science
• Thursday 20 March 2025 Hippo Class this week This week we welcomed the start of spring and have enjoyed lots of time in the sunshine. In maths this week we have begun a 2 week unit on patterns and the children have really impressed me on how quickly they have picked up completing repeating patterns. In phonics we have learnt the trigraph ‘air’ and in writing they have wowed me yet again with their writing on castles. Our story of the week is ‘The very last castle’ and the children have really engaged with this story, all about a girl who wants to explore the last castle in her town. In PSHE this week we talk about how to care for our world and in RE we are continuing our learning on the Easter Story. In PE we continued to develop our jumping skills, remembering to use our arms and bend our knees to help us. Every week in our music lesson we listen and respond to a song or piece of music; we dance to it and then talk about it afterwards. We then play a game where we listen to the pulse of a
• Friday 14 March 2025 Very Hungry Caterpillars Holly and Sweet Chestnut had a wonderful time in the woods this week. We were treated to some glorious sunshine and impressive hail showers too, four seasons in one day! Holly were personally greeted into Broad Oak Wood by a vivid green Common Frog who was waiting for them at the hazel doorway ! We are all very excited to collect some frogspawn next week to observe the lifecycle of a frog.
• Friday 14 March 2025 Hippo Class This Week We have had a lovely week in Hippo Class learning about the jobs people did in castles, and the role of a knight. The children are really engaging in this learning and have really impressed me with their knowledge. We have been reading the story ‘The castle the king built’ and reading information books about castles. The children have been writing about kings and queens this week in writing group and are developing their independence. In phonics we learnt the igh sound and in maths we learnt about subtraction. We had lots of fun in PE on Monday developing our jumping skills, and in dance on Tuesday with Mrs Mileham, developing our dancing skills. In PSHE we talked about how to be helpful in school and at home and how to keep school and home clean and tidy. In RE we are continuing our learning on The Easter Story, this week learning about Good Friday. In music we listen and responded to The Planets: Mars, by Gustav Holst.
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Snowing in March! We loved seeing the snow flurry this week! It is so rare to see snow in March that we stopped learning for a few moments to see if we could catch a snowflake on our tongues! What a lovely moment of joy!
• Wednesday 12 March 2025 Kudus English
• Friday 7 March 2025 Colourful Caterpillars and Blazing Birch Bark At Forest School, Holly & Chestnut were welcomed to the woods by the sunshine and the sound of birdsong. The morning began with a game to help them to think like a bird and to find colourful caterpillars hidden around the woods. The children eagerly searched high and low, discovering their unique colourful caterpillars and returning them to their nests in Stump Central. We thought about why some colours were harder to find than others - we decided the light blue ones were the hardest because they were tricky to see against the beautiful blue sky.
• Friday 7 March 2025 Hippo Class This Week We have had a lovely week in Hippo Class. We have learnt the er sound in phonics and continued our learning on number bonds to 10 in maths. We are also continuing our learning on The Easter Story, this week focusing on Maundy Thursday.
• Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day Today the children dressed up as their favourite book characters. We loved finding out about each other's favourite books. It was a lovely day and demonstrated what a fantastic bunch of readers we have in Elephants class!
• Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day 2025 Hippo Class impressed everyone with their world book day costumes and enjoyed some quality time reading with their buddies.
• Thursday 6 March 2025 Zebras World Book Day 2025
• Thursday 6 March 2025 Year 6 World Book Day 2025 Year 6 threw themselves into character for World Book Day. We celebrated our favourite books, our favourite authors and participated in a book scavenger hunt.
• Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day! Kudus - Year 2
• Tuesday 4 March 2025 03.03.25 Kudus DT - learning how to prepare fruit and vegetables for our fruit kebabs!
• Friday 28 February 2025 Making Maps & Mudslide Monsters!! At Forest School, every day is an adventure, full of learning and fun! This week, Holly & Chestnut Groups got to make our own interactive map, turning our outdoor space into a land of discovery. The kids were excited to explore,and set off to find the specially created place names for the key landmarks, like the climbing tree, the lookout, and the hazel doorway. The children then plotted the points on our bespoke Forest School map. It was a wonderful mix of creativity and problem-solving as we charted out our forest world. The map is going to be addded to week on week and become truly personalised to the children's experience. This beautiful resource has been made for us by our talented artist, friend and ex-parent of the school - 'Bramble' Days like this remind us how important it is for kids to connect with nature, explore, and, of course, have fun. Forest School is the best place to do just that!
• Friday 28 February 2025 Hippo Class This Week Hippo class have really impressed us this week; they have come back from half term and have been amazing at remembering all the skills they’ve learnt so far and applying those skills to their new learning, and extending their learning further. We have learnt oa this week in phonics and using tens frames in maths to learn our number bonds to ten. We have been writing sentences about our story of the week ‘Jack and the beanstalk’, and have started our new learning focus on Castles and Knights. The children have already been using their new knowledge on castles in their child initiated learning and we have already observed fantastic castles being made! We’ve seen castles in the sand pit, in small world play, out of cardboard boxes and out of our big wooden blocks, and the children are using the new vocabulary we’re focusing on such as moat turret, drawbridge, portcullis and arrow slits. In RE we began learning the Easter Story, this week focusing on Palm Sund
• Friday 28 February 2025 UK Indoor Athletics Championships 2025
• Friday 28 February 2025 Umpiring success Huge Congratulations to Miss Wilkins. At a recent Awards Ceremony Miss Wilkins was awarded "Favourite Umpire of the Year" for the Ashford District Netball League.
• Thursday 27 February 2025 Making Parachutes to Test Air Resistance To test air resistance, we designed a fair test to see if the size of a parachute canopy impacted the time the parachute took to fall to the ground. We had great fun creating and testing our parachutes - which thanks to Mrs Khan in the office, were made using actual parachute silk!
• Tuesday 25 February 2025 Year 1`Geography Field Trip In Geography, we've been learning about how to navigate and about our local area.
• Friday 14 February 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had a lovely last week of term. We have learnt the or sound in phonics and have learnt about weight in maths. We have concluded our learning on Space and we’re looking forward to beginning our learning on castles and knights next term.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Local Geography Walk for Leopard Class
• Thursday 13 February 2025 12.02.25 Kudus Music!
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Viking Day 2025
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Safer Internet Day 2025: Spotting Scams Zebras class really enjoyed being part of a live lesson with BBC teach, learning all about internet safety and how to spot scams. We learned about when an offer is too good to be true and how to consider if a message is genuine.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Mental Health Week in Giraffe Class We have been learning about our 5 'c' needs - comfortable, capable, connected, control and count. We focussed this week on 'connected' and how we can connect with our class mates. We each received a bucket and we then went round and anonymously 'filled our buckets' with kind words and recognition of the qualities that we admire in others. This has really boosted the children's perceptions of themselves and others and the children keep using their buckets to motivate them.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Giraffe's Class use scaled distance In Geography we have been using our atlases' and maps of the UK to measure scaled distances between different locations. We used the measurement that 1cm was equal to 20km.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 4 Computing Making patterns using repeats and loops.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Giraffe's Front Crawl In gymnastics this week we have been practising our front crawl. We have been using the tuck position and flat hands to ensure we stay safe.
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 Giraffe News
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 Kudus News
• Tuesday 11 February 2025 Leopards Safer Internet Day Safer Internet Day 2025
• Friday 7 February 2025 Birch & Elder - That's Batter!! This week we had no less than 12 'Wonderful Whiskers' and their truly stunning whisks. Whilst Forest School lays the emphasis on the process not the product, it was an absolute joy to see the children's faces as they created a fully functioning and truly beautiful artisan whisk! They were deeply satisfied by the way it transformed the three ingredients into a silky smooth batter with something that just over a month ago had been holding up Christmas decorations!!
• Friday 7 February 2025 Year 6 Science - Creating our own investigations to see what
• Friday 7 February 2025 Year 6 DT- Investigating ways of using electrical motors to create rotating parts For our DT unit of designing a fairground ride, the children of Year 6 investigated ways of using electrical motors to create rotating parts
• Friday 7 February 2025 Year 6 DT- Investigating ways of using electrical motors to create rotating parts For our DT unit of designing a fairground ride, the children of Year 6 investigated ways of using electrical motors to create rotating parts
• Friday 7 February 2025 Hippo Class this week We have had such a lovely week! This week in Hippo Class we have learnt the ai sound in phonics and have been writing sentences with the ai words we have been learning. In maths we have begun to develop our knowledge on length and height and in mastering number we are thinking about more and fewer and how to verbally reason. In writing this week the children have been writing about the Solar System; we are so impressed with how they have engaged with our learning on Space. We have been reading the story ‘here we are’ by Oliver Jeffers and using this to reflect about living on Planet Earth.
• Thursday 6 February 2025 William Morris inspired Tile Art Year 5 had great fun using their lino tiles to print, layering colours. The children had carefully carved their tile designs into the lino tiles. We experimented with acrylic paint too. The children were delighted with their prints and enjoyed experimenting with different colour combinations.
• Thursday 6 February 2025 Kudus PE - Gymnastics - Large Apparatus - 04/02/25
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Leopard News
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Wealden Partnership Girl's Football 2025
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Young Voices at the O2 2025
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Christingle Service 2025
• Monday 3 February 2025 Testing Gravity in Zebras Class In science we were researching gravity. Our hypothesis was that objects of different weights but similar surface areas would fall to the ground at the same rate.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 RE in Elephants Class In RE in term 2, we have been learning about the Nativity story and how it relates to us, as Christians today. Each week we thought about different aspects of the story, including how we prepare for a new baby, what made Jesus special and thankfulness.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 DT in Elephants Class In term 3 and 4, we have been learning about freestanding structures. As part of this, we have been thinking about bridge building. We've investigated what makes structures stand up by looking at structures in our school playground. We've learnt about bridge engineers and how they've made their bridges sturdy. We've explored bridge building with pre-made building kits and found that the longer you make them, the more supports they need to stand up. We've also learnt how to join paper and card together in different ways and considered which methods would be good for bridge building.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 History in Elephants Class In term 2, Elephants class have been learning about toys from the past and how they have changed over the years. We have been working up to creating a timeline and then discussing how toys are similar, different, and how they have developed over the years.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 SCARF workshop in Elephants Class On Tuesday, Elephants class took part in a workshop from SCARF called 'Taking care of my feelings'. We learnt about what our emotions feel like and how we can keep calm when we're feeling sad, or scared, or nervous.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 Computing in Elephants Class In term 1, Elephants class have been learning about 'technology' and what that means. We've been introduced to different skills such as typing and using a mouse and trackpad.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 Geography in Elephants Class In Term 1, Elephants class have been learning about navigating and what it takes to be a navigator. We learnt about maps, keys and directional language.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 Computing in Elephants Class In Computing in term 3, we have been learning how to move a robot. We have been investigating the buttons on bluebots and what happens when you press each button. We have then been predicting what might happen after we press a sequence of 'commands' and thinking about how if it finished somewhere different than what we expected, how can we correct our command chain to make it right.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 PSHE in Elephants class In PSHE, we've had some lovely discussions and learnt a lot about our feelings and how that shows on our bodies.
• Sunday 2 February 2025 Fit Fence taster session Year 1 really enjoyed our Fit Fence taster session! We loved finding out the names of the swords - foil, epee and sabre. We learnt how to stand, how the point system works, how to advance forwards and we even got to try on the masks!
• Sunday 2 February 2025 Computing in Elephants Class In Term 2, Elephants class have been practising their computing skills using iPads. We've been looking at different artists each week and using a variety of drawing skills to create pieces of art similar to those artists' famous works.
• Friday 31 January 2025 Hippo Class this week This week we have had lots of fun in the winter sunshine, as well as the rain! Hippo class have learnt the ur sound in phonics , written about stars in writing and learnt about addition with a part, part, whole model in maths. We learnt about the Lunar New Year which enhanced our learning on space as well as our learning about other cultures and communities.
• Thursday 30 January 2025 Sunshine, Sandpaper, Signposts & (Bird) Song here to test out the The remaining 'Whiskers' were sandpapering.
• Thursday 30 January 2025 29.01.25 Kudus English Outdoor Learning - Imperative Verbs
• Wednesday 29 January 2025 28.01.24 Year 2 PSHE Workshop on Gratitude
• Friday 24 January 2025 Hippo Class this week This week in Hippo Class we have continued our learning on Space, don’t our rockets look impressive! In PE we had agility on Monday and large apparatus on Tuesday with Mrs Mileham which as so much fun. In maths we have been comparing numbers within 10, thinking about groups and using a ten frame to help us. In phonics this week we have learnt the ee sound and they have blown us away with their phonic knowledge and sentence writing. Their writing in small groups is also continuing to make excellent progress, this week we wrote about the moon which linked to our story of the week which was also called ‘moon’. In music we listened and responded to ‘ABC’ by The Jackson Five and guessed the nursery rhyme by listening to the pulse of the song. In PSHE we discussed how to keep safe indoors and outdoors; they always have such good focus during discussions and everyone listened really carefully to each other and came up with lots of thoughts and ideas about who kee
• Friday 24 January 2025 Programming with Crumbles - Lesson 1 Over two sessions the children have explored how to connect a sparkle (LED) to a crumble. What is a crumble? It is a small controller that allows you to use a programme on the chromebooks to send instructions to items you attach to the crumble. For example, the children have written programmes to instruct the sparkles to light up in different colours for different amounts of time. The children loved the ability to use trial and error to work out how to make different sequences take place. Next week we are using buzzers and motors!
• Thursday 23 January 2025 Sticky Skyscrapers Today we plunged the tops of the Christmas trees into the pot and looked at the art and science behind using heat to bend wood. Birch Group welcomed and named Buzzard (Mr Laker) on his first visit to Broad Oak Wood. The Broad Oak Bear Sticky Skyscraper Challenge was taken up with great gusto on both days. To build a free-standing tower out of natural materials (no cutting, chopping or picking of living plants). Points were also available for design and decoration! The reward?..... to cook a marshamllow over the fire.
• Thursday 23 January 2025 Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians! The year 5 class explored the history of Britain by playing a History Association designed activity, whereby people from different areas set out from different landing points in Britain. The children loved seeing who could cross the map first!
• Wednesday 22 January 2025 Rockets! This term our learning focus is Space and the children have been building their rockets, either with a friend, in a small group or on their own. They have spent time on these in child initiated time and I have been blown away by their focus, engagement and creativity. They have been incredibly independent,
• Wednesday 22 January 2025 Kudus PE - Large Apparatus
• Friday 17 January 2025 Birch & Elder - Stream reccy & Whisk workout The children have been set a challenge to design a boat/raft before the end of term out of only natural materials. They can work independently, in pairs or in small groups. A few simple criteria were set out and in order to give them a a better idea of the task in had we set of an adventure down to the stream to investigate what the vessel would be up against!!
• Friday 17 January 2025 Hippo Class this week
• Friday 17 January 2025 Kudus - Science 14.01.25
• Thursday 16 January 2025 Engineering Bridges Year 5 were very fortunate to have a visit from an engineer who has maintains some of Britain's most iconic bridges - Tom Creed.
• Wednesday 15 January 2025 Banksy Wall Art Year 5 have completed their study of Banksy, learning about graffiti art, how Banksy uses stencils and colour. Our final piece explores the ideas of artists collaborating in street art and furthers our understanding of complementary colours. Thank you to Miss Liles for organising our wonderful display!
• Friday 10 January 2025 Hippos this week
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Birch & Elder - Woodland Wonders & Muddy Escapades A very chilly start to the year. Billowing breath, crunching footsteps and lots of activity to keep warm!
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Kudus - DT Fruit Tasting Research for our Fruit Kebab Project
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Kudus PE 07.01.25 - Large Apparatus
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 PE this week
• Sunday 29 December 2024 Autumn Term Science Newsletter 2024 To learn more about the science learning over the past term and find out more about our upcoming science learning, please read our latest newsletter. There are also some great ideas for activities over the Christmas period!
• Sunday 29 December 2024 Launching our Science Fair at the 10:10 Federation for 2025! Science Fair 2025
• Friday 20 December 2024 Lions 24/25 DT Textiles - Aprons In terms one and two we researched, designed (using CAD), made and evaluated our own aprons.
• Thursday 19 December 2024 Merry Christmas Hippo Class
• Thursday 19 December 2024 Y5 Panto Fun! We had a wonderful time at Tonbridge School, watching Snow White - The Pantomime! Dancing, ice-cream and lots of shouting and singing, what a brilliant day out! Thank you so much to all our wonderful families, PTFA and Mrs Russell for organising and funding our trip!
• Thursday 19 December 2024 Kudus Class Christmas Party!
• Wednesday 18 December 2024 Science in Goudhurst throughout Autumn 2024 We have loved completing our science enquiries throughout our school in our Autumn term. Have a look through our recent activities!
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Sportshall Athletics Competition 2024
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Santa Dash 2024
• Friday 13 December 2024 Lions 24/25 Gingerbread House Project The children of year 6 researched, designed, made and evaluated their own gingerbread houses.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Lions 24/25 Gingerbread House Project The children of year 6 researched, designed, made and evaluated their own gingerbread houses.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Wreaths, Carols & A Treasure Hunt in the Trees Our last Forest School session of the year was truly creative and Christmassy affair! The day was filled with the spirit of the season as we gathered in the woods to create beautiful wreaths and share carols around the fire circle.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Kudus Wheeled Vehicle - Bus Visit
• Friday 13 December 2024 Year 1 takes a look at a bus Today, a bus drove into our car park for Hippos and Kudus to explore. But they can't have all the fun!
• Thursday 12 December 2024 12.12.24 Key Stage 1 Nativity - Kudus!
• Tuesday 10 December 2024 Pointillism using computers in Year 1 Last week we continued our topic of creating art using technology to create sunflower pictures using a pointillism technique.
• Friday 6 December 2024 Dogwood & Whitebeam - Precious Pewter This week Year 5 sampled a little bit of chemistry in the woods as they learnt about the ancient craft of pewter casting.
• Friday 6 December 2024 Hippos this week
• Friday 29 November 2024 Dogwood & Whitebeam - Conker Creations & a Bramble Map Dogwood got creative with conkers this week and Whitebeam made a marvelous with Bramble.
• Friday 29 November 2024 Hippos this week
• Thursday 28 November 2024 Kudus English - We used conjunctions to orally tell our own version of a fairy tale.
• Monday 25 November 2024 Y5 Trip to Herstmonceux Zebras class had a brilliant trip to the Observatory and Science Centre down at Herstmonceux, learning more about our science topic of Earth and Space. We learned all about imaging, how rockets launch, how telescopes record images and conducted lots of different investigations. A wonderful day was enjoyed by all!
• Friday 22 November 2024 Kelly Kettles - Yummy Scrummy Fun Last week, we took on the Year 5 ‘Kelly Kettle Challenge’ - this has become somewhat of a tradition for children in Year 5.The children had spent a fortnight learning the features of the perfect kindling and about various natural tinders that could be found in the British woodland. They were ready!
• Friday 22 November 2024 Hippo Class this week
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Kudus English - Orally retelling a story nt
• Sunday 17 November 2024 Out of this World Homework! Thank you so much for working with your children to produce some 'Out of This World!' homework on our Earth and Space topic in science. We are sharing these in class, which is prompting more questions and research about our fascinating interstellar topic.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Dogwood & Whitebeam - Crab Apples with a Twist This week we were introduced to the wonders of the unassuming crab apple. We discussed its appearance, its uses, its benefits, its symbolism and the folklore surrounding it. We then got to work preparing my favourite Forest School recipe of the year so that we could taste them!!
• Friday 15 November 2024 Hippos this week
• Thursday 14 November 2024 Versatility Netball 24-Dulwich
• Wednesday 13 November 2024 13.11.24 Kudus - PE - Football
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Farmer Visit
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Farmer Visit
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 ENO Finish This..... Year 6 are taking part in the English National Opera Finish This competition.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Fitfence Taster Day On Tuesday 5th November every class took part in a Fitfence Taster session.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Wealden Partnership Football 2024
• Monday 11 November 2024 Year 6 - Goudhurst Remembrance Service
• Friday 8 November 2024 Autumn Art - Dogwood & Whitebeam Mist hovered over the woods creating an air of mystery as Dogwood and Whitebeam arrived back in the woods for their first time since February. The Autumn colours creating a shot of colour through the grey.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Hippos this week
• Friday 8 November 2024 06.11.24 Kudus Fit Fencing!
• Thursday 7 November 2024 Getting Fit with Fencing! Year 5 enjoyed learning a new skill from a Fencing Instructor, using a program called FitFence.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Year 6 - FitFence Taster Session
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Year 6 - FitFence Taster Session
• Friday 25 October 2024 Rosehip pancakes, fox masks & boney discoveries! Our final week in the woods and Rosehip and rustled up a treat for the children - her annual Rosehip Syrup - not only sweet, sticky & tongue-twistingly tasty but also packed full of goodness!!! Having made the batter and waited patiently fo them to cook voer the fireThe children sampled the sweet syrup
• Friday 25 October 2024 Whilst Year One were away A reminder that Broad Oak Wood is a haven for many wonderful mammals. Watch how they move. How many different animals can you count?
• Friday 25 October 2024 Hippos this week
• Friday 25 October 2024 Making our Birdboxes! This term year 5 have been researching, designing and then assembling our bird boxes. As an end of term treat, we finished painting them this morning. We were inspired by our designer, Mr Russell, to make them colourful and like real houses. We will take them down to the forest next term, when we start back at forest school. A huge thank you to Ms Liles for her help in sourcing all the materials and inspiring our designs, for Mr Russell for sharing his birdbox and for cutting our wood and to Bumblebee for sharing her knowledge of birds. Based on bumblebee's feedback, our purpose for our birdboxes became to encourage smaller birds to nest. We can't wait to see if the birds like our boxes as much as we do!
• Friday 18 October 2024 Young Ornithologists This week we were extremely lucky to have a visit from an ornithologist. Ray Morris studies birds - his particular field of expertise is turtledoves and as a former teacher he certainly knew how to inspire a new generation of ornithologists (people who study birds).
• Friday 18 October 2024 Hippos this week
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Healthy Me workshops - KS1 On Friday 11th October year 1 & 2 took part in Healthy Me workshops led by LATSSP. They took part in activities linked to healthy eating and lifestyle choices.
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Wealden Partnership Hockey 2024
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Kudus Tag Rugby 16.10.24
• Friday 11 October 2024 Bread Winners If you've got jam you need something to spread it on so this week the children all had the opportunity to cook over the fire. All the children rolled and wrapped their own challah dough toasting stick and then knelt by the fire to cook their bread. They patiently watched and twisted their hazel sticks and observed the dough gradually expand and change from white to golden brown. "Stick on the brick; Eyes on the prize" Once their pread passed the flick test and was cooked through they carefully twisted it of the stick and filled it with their choice of topping. The verdict? "Scrumptions"' "100 out of 10", "All my fingers and toes delicious". "The bestest thing EVER", "I made this - it was worth the wait" "Oooh I wish I could have another one?" "Can I have the recipe?"....Yes you can I have attached it.
• Friday 11 October 2024 Hippos this week
• Friday 11 October 2024 Kudus 'Healthy Me' Workshop 11.10.24 t
• Thursday 10 October 2024 Rawlinson Run October 2024
• Thursday 10 October 2024 Science - Exploring Habitats We have been learning about the different temperatures of habitats.
• Monday 7 October 2024 Hippo Class -PE
• Friday 4 October 2024 Hippo Class this week
• Friday 4 October 2024 Year 6 Science - Classifying plants in our local environment Today we classified plants in our local environment (our school grounds - including the forest and the pond) and explored if different plants needed different environments.
• Thursday 3 October 2024 We made Jam! Jam day had finally arrived. The children brought in their frozen, foraged blackeberries and off we went! After checking we had our fire safety features in place the children all gave a little 'sneezy dragon' encouragement to help light the fire and then it was off to the kitchen. The children set about peeling, squeezing, measuring, chopping, pouring, estimating, washing and drying. They worked together really well: listening and sharing jobs so I can happily say it was a case of 'many hands make light work' not 'too many cooks spoil the broth'!!
• Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 6 National Poetry Day Today in Year 6 we celebrated National Poetry Day. The children performed their favourite poems - we had some self written poems, some in Spanish and some of our classics.
• Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 6 National Poetry Day Today in Year 6 we celebrated National Poetry Day. The children performed their favourite poems - we had some self written poems, some in Spanish and some of our classics.
• Tuesday 1 October 2024 PE- Football
• Monday 30 September 2024 PE- Balance
• Monday 30 September 2024 30.09.24 Kudus Educational Visit to Goudhurst Village
• Friday 27 September 2024 Dorodangos, Downpours & i-Dentfication! This week's weather meant that mud was the order of play!! And both groups were introduced to the Japanese art form of Dorodango.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Year 6 DT - Practicing a range of sewing techniques Tokay we learnt and practiced a range of sewing techniques. We learnt the back stitch, straight stitch, running stitch, basting stitch, blanket stitch, whip stitch, overlock stitch and sewed buttons.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Learning through the Generations in Science We were honoured to have two of our wonderful grandparents visit our school this week and share a lifetime of wisdom and learning with our class, as part of our topic about human lifecycles. Barry and Paul have led hugely interesting lives full of public service, both being recognised by the Queen for their commitment.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Hippo Class this week (week beginning 23.09.24)
• Wednesday 25 September 2024 Year 6 Football- lesson 3 Tokay we learnt how to pass with control over a variety of distances.
• Wednesday 25 September 2024 Year 6 Football- lesson 3 Tokay we learnt how to pass with control over a variety of distances.
• Tuesday 24 September 2024 Kudus DT 24.09.24
• Friday 20 September 2024 An Elephant in the Woods Meadow Browns & Speckled Woods arrived at the woods for the their first full day with a spring in their step and helping hands ready to carry the resources.
• Friday 20 September 2024 Year 6 DT - Textiles Lesson One Tokay in DT we started our textiles project. We explored textiles items - dismembering and analysing textile parts. In the next few sessions we will be designing and making our own aprons.
• Friday 20 September 2024 Hippos this week- week beginning 16.09.24 We have had a wonderful week. We learnt i and n in phonics, counting to 3 in maths and we danced to the song ‘happy’ by Pharrell Williams in Music. We’ve been reading lots of stories such as ‘who’s in my family’ and ‘the same but different too’. We had lots of fun in PE learning balance on Monday and football on Tuesday and in RE this week we discussed how to care for our special world.
• Friday 20 September 2024 Year 6 science - animals in our local environment Today we continued our learning on animal classification and explored animals of our local environment.
• Thursday 19 September 2024 Kudus Drumming Lesson 18.09.24
• Tuesday 17 September 2024 EYFS - Football
• Monday 16 September 2024 EYFS- Hippo Class first PE lesson- Balance Hippo Class really impressed me with their balancing skills today. They already knew that keeping their arms out would help them and they all gave each balance a go. I look forward to developing these skills with them across this term.
• Monday 16 September 2024 Year 6 PSHE: Working Together Tokay in PSHE we focused on relationships and working together as a team. We discussed ‘what skills make good team work’ and we began to explore the term ‘being assertive’.
• Friday 13 September 2024 EYFS - Learning through play- Spitfires
• Friday 13 September 2024 EYFS- RE- Why should we care for our special world?
• Thursday 12 September 2024 Lions - Netball Lesson One In today’s lesson we focused on the foot work technique and turning when on the move. We played a number of mini games.
• Thursday 12 September 2024 EYFS - Week 2 in Hippo Class
• Thursday 12 September 2024 Year 6 - Football Lesson One For our first football lesson we focused on dribbling techniques.
• Thursday 12 September 2024 Year 6 - Football Lesson One For our first football lesson we focused on dribbling techniques.
• Wednesday 11 September 2024 EYFS - 5 Currant Buns - Hippo Class Our focus in maths this term will be numbers to 5, so we started this off with 5 currant buns!
• Wednesday 11 September 2024 Netball Fun! We had fantastic fun in the sun during our first netball lesson, practising how to catch a ball whilst moving.
• Wednesday 11 September 2024 Kudus Class English In English, we went outside to find dinosaur bones and fossils. We then wrote sentences to describe these using adjectives.
• Wednesday 11 September 2024 EYFS Hippo Class First Week Our new Hippo's are settling in really well! It is such a joy getting to know them. Next week we will have our first full week and start our phonics learning.
• Tuesday 10 September 2024 Kudus DT
• Thursday 5 September 2024 Kudus English - Writing sentences about the school chickens!
• Friday 12 July 2024 Junior Duke Silver Challenge Today, July 12th, our Junior Duke club finished their Silver Challenge. The children who took part told us their favourite part of this course.
• Thursday 11 July 2024 Bubble Fun We are grateful to the PTFA for organising a whole school event, including bubble wands and doughnuts! A wonderful afternoon in the sun!
• Friday 5 July 2024 Fun on the Farm! Year 4 and 5 went on a joint trip to Brogdale Farm this week, enjoying the wonderful summer sunshine. Cherries were eaten, pollinators studied and the children learned all about a working fruit farm. Thank you to everyone for their brilliant behaviour!
• Tuesday 2 July 2024 02.07.24 In English, we wrote repeating pattern poems about Africa and performed them to the class.
• Sunday 30 June 2024 Colour Dash 2024
• Sunday 30 June 2024 Wealden Partnership Swimming Gala
• Friday 28 June 2024 Mastering the Marshmallow Melter Challenge Practice, patience and perseverance paid off! This week, Holly & Chestnut Group took on making their own fires for toasting marshmallows.
• Friday 28 June 2024 Mindful Water colours We had the joy of spending the afternoon working on our technique to create tone and shade, building up our work and showing independent skills in colour mixing and blending skills.
• Friday 28 June 2024 Trumpet Performance
• Friday 28 June 2024 EYFS This Week Photos from this week.
• Thursday 27 June 2024 Buddy News - Part 1 Buddies!
• Monday 24 June 2024 Deerly Beloved.... Look who popped into the woods! By the clock on the trail cam it looks like this deer likes to pop in at around 9pm and 7am whereas the badger came at 1am. As for the fox, he was hoping to catch the squirrel who has just scurried off stage left!
• Friday 21 June 2024 Midsummer - Flowers & Fires and crocheted creativity This week, Chestnut Group took an alternative route home from Forest School and Holly Group took an alternative route to Forest School this week which allowed us to see a whole host of wildflowers that have grown up around an area of wasteland. There was teasel, mallow, giant viper's bugloss, sainfoin, mayweed and a mound of ruby red poppies to name just a few! We saw some young great tits pecking at insects on the security fence. On the edge of the field there were scarlet pimpernels underfoot and thistles covered in aphids which were providing a tasty breakfast for some seven-spotted ladybirds. We also saw a huge dragonfly helicopter over our heads. An exciting change of scene!!
• Friday 14 June 2024 Elderflower Forage & Feast Today we dived into the wonderful world of elderflower! We looked, we sniffed, we touched and we tasted Rosehip's delicious elderflower cordial and then sampled freshly fried elderflower fritters made over the campfire! Everybody agreed that elderflower is AWESOME!
• Friday 14 June 2024 Digital Collaging Skills Year 5 explored the digital collages of artists such as David Hockney, looking at how his designs have influenced the everyday picture collages we now use digitally. We then used our natural environment to work outdoors to produce our own photographs and then translate them into a digital collage to try and capture natural movement. The children were great at creating and naming their work!
• Wednesday 12 June 2024 Year 6 in Rye Harbour The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Friday 7 June 2024 Dragonflies, Daisies & Dog Roses The wait between Year 1 & Year 2s Forest School sessions is the longest in their entire journey through our school. It is fair to say that Holly & Chestnut Group were bubbling with excitement as they boarded the minibus.
• Friday 7 June 2024 Year 1 trip to Kent life
• Monday 3 June 2024 Fantastic Readers! Fantastic Readers showing off their weekly achievements!
• Thursday 23 May 2024 Year 1 Trip to Cranbrook Year 1 Elephants class visited Cranbrook Museum
• Friday 17 May 2024 17.05.24 Leopard Class Maidstone Museum Visit - we took part in a workshop about mummification and handled some Ancient Egyptian artefacts and replicas.
• Friday 17 May 2024 Computing-creating media with pictures This week we have been looking at representing sound with images. The children have been using media software to compose music using shapes and lines.
• Tuesday 14 May 2024 Leopard Class PSHE! We debated about what makes a healthy lifestyle.
• Tuesday 14 May 2024 Y5 and Y6 Cricket Session
• Monday 13 May 2024 Bishop Rose Visits Goudhurst!
• Friday 10 May 2024 Computing-creating media we are looking at creating media this term in computing. Today we looked at exploring rhythm and pulse.
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 The PTFA Danceathon
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 The PTFA Danceathon
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 Kings and Queens Day Royal Dancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5y3iAkNiU
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 Dodgeball Taster 2024 On 26th April the coaches from Premier Education came in to school to lead taster sessions in Dodgeball for the classes.
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 West Kent Football Success 2024 Huge congratulations to Oscar Hunt ( yr 5) and Jenson ( Yr 4) who both successfully trialed to join the West Kent Football tier 1 of training. They will now complete a term of training sessions at St Gregs in Tunbridge Wells. At the end of this period a final squad will be selected.
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 Cricket taster with Benenden girl's school coach On Tuesday 23rd April Liam from Benenden Girl's school came along to hold 2 training sessions for Cricket with years 5 & 6. Liam is head of Cricket at Benenden Girl's school and also the head coach for the Brazilian ladies Cricket team.
• Tuesday 7 May 2024 Hotshotz Taster Day 2024 On Friday 19th April the coaches from Hotshotz tennis came to run taster sessions throughout the school.
• Friday 3 May 2024 Leopard Class Sunset Supper!
• Friday 3 May 2024 Finding fractions of an amount - outdoor learning We have explored finding fractions of an amount outside with the class this week. click here to see us in action!
• Friday 26 April 2024 Dodgeball Competition! Year 5 enjoyed their dodgeball taster session with Premier sports. To say the teams were a little competitive is an understatement! But all of the children had a lot of fun.
• Friday 26 April 2024 Twelfth Night - the offical photos "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
• Friday 26 April 2024 Kudus welcome the Chicks This week, Kudus were lucky enough to have nine visitors to the class.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Batting and Bowling Fun! Zebras enjoyed a special training session to start their cricket topic, with a senior coach from Benenden Girls school. The session was full of fun tips and tricks to help us get started with our bowling and batting. Thank you so much to the teaching team at Benenden Girls once again for their support.
• Friday 19 April 2024 Outdoor Learning On Thursday afternoon, we all had a chance to enjoy some outdoor learning by listening to our class book under the willow.
• Wednesday 17 April 2024 17.04.24 Leopard Class Local Artist Study
• Friday 29 March 2024 A Visit from the Broad Oak Rainbow Bird & Thank You Moley The Rainbow Bird comes but once a year to Broad Oak and if you are lucky you may see a flash of its technicolour plumage or come across one of its shiny colourful eggs...Birch Group & Elder Group certainly were lucky enough to do just that!
• Thursday 28 March 2024 Melting Clay Dali Clocks! As part of our art curriculum, we have built on our prior learning on Salvador Dali and created a clay piece inspired by his painting, The Persistence of Memory. The children worked hard to join different pieces of clay using slip, developing techniques they had used previously. They also used props to create the ripple effect. Painting the clocks with acrylic paint, showed how they could use this type of material to create their design.
• Thursday 28 March 2024 Shakespeare 2024: A Twelfth Night Triumph! Year 5 at Goudhurst school performed their Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, at Benenden Girls School on Tuesday evening.
• Monday 25 March 2024 25.03.24 Leopard Class Dip Making in DT
• Friday 22 March 2024 Cooking up a Sting! It was nettle week this week. We learnt about the fabulous powers and uses over the ages of the mighty nettle. Then we set of 'a foraging'!
• Friday 22 March 2024 22.03.24 Leopard Class Spring Watercolour Art
• Wednesday 20 March 2024 Leopard Class Tennis Lesson
• Friday 15 March 2024 Mud, Mud Glorious Mud Ooze, squelch, gloop - there was some great onomatopoeic language in the woods today and A LOT of mud! Luckily - the children saw this as a VERY good thing!
• Wednesday 13 March 2024 World Book day We loved our visit from the children's author.
• Tuesday 12 March 2024 Leopard Class History
• Saturday 9 March 2024 Wealden Partnership Hockey 2024
• Friday 8 March 2024 Orange Ovens Brilliant baking and super scooping this week! The children enjoyed the fruit (juice) of their labours having created oven and baked chocolate orange brownies in the embers of the campfire.
• Friday 8 March 2024 Junior Duke: Silver Domestic Challenge Junior Duke learnt how to prepare a full table, with lots of different cutlery and tried napkin folding too! We are now ready for our invitation to Buckingham Palace!
• Thursday 7 March 2024 Year 6 - World Book Day 2024
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Year 6 - ABCB Poetry - The Dreadful Menace This past term the children of Year 6 have been working to create their own ABCB poems. Please scan the code to see them in action!
• Monday 4 March 2024 Leopard Class - 04.03.24 - This morning, we used outdoor learning to 'explore' The Twits' house. We focused on using adventurous language and our senses to describe what we could see, hear, feel, taste and touch.
• Monday 4 March 2024 Kent Hockey Success 2024 What a great result for Marden Russets this weekend ( 3.3.24)
• Friday 1 March 2024 Highways & Byways & Fiery Fungi The children edged the footpaths today to help ensure that people didn't venture over into the fast growing expanse of bluebells that they want to protect from being squashed. They also made good use of the ID books to research the fabulous fungi that they found. They are loving explroing the woods and having more freedom. During the afternoons we did some fire striking and Birch Group had a look at how King Alfred's Cake get's the nickname Tinder Fungus.
• Friday 1 March 2024 Silver Junior Duke - Litter Challenge Today the Silver Junior Duke team did some litter picking in the playground. We went all across the playground even to the forest. We found a huge bag of rubbish, although it had been very windy and lots of litter had been blown around! Thank you Junior Duke Team for making our school a tidier place!
• Friday 1 March 2024 Liquid Discovery! Year 5 continued their journey investigating solids, liquids and gases, this week exploring the viscosity of different liquids. We measured very carefully and found pouring syrup is very tricky as it is very viscous!
• Friday 1 March 2024 Battle of the Clauses Vikings took over our English lessons this week, as well as our learning on Wednesday, with a 'Battle of the Clauses'. We raced to see who could create the most impressive sentences from a randomly selected list of words!
• Thursday 29 February 2024 Music (kudus) we have been learning a rock song to perform as a group
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Viking Day (zebras) Today we immersed ourselves in the history of the vikings.
• Tuesday 27 February 2024 In Science, . Year 3 and Year 4 investigated an Oobleck! We measured how long it took for it to fall off of our hands
• Friday 23 February 2024 Birch & Elder - Year 3 Signs of Spring Birch were able to explore the bigger boundaries of Broad Oak available to them now they have reached the dizzy heights of year two. They also were set the challenge of looking for signs of spring as they needed to work out which areas they should steer clear of in order to let the beautiful bluebells to grow. Due to high winds Elder Group had to stay at school for their session and even though it POURED with rain they did not let the weather dampen their spirits. We visited the Glebe field looking for signs of spring and differentiating between wild and
• Thursday 22 February 2024 Exploring Oobleck! Oobleck (a mix of cornstarch and water) was great fun to make! We experimented with how many stirs it took to make. We then observed how it behaves like a solid or a liquid depending on how much pressure is applied. One of our favourite science investigations!
• Wednesday 21 February 2024 Leopard Class learned about the campaign for votes for women.
• Monday 19 February 2024 Speed Stacking Gold medalists visits club
• Monday 19 February 2024 UK Indoor Athletics 2024
• Friday 9 February 2024 Life's a Stream! Our Final Week with the Dazzling Dogwoods and Wonderful Whitebeams and what a happy week it was! There was pancakes, shows, rain, boat races and a whole lot of laughter and soggy wellies! Take a look at the photos to get a sneak peak...
• Friday 9 February 2024 Beebots, algorithms and debugging (Kudus) In computing we have been learning how to debug code.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 A Look Back at Dogwood & Whitebeam's Year 4 in Three Parts At long last, I have overcome all technical issues and I can share the trio of videos with you. Thank you Fox, Wren, Rosehip & Nuthatch for your help with the filming.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Year 6 NHS Well-Being Workshop Today we attained ‘Captain Wonderweb and the Esteem Machine Show’ as part of the NHS Well-being day.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Year 6 - Performance Poetry For the past couple of weeks, Year 6 have been exploring poetry and focusing on the poem ‘The Dreadful Menace’. For their session on Monday, the children participated in a performance poetry session, performing ‘Lady Winter’. They focused on their intonation, pace and volume. We used the top tips of Michael Rosen to support our delivery. This has prepared the children for their performances of their ABCB poem.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Year 6 Speed Stacking Today was a very wet day, so we participated in a speed stacking course in the dry. The children tried the 3, 3, 3 and 3, 6, 3 technique. Next time we will try The Cycle’.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Year 6 Speed Stacking Today was a very wet day, so we participated in a speed stacking course in the dry. The children tried the 3, 3, 3 and 3, 6, 3 technique. Next time we will try The Cycle’.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Year 6 - Gymnastics
• Thursday 8 February 2024 SVPS Girl's Football On Wednesday 7th February a team of Upper KS2 girls took part in a girl's football festival at Sutton Valence Prep School. This was a new event and the girls had a fantastic time. They showed improvement in game play and skill as the festival progressed and were resilient and determined.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Jumping Gymnastics! We have loved completing our gymnastics module in PE, practising different balances and working as part of a team! Well done Y5!
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Mental Health with Captain Wonderweb (Leopards) The children from Kudus enjoyed a show today in the hall. It looked at ways in which we could support our metal well-being in a fun and active way.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Mental Health with Captain Wonderweb (Kudus) The children from Kudus enjoyed a show today in the hall. It looked at ways in which we could support our metal well-being
• Wednesday 7 February 2024 Leopard Class DT - Tasting dips
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 PE- Tuesday 6th February The children have loved the large apparatus this term. I have been so impressed by how quiet they have been in order to concentrate as well keep themselves and others safe whilst using the equipment.
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 Leopard Class Measuring Rates of Diffusion
• Monday 5 February 2024 PE- Monday 5th February Our last agility lesson of the term!
• Friday 2 February 2024 Setting sail and Whisking up a treat! Dogwood Group was halved in size this week as half of the troupe headed up to the O2 to sing with the Young Voices. The remaining group had lots of fun making Campfire Cones, taking their boats for a test run and finding moss, lichen and deer prints! Whitebeam Group were the first group to sample pancakes made by out Woodland Whiskers....to say they were impressed is an understatement!!
• Friday 2 February 2024 This week Another lovely week in Hippo Class!
• Friday 2 February 2024 Coding with scratch (Kudus) We coded navigation to direct a ball around a grid that contained obstacles.
• Friday 2 February 2024 Robot Algorithms (Kudus) We have been learning how to create and test our instructions.
• Friday 2 February 2024 Young Voices 2024
• Wednesday 31 January 2024 Balancing in P.E (Kudus) We focused on balance today in P.E and worked on balances with a partner.
• Wednesday 31 January 2024 30.01.24 Leopard Class took part in a Life Space workshop about 'Acceptance'.
• Tuesday 30 January 2024 Leopard Class Outdoor PE - tennis skills
• Monday 29 January 2024 Leopard Class took part in the whole school Christingle Service!
• Friday 26 January 2024 Boat Builders & Lumberjacks The woods were a hive of industry as children took on a variety of challenges. There were shisks to be sanded, firewood to be split and on top of this Broad Oak had transformed into a boatyard as children took on the challenge to build a boat to set sail down the stream. See the gallery to find out more
• Friday 26 January 2024 Christingle Celebration - Lighting up the Church!
• Friday 26 January 2024 Christingle Service The Christingle service was brilliant, as usual.
• Friday 26 January 2024 Geography Walk to the Church On our way to the Christingle service, the children in Year 1 were given maps of Goudhurst. The children had to direct Mrs Wyatt to the church using the language we've learnt during our Geography lessons.
• Friday 26 January 2024 This week We’ve had a lovely week in Hippo Class.
• Friday 26 January 2024 Kent Sportshall Athletics trials On Sunday 14th January Julian, Seb and Poppy A attended trials for the Kent Sportshall Athletics Trials at the Stour centre in Ashford.
• Friday 26 January 2024 KS2 Healthy Me workshops On Friday 12th January the children in years 3,4 & 5 all attended Healthy Living workshops run by TWKSSP.
• Friday 26 January 2024 Scotland Hockey Success Mr Roberts, Hamish, is our very own Mrs Roberts Son.
• Friday 26 January 2024 Leopards Class made Christingles ready for our Christingle service. We learned about the symbolism behind each part of the Christingle.
• Thursday 25 January 2024 Mola Collage Art This week we looked at examples of the Mola Fabric art from Panama. We noticed the bright colours in the foreground and the dark colours in the background. We talked about how the fabrics often have an animal in the middle and how there are lots of simple shape patterns around the outside.
• Thursday 25 January 2024 RE- What is a Muslim? This term we are learning about special stories from the Bible. Today we learnt the difference between a Christian and a Muslim, and we learnt about one of their special stories, the first revelation.
• Wednesday 24 January 2024 Finding the Beat of Music We have been looking at the different elements of a song. Focusing on beat and pulse, we have clapped and moved in time to the music.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 Walking through the village The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 Leopard Class Maths! Measuring in metres and centimetres. In Maths, we have made paper aeroplanes and measured how far these travelled across the playground.
• Monday 22 January 2024 PE- Term 3- Agility ’.
• Monday 22 January 2024 Space
• Friday 19 January 2024 Coconut Ice, Whisk Benders & Sun Catchers The sub zero temperature on the mercury had covered every surface with a feathery, crystal-white shimmering hoar frost. As we crunched the icy puddles our warm breath made hot puffy clouds in the sky.
• Friday 19 January 2024 Very Ice & Taking Whisks The hoar frost created feathery whiskers across every grass blade and fallen leaf. We had great fun stomping through the frozen puddles and listening to the crackle and crunch of the ice. We spotted the distinctive deer prints and watched as meadow pippits
• Friday 19 January 2024 This week- week beginning Monday 15th January We’ve had a lovely week in the winter sunshine ??
• Friday 19 January 2024 RE- David and Goliath We’re enjoying learning Bible Stories from the New Testament.
• Friday 19 January 2024 Shake it up! Year 5 enjoyed exploring the difference between solids and liquids by making butter from cream. They discovered that the double cream made butter more easily than the single cream and talked about why this might be the case.
• Friday 19 January 2024 Disco with Crumbles! This term Zebras class are working with Crumbles to program instructions to motors, LEDs and buzzers, using a Chromebook. This week the motor was powering a stickperson to dance (move left or right) with a flashing LED, to create a disco effect! Scan our QR code to listen to year 5 explain more!
• Friday 12 January 2024 First Snowy Diary Entries Following Monday’s snow flurries Broad Oak and the sub zero temperatures Broad Oak had blankets of snow on the fallen logs and an array of mystery footprints for the children to discover and note down in their new nature diaries.
• Friday 5 January 2024 Welcome Back It has been lovely welcoming the children back and hearing all their news from Christmas.
• Friday 5 January 2024 Noticing, Wondering, Making Connections As mud oozed up around their boots, Dogwood & Whitebeam Groups headed to Forest School set with a challenge…..to discover a Woodland Welcome that invited them to Broad Oak and made them notice nature. Noticing nature will help us with the entries for our new nature diaries. We looked at nature diaries that had been published over the years and discussed how writing a nature diary can help your brain to learn more AND help you feel happier….what’s not to love?
• Friday 5 January 2024 First week of January 2024 We have had a great first week back, doing gymnastics and large apparatus in PE and tasting Spanish oranges! In maths, we continued learning about fractions, using pizza shapes to help us learn. We learned about William Morris patterns in art and started designing our own tile. In computing we put together a crumble (not fruit based) and started to program. Finally, we started our new English topic all about a journey story. To use fractions, we have had an 11/10 week!!
• Friday 15 December 2023 Last week of term 2 - Merry Christmas We have had a magical last week of term with a Christmas lunch, Christmas party, a trip to the pantomime, a visit from Father Christmas and our end of term church service. Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful Christmas break!
• Thursday 14 December 2023 Christmas Lunch 2023 The children enjoyed pulling their christmas crackers and a visit from Father Christmas all courtesy of the PTFA.
• Friday 8 December 2023 Beech & Oak - Marvellous Memories A look back on a term of fabulous fun, self-driven projects, teamwork, firey challenges, problem solving, creativity, conkers, some yummy food and LOTS of mud!!
• Friday 8 December 2023 RE - Why do Christians perform Nativities? In RE we watched the Christmas Story and discussed why Christians perform Nativities.
• Friday 8 December 2023 Year 6 - Gingerbread Houses
• Monday 4 December 2023 This week. We had our Nativity this week, the children were amazing sheep and angels!
• Monday 4 December 2023 Goudhurst Choir - Christmas shopping day
• Saturday 2 December 2023 Christmas Market - 2nd December 2023 The Christmas MarketA huge thank you to everyone for your support at the Christmas Market which took place last Saturday. This event raised over £5,100 and this would not be possible without the amazing community spirit we have here at Goudhurst & Kilndown School. This money will be used to help fund the replacement school minibus.Thank you to the wrapping team, the Grotto decorators, the hamper wrappers, the many parents who ran and cleared up stalls, the Dragons Den Team and the year 6 children who did so incredibly well. Thankyou to Father Christmas who paid a visit to us too.Everyone had a lot of fun and the money raised will benefit every child in the school.
• Friday 1 December 2023 Fabulous Foraged Food & a Campfire Lunch Following the events of last week, it was wonderful to be back in the woods and remind ourselves that everything was a-OK. We had time to talk and reflect and were all in agreement that through supporting one another we could all be known as Team Hero!
• Thursday 30 November 2023 Sweet Jar Competition A massive thank you for all the amazing sweet jar competition entries. They were the best year yet in terms of standard of entry, and the time, effort and creativity invested was plain to see. Congratulations to Scarlett James our KS1 winner, Kaitlin James our KS2 winner and Mrs Crosby our adult winner! The children were presented with their prizes in Celebration Assembly.These jars will be used for our stall at St Mary's Church on Saturday, (sweet Jar Tombola). Please go along if you can and support the school and St Mary's Church.
• Thursday 30 November 2023 Visitor Today we had a visitor, a local farmer, who bought his tractor for us to see. Our year 6 buddies came out to with us, we had so much fun!
• Thursday 30 November 2023 TWKSSP Team Building 2023
• Saturday 25 November 2023 Year 6 and Year 3 - Young Leaders Session 2 The year 6 Young Leaders team led their second training session with Year 3. They Young Leaders had to design a game and share this with children on rotation 10 times.
• Friday 24 November 2023 The Christmas Story In RE today we focused on the Christmas Story in preparation for our nativity performances.
• Friday 24 November 2023 The Great Year 5 Kelly Kettle Challenge Fire Striking and the wide variety of skills that it can help develop is a huge highlight for many children at Forest School and in Year 5 they get the chance to bring all their knowledge and understanding of fire siting, striking and safety together to boil water on a Kelly Kettle and make their own hot chocolate (with all the trimmings. It would take patience, perseverance and teamwork but the smiles on their faces bore testament to the pride they gained from having to work hard to achieve something.
• Friday 24 November 2023 Year 6 Geography - using a range of maps (including digital) to explore 'where in the world are we?' For open morning, we started our new geography unit ‘World Comparisons’. We located our local area on a range of maps and discussed the similarities and differences using geographical language.
• Thursday 23 November 2023 PSHE- different homes. We read the story ‘Come Over To My House’ by Dr Seuss. We talked about the story and about our own homes and families.
• Tuesday 21 November 2023 TWKSSP Healthy Me workshops
• Friday 17 November 2023 Fun, Fungi & a Story Tree A week of fun & fungi. We discovered sooo many different varieties. The distinctive 'Fly Agaric', the jolly titled 'Chip Cherry', the spooky 'Dead Man's Finger's' and the aptly named 'Canine Stinkhorn' to name just a few. The groups were also keen to venture into Badger City and found a wonderful sweet chestnut stool that they could fit a good sized group inside- they decided this was a good place to tell stories...and so became the story tree. We also looked at quick release tension knots to help us with our shelters. Take a look at this week's gallery to discover more A week of fun & fungi
• Friday 17 November 2023 WSP Netball 2023
• Thursday 16 November 2023 Year 6 Science - Exploring Friction In our latest science lesson, Year 6 explored Friction. They created their own experiments to try and increase and decrease the friction of a shoe on different surfaces.
• Thursday 16 November 2023 Cakes make books! We love reading in Zebras and we decided it was time to restock our library with some amazing new books! Thank you to all our lovely parents who have bought or provided cakes for our bake sales, as we have used profits from these to buy the new books. Happy reading Zebras!
• Monday 13 November 2023 PE- term 2- target This term in PE with me, the children are developing their target skills.
• Friday 10 November 2023 Conquering Conkers! Beech Group learnt two lessons early on Wednesday morning. What the Beaufort scale is & to deal with disappointment! I am pleased to say that they decided to deal with the news that they would not be able to go to the woods due to the meteorologists’ forecast of high winds with maturity and a refreshingly positive outlook.
• Friday 10 November 2023 RE- Old Testament stories This term in RE we are learning about Old Testament stories from the Bible, and then incarnation as we begin to prepare for our nativity.
• Friday 10 November 2023 Year 6 and Year 3 - Young Leaders Session The year 6 Young Leaders team led a training session with Year 3. They Young Leaders had to design a game and share this with children on rotation 12 times.
• Tuesday 7 November 2023 EYFS Remembrance Lest we forget- We spent time discussing why we buy poppies and watched a 2 minute video from CBeebies.
• Tuesday 7 November 2023 Wealden Partnership Football 2023
• Sunday 5 November 2023 Technology around us - computing in year 1 At the beginning of the year, year 1 are learning about what technology is, using a mouse and using a computer keyboard.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 Sliders and levers - DT in year 1 During the Autumn term, year 1 will be exploring sliders and levers.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 PSHE in year 1 In the first term, our topic is called ‘Me and my relationships’. We’ve talked about our feelings, people that are special to us and how to be a good friend and a good listener.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 English in Year 1 At the start of the year, we focus on getting the essentials mastered; holding a pencil correctly, understanding capital letters and full stops and beginning to write in full sentences.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 What does it take to be a navigator? Geography in year 1 In term 1, we explored the question, what does it take to be a navigator? We read maps, added directions to maps and used directional language to navigate around the school.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 Maths in year 1 Autumn term’s maths focuses on understanding numbers to 10, and adding and subtracting within 10.
• Sunday 5 November 2023 Science in year 1 Term 1 science is called ‘Mixtures and Potions’. This is an example of the experiments we’ve been doing in Elephants class.
• Thursday 2 November 2023 Handball in the Hall! Handball is a ball game where you use your hands! We had fun today playing games in the hall, as it was wet outside. We practised dribbling skills, and running whilst passing and dribbling!
• Monday 30 October 2023 Welcome back hippo class! It’s so lovely to catch up on everyone’s half term news.
• Friday 27 October 2023 Brimstone & Orange Tips Forest School in Year 1 Brimstones & Orange Tips had a wonderful term of sessions. They learnt what it means to keep our 3 Forest School promises To look after themselves, each other and the wonderful woods. Each week they reflected on how they had embodied the school values through their play and learning and were always brimming with ideas. We were so proud of how they flourished and developed in independence and resilience. This video gives you a sneak peak into our very happy term. Make yourself a cuppa & sit back & enjoy!
• Monday 23 October 2023 Wealden Partnership Hockey 2023
• Friday 20 October 2023 Power Maths The children are making fantastic progress with Power Maths. They engage well with the lessons and are developing their verbal reasoning with lots of partner talk.
• Thursday 19 October 2023 Year 6 Young Leaders - Coaching Session The Year 6 children hosted their first Young Leaders session. They coached and guided the children through a circuit.
• Thursday 19 October 2023 Year 6 Young Leaders - Coaching Session The Year 6 children hosted their first Young Leaders session. They coached and guided the children through a circuit.
• Thursday 19 October 2023 Owl-tastic! Today, we had some special visitors, who brought in some owls to demonstrate how fantastic these creatures can be. We got to see the owls fly over our heads and if we wanted to we could have our picture taken too!
• Wednesday 18 October 2023 Child initiated learning Children in the early years need opportunities to learn through play.
• Sunday 15 October 2023 Life cycle of a pumpkin We are learning the life cycle of a pumpkin through the story ‘Pumpkin Jack’.
• Friday 13 October 2023 Bread Baking & Blackberry Jam Wren had been busy over the weekend, and the children were thrilled to arrive and see their Hapa Zome bunting hanging from the new kitchen roof - they were keen to identify the flag they had contributed & identify the different types of leaves. Having brought in their lovely blackberries, the Brimstones & Orange Tips set to work peeling the apples, pouring in the sugar and then squeezing in the juice of a lemon then the ingredients were put in the pan & heated over the campfire. It was fun to watch it begin to bubble and become a sweet, gooey, fruity goup ready for putting in jars so we could all take a pot home to share with our families. The next step was to get to work baking our bread - patience and resilience were the order of the day! And all the while our new resident Robin watched over us eyeing up any dropped crumbs that he might make a merry meal of later!!!
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Let's Shoot some Hoops! Year 5 playing netball
• Tuesday 10 October 2023 Leopard Class First Aid Workshop The children learned about CPR, Choking as well as bleeding and burns.
• Monday 9 October 2023 What's the time Mr Wolf The children loved this game, it was brilliant in terms of PE and maths!
• Monday 9 October 2023 First aid workshop The children loved this!
• Sunday 8 October 2023 Lions do Netball So far we have looked at:
• Sunday 8 October 2023 Year 6 DT So far in our textiles project we have been...
• Sunday 8 October 2023 Year 3 Netball Leopards class have been learning the 4 main passes used in netball, as well as the footwork rule and some dodging and attacking strategies.
• Saturday 7 October 2023 Rawlinson Run 2023
• Saturday 7 October 2023 Sports Leader Training 2023 Our year six children have begun their Sports Leader training for this year. They worked with coaches from TWKSSP and with MM to learn about their role in supporting Sport and PE throughout the school. This included day to day jobs like keeping the PE equipment tidy and pivotel roles in running Sports day in the Summer term. They look to be shaping up very well already!!!!
• Friday 6 October 2023 Barrows of Fun Amongst the weekly mix of child-led mix of fun and games there was bark writing, fungi finding, happy families, nest building, running a horse stables, bug house building, log balancing and plenty of adventure.
• Friday 6 October 2023 Rocket Poppers! Yesterday, we did an investigation using rocket poppers to create a fair test. We were testing how many seconds it took to launch, varying the size of fizzy vitamin c tablet and amount of water. The quickest was the rocket with the most water! Click on our video to see us taking our learning outside!
• Thursday 5 October 2023 DT Year 3
• Thursday 5 October 2023 National Poetry Day We studied 'We Refugees' on National Poetry Day, to tie into the theme given for this year of Refuge. We reflected on how the poem ties in with our topic on journeys for this term and how the poem made us feel.
• Thursday 5 October 2023 Year 6 - National Poetry Day Thursday 5th October was National Poetry Day. the children of Year 6 participated in a poetry recital. They were invited to read their favourite poems to the class.
• Friday 29 September 2023 Hapa Zome Bunting & Pancakes with a Hedgerow Twist This week the Orange Tips learnt the art of Hapa Zome (Japanese for leaf dye) in order to create some bunting for our very smart new kitchen roof made by Mr Russell and his sons. It took concentration, resilience and control and resulted in a good dose of glee!! It also promoted a lot of interest in the shapes and names of the trees and plants around Broad Oak Wood as the children hunted for the 'BEST' Hapa Zome leaf. Meanwhile Brimstones got to mix up their own pancake ingredients. Before watching them being cooked over the campfire and then drizzling them in Rosehip's homemade Rosehip Syrup packed with Vitamin C....so good many had to lick the bowl clean and almost everybody came back for seconds!!!
• Friday 29 September 2023 Bewl Water Fun - Y5 Residential Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic residential trip to Bewl Water, spending lots of time on the water canoeing and paddle boarding. We also practised archery, climbing and axe-throwing. It was great to spend a few days watching the children build their resilience and team building skills. As always the food was amazing and our accommodation warm and welcoming. Well done year 5 on a great trip!See more pictures here: https://www.goudhurst-kilndown.kent.sch.uk/All-Galleries/?SSID=2893&password=#GalleryListHolder
• Thursday 28 September 2023 Year 6 - Art - Frida Kahlo- Portraits - using our cultural background to inspire our artwork
• Wednesday 27 September 2023 Pyramids In choosing time the children enjoyed making 3D shapes which lead into a conversation about pyramids. We researched pyramids online, discussed when and where they were built, and looked up the pyramids on Google Maps. It’s so much fun learning in the moment like this.
• Wednesday 27 September 2023 Developing a deeper understanding of number We are developing our mathematical knowledge with adult directed learning with ‘Power Maths’. However, opportunities to develop mathematical knowledge is available in our child initiated learning through our continuous provision.
• Wednesday 27 September 2023 Cheerleading Taster Day On Monday 25th September the children in years 3,4,5 & 6 were treated to a wonderful Cheerleading Taster session with Lauren from Trinity Dance.
• Monday 25 September 2023 Our Class photo We had lots of fun taking our class photo for the newspaper!
• Monday 25 September 2023 Year 6 - Science - Exploring Forces
• Monday 25 September 2023 Year 6 - Cheerleading Workshop
• Thursday 21 September 2023 Year 3 Computing We have been looking at how computers are connected and making comparisons between digital and non-digital mediums.
• Tuesday 19 September 2023 Football The children amazed me with their skill and focus in their first football lesson.
• Monday 18 September 2023 Our first PE lesson on 'balance'. Hippo class had their first PE lesson with me on ‘balance’. They did brilliantly!
• Friday 15 September 2023 Our first RE lesson Our topic for RE in term 1 is Creation. In our first lesson we discussed that Christians believe God made this world and that we all need to look after it. We looked at different landscapes and what we liked about them. We then watched the ‘snail and the whale’; the snail goes on an adventure around the world, experiencing the awe and wonder of our planet.
• Thursday 14 September 2023 Busy Little Butterflies are back in Broad Oak The meadows had been mown and Brimstone group delighted as two row deer darting out of the wood on our arrival.
• Thursday 14 September 2023 Y5 acting out for our diary entries! This week we practised writing about our emotions and describing our feelings by acting outside! We choose a different feeling and our partner had to guess what we were acting out! We then used their movements to help us to write about each others feelings. We had lots of fun outside in the sunshine! Guest Ed: MH
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Football skills lesson 2 Football skills with year 3
• Saturday 2 September 2023 Dragon Boat Racing - Saturday 2nd September A wonderful group of parents competed in the Dragon Boat Racing at Bewl Water last Saturday. Our boats came in 9th and 10th out of 33 teams- we were very proud and everyone had a wonderful day!
• Friday 14 July 2023 Challenge S'more The children have been working so hard towards their final fire skills Challenge of Key Stage 1.
• Wednesday 12 July 2023 Hillview Festival 2023
• Wednesday 12 July 2023 Colour Dash 2023
• Friday 7 July 2023 Kindling Collectors & Bread Bakers Fail to prepare; prepare to fail! Birch & Elder are very determined to suceed in Challenge 4 of their Fire Skills....to toast a s'more over a fire that they had created themselves from scratch.
• Friday 30 June 2023 Bread & Butterflies: Woodchip & Wheelbarrows Birch group arrived in sunshine and having successfully lit the fire waited for the flames to be hot enough to bake their bread. Some of the children, helped make a gluten-free variety of the dough which allowed them to transfer some of the skills they had been using in their maths lessons involving weights and measures.
• Tuesday 13 June 2023 Sports Day BBQ - 13th June 2023 Sports Day BBQ.The sports day BBQ made £573.75.A huge thank you to Richard Tennant for manning the BBQ this year and for the past four years. It is very much appreciated, and it should be noted that Richard is leaving the school this year, so we will be on the lookout for the next Sports Day BBQ maverick!Thank you also to Beth Evans, Alfie Russell and The Gunaratne family for helping serve and tidy away on the day. Without parents who turn up to help put up tents and pull out and pack away all the items needed at sports day it would be difficult for us to run refreshments for parents.
• Saturday 10 June 2023 Goudhurst Village Fete - 10th June 2023 The Goudhurst Village Fete took place on Saturday 10th June. Our head boy and girl, Jack Shimmin and Summer Rose were the fete King and Queen and opened the event. There was a huge turnout and amazing support in the glorious sunshine. Thank you to all the parents who gave their time helping on stall and behind the scenes. The PTFA raised an amazing £4,500.
• Friday 9 June 2023 Broadoak Welcomes Birch & Elder Group If excitement could fuel minibuses, Year 2 have come up with a solution to fossil fuels!
• Friday 26 May 2023 Picnic, painting, whittling, weddings, target practice and building empires! Both sessions started with a group game of Wildflower Empire - just WHO WAS Cow's Parsley Would the Bugle blow their own trumpet and give themselves away Was Bluebell wearing Blue Could the Foxglove fox the opposition and wasn't everybody Cuckoo (flower)
• Tuesday 23 May 2023 If You Go Down to the Woods in May... Forest School Buddy Day The sun shone as the buddies and their teddy bears came to the woods. They toasted s'mores, played, explored, laughed and enjoyed a picnic by the lake.
• Sunday 21 May 2023 Ashford Netball League Summer Tournament - Winners Huge congratulations to Miss Wilkins' netball team - Homewood - on winning the Ashford Netball League Summer Tournament. Miss Wilkins played centre and Wing Defence as well as refereeing matches in between playing.
• Sunday 21 May 2023 Dulwich Athletics festival 2023
• Saturday 20 May 2023 London to Brighton Challenge 20th & 21st May 2023 LONDON TO BRIGHTON - 141,000 steps, 106km, 19hrs walking time, 21 amazing people and over £10,000 raised!An amazing group of parents & friends of Goudhurst & Kilndown School completed the London to Brighton Ultramarathon over the weekend raising over £10,000 in the process. It was unbelievably challenging, both mentally & physically and an overwhelming experience. A massive congratulations goes to John & Adele Abbott, Gemma & Anthony Preston, Jayne & Alfie Russell, Emily Allen, Laura Bellhouse, Ed Bates, Caroline & Oscar Richards, Victoria Aldwinckle, Chloe Cottingham, Harriet Moreton, Rachel Crosby, Ferne Whipp, Claire Ambrose-Gordon, Juliette Widdowson, Tom O'Sullivan, Sarah Chambers & Letizia Chetcuti.A huge thank you also goes to our incredible support team of Louisa Malt, Jo O'Sullivan, Jayne & Simon Russell who provided much needed food, water, hugs, encouragement, first aid, emotional & logistical support & loads of care! W
• Friday 19 May 2023 Dulwich Cricket 2023
• Tuesday 16 May 2023 Investigating Habitats: Making a Wormery! We planned an experiment to understand how worms can adapt to different habitats. We made predictions, thinking about if the worms would get the moisture and nutrients that they needed to survive.
• Monday 15 May 2023 Leopard Class 3D clay sculptures- Shabti Models The children learned how to use joining techniques to attach clay together. The children designed their own Shabtis and used tools and shaping technique to create their own models.
• Friday 5 May 2023 Coronation Tea Party Coronation Tea Party in Year 1
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Tamzyn Gale represents Kent & Sussex in Bouldering Following in the footsteps of her brother Josh, Tamzyn has been selected to represent the Kent & Sussex Climbing squad. She joined the squad in February of this year and has regularly been competing in age groups up to under 16s. In her last competition Tamzyn achieved a silver medal position.
• Monday 1 May 2023 Stump Central's Special Guests The Trail Camera didn't manage to pick up the Easter bunny (or the Broadoak Easter Bird for that matter)! However, it did capture these special guests who like to call Broadoak Woods their home.
• Thursday 27 April 2023 Investigating Microorganisms! Zebras class investigated microbes by swabbing different areas of the classroom and then growing microorganisms in petri dishes. We thought carefully about how we would plan the test to make sure we were controlling the variables to make our comparisons as valid as possible. We can't wait to check on our petri dishes to see which area of our classroom grows the most microorganisms.
• Wednesday 26 April 2023 Eco Ambassador School Training
• Friday 21 April 2023 I see anemones Not sea anemones, a sea of anemones...wood anemones and Broadoak Wood is a aglow with their little delicate starry flowers with punctuation marks of celandine, violets, primroses and lady’s smock (cuckoo flower).
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 West Kent Football Success Huge Congratulations to Poppy Purnell, Charlie Barstow, Harry Aldwinkle and Juniper Ambrose Gordon for successfully making it through to the second level in the West Kent Football Trials. They will now begin several weeks of intense training sessions before the ultimate squad is selected. It is a great achievement to get this far. Good luck
• Friday 10 March 2023 Finessing our Fire Striking Skills & Orange Oven Brownies Due to the weather forecast, Dogwood Group were unable to have a fire this week. Unertubed, they set to work creating, mud-sliding, digging holes for foxes & working on their fire-striking skills...this will come in very useful for an activity in a few weeks. The forecast was a little more favourable for Whitebeam Group and so they put their culinary skills into action!
• Thursday 9 March 2023 Shakespeare Workshop Year 5 had a fantastic morning at Benenden Girls School, practising their performance of Romeo and Juliet. They were very lucky to work with Ms Lennon, who ran through the script with them and helped them to bring their characters to life. Rehearsing the dance scene with the music and lighting was a particular highlight! We can't wait for performance night now! A huge thank you to Benenden Girls for all their support.
• Sunday 26 February 2023 UK Indoor Athletics Champs - Birmingham 2023
• Friday 24 February 2023 Signs of spring & Blue tit & Bumblebee's Challenge Broadoak wood welcomed Dogwood & Whitebeam Group with a duo of chilly days. Luckily, the children have become well versed in keeping themselves active and such was their excitement in discovering their new setting that we didn't hear a peep about cold hands or toes.
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Dulwich Prep Hockey Afternoon
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Fractions, fractions and more fractions. Outdoor learning for fractions
• Friday 10 February 2023 Conquering Challenges & Fond farewells It's been a terrific term. Beech & Oak group have grown in independence, resilience and their kindness and sense of fun have shone through even on the greyest of days.
• Friday 10 February 2023 Breaking News! Vicious Vikings Raid Lindisfarne! Zebras class have been combining computing with English to create their own newspaper articles, recounting the Viking raid of Lindisfarne. They used the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and examples of newspapers to compose their own articles on the Book Creator App. Read some of their 'breaking news' here.
• Thursday 9 February 2023 Whole School Portrait Project Every child in the school painted a self portrait on canvas board. The portraits are now displayed on the school hall for everyone to enjoy.
• Thursday 9 February 2023 Leopard Class Art and Dt Workshops Leopard Class loved their Art Workshop at Saint Ronans.
• Wednesday 8 February 2023 Creating Chairoplanes with Crumbles! In our computing lessons this term we have been making chairs that spin, using crumbles to control them. The best part about this activity was creating the crumble programme, learning how to use continuous loops. The most time-consuming part was debugging the programmes! In case you don't know, crumbles are small programmable controllers, that allow a computer program designed on a chromebook to light up sparkles (LED boards), drive motors or ring buzzers. Guest Editor: Owen W
• Friday 3 February 2023 The Five Cs Curiosity, Courage, Compassion, Commitment &...Coconut Rice Pudding!! With a soundtrack of birdsong, the school values were in abundance over the two days.
• Friday 27 January 2023 Fabulous fires with friends ANOTHER busy, rewarding and fun day in the woods. The grey gloom blanketing the sky could not deter from both groups’ determination to make the most out of their time in Broadoak Wood.
• Friday 27 January 2023 Fabulous fires with friends ANOTHER busy, rewarding and fun day in the woods. The grey gloom blanketing the sky could not deter from both groups’ determination to make the most out of their time in Broadoak Wood.
• Friday 20 January 2023 Frrrrrrosty fun! It was defintely chilly in the woods this week! However, nothing could freeze Oak & Beech Groups' joie de vivre! We read a beautiful passage written by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, a naturalist, affectionately know as 'BB'.
• Thursday 19 January 2023 Irreversible Changes In science this week for our new chemistry topic we mixed bicarbonate of soda and lemon juice to see what reaction occurred. We also measured the temperature to compare the heat before, during and after the experiment. Surprisingly, the temperature dropped! This was an endothermic reaction. Well done Y5 for your super observation skills. Guest Editor: AL
• Friday 13 January 2023 Where to begin? Two days of action packed creativity, curious, commitment & compassion. Two days that embodied our school values. Two days that were muddy and marvellous.
• Thursday 12 January 2023 TWKSSP Physical Literacy Event
• Tuesday 10 January 2023 TWKSSP Change4life workshops
• Friday 6 January 2023 Exploring the woods Beech & Oak’s first encounter of Broadoak Wood was a wild & windy one.
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Intra House New Age Kurling We have had fun today taking part in the Intra House New Age Curling event. It was very competitive and hotly contested, especially by the staff!!
• Tuesday 13 December 2022 December at Broadoak Happy Christmas from the residents of Broadoak Woods.
• Friday 9 December 2022 A Final Frosty Forest School The twinkling frost welcomed the groups to the woods. Broadoak looked magical. The children laid & lit the fire to heat water for hand washing & hot chocolate but would they complete the final Broadoak Challenge
• Friday 9 December 2022 The Nativity - A King is Born Well done to all the children in KS1 - please see photos of their amazing performance below.
• Wednesday 7 December 2022 TWKSSP Indoor Athletics 2022
• Friday 2 December 2022 Broadoak Bake Off It was Bread Week in the woods.
• Sunday 27 November 2022 GB Bouldering medal - Joshua Gale Wow, wow, wow. I have just received this amazing news. Joshua was the recipient of the 2022 Sports Cup at Goudhurst! What an amazing achievement from this wonderful young man. We are all so proud of him, his commitment and his fantastic attitude.
• Friday 25 November 2022 Rainy Days & Kelly Kettles Watch this week’s videos to see the following skills in action: teamwork, problem solving, kindness, resilience and success (plus many more besides)....and the squeakiest stick in the world!!
• Friday 25 November 2022 Year 1 DT - sliders and levers Year 1 have been working on their project 'Sliders and Levers' and have created moving pictures using Fairy Tales as their inspiration. Last week we made their final pieces (after creating prototypes and tweaking our designs) and they turned out amazing!
• Thursday 24 November 2022 DT: Pencil Cases Since September, the children of Year 6 have been designing, planning, making and evaluating their own pencil cases. They have learnt lots of new sewing techniques, used sewing machine and so much more.
• Thursday 24 November 2022 Lights, Camera, Action!
• Wednesday 23 November 2022 TWKSSP Team Building
• Friday 18 November 2022 Rainy Day Shelters & Kelly Kettle Collaboration Alder Group learnt how to secure a ridge line using a timber hitch & a tension knot. They then used their new skills to erect a shelter with a tarpaulin. They showed resilience & tenacity & many chose to eat their lunches in their new canvas homes.By Thursday, the rain had relented and Hornbeam Group took on the 'Broadoak Kelly Kettle Challenge' - the aim was to light a fire to boil their Kelly Kettle for a luxury hot chocolate (complete with squirty cream & mini marshmallows). They could then use the remaining fire to toast a marshmallow to sandwich between chocolate digestives to create a s'more.Many of the children had spent the previous week collecting and drying out kindling sticks & tinder including: reed mace, birch bark & eucalyptus bark. The children showed terrific teamwork and problem solving techniques.
• Wednesday 16 November 2022 Broadoak's very own Tommy Brock The children helped us set up Bumblebee's trail cam at Forest School. Watch the video to see what action it captured this week....
• Wednesday 16 November 2022 Super Science On Monday, we discovered that light travels in straight lines. We tested two different types of lens - convex and concave. The convex lens focused the light into one point, whilst the concave lens spread the light out! We learnt (through much repetition) that drawing light rays needed a ruler!
• Monday 14 November 2022 Magnificent Multiplication Year 5 have been learning all about fantastic factors. Factors are the two numbers that you multiply together. We have been testing our understanding by drawing factor rainbows. The highest number that we completed a rainbow for was 108 (with 12 factors). If you see a year 5 student, why not ask them all about factors, multiples or even prime numbers! Guest editor: FF
• Thursday 10 November 2022 Toffee Treats, A Woodland Gallery & Masses of Mud! A duo of beautiful autumnal days greeted Alder & Hornbeam groups to the wood.
• Thursday 10 November 2022 Upper Key Stage 2 Football Festival 2022
• Thursday 3 November 2022 See saws, trenches, mud slides & conkers Alder Group visited Broadoak Wood for the first time. After discussing the trees that grew there & familiarising themselves with the boundaries, the group went off to explore. They were fascinated by the 'trench' at the far end & a web of stories was woven about its history as they dug for treasure! Ahother group refashioned a fallen silver birch into a see-saw/balance beam/wobble board.
• Friday 21 October 2022 Come Rain or Shine we have fun! Chestnut Group basked in the autumnal sun whilst Holly Group got marvellously muddy in the rain.
• Thursday 20 October 2022 Girls' football at Dulwich The rain finally abated and we had a wonderful afternoon at DCP playing football in the sun. The girls battled hard and attacked throughout every game. They played four games, losing one and winning three.
• Thursday 20 October 2022 Week 7 of Term 1 Zebras have had an amazing last week of Term 1. We have learned all about the Moon in science and how it reflects light from the Sun and orbits the Earth. Also, we finished our non-chronological reports all about blue whales. We completed our week with Mrs Brice by playing a football competition, which was lots of fun! Have a great half-term everyone. Guest editor: LS
• Tuesday 18 October 2022 Intra House Football Autumn 2022
• Thursday 13 October 2022 Chestnuts & Conkers
• Thursday 13 October 2022 Kidenza Music Festival! Year 4 and 5 travelled together, with Benenden Primary and some other local schools, to Benenden Girls School for the Kidenza music festival.
• Tuesday 11 October 2022 If you go down to the woods at night
• Friday 7 October 2022 Week 5 in Zebras This week in maths Zebras have been learning all about how to spot patterns. We have also played football and tag rugby in PE - these lessons were so fun!
• Friday 7 October 2022 Baking bread, finding fungi & MUD! This week the children all had the opportunity to cook over the fire - using the hot embers to 'bake' bread. This involved, concentration, patience and resilience (especially). Once they had baked it and added their filling of choice they took a seat on a fireside stump to enjoy eating it. The approving sighs and lick lipping grins suggested that it had been worth the wait! Cooking over the fire was awarded 'a milliaon out of ten'!!The children are now visibly more confident in their surroundings and are keen to explore and create more independently. This week some noticed the beautiful variety of fungi in the woods and became mini mycologists looking around for the woods for super specimens and then trying to dientify them in one of our super books. They found turkey tail, orange peel fungus, jelly ear and many more - Fungtastic! Other child-led learning included creating see-saws and wobble boards, designing mini shelters for the Kentish smugglers and using mud, straw and leaves to w
• Tuesday 4 October 2022 PTFA News No.2 Village Fete – Saturday 24th September 2022 – 12 till 4pm
• Tuesday 4 October 2022 PTFA News- No.1 PTFA NEWS
• Sunday 2 October 2022 Rawlinson Run 2022 What an amazing team from Goudhurst & Kilndown. The event took place at Dulwich Prep school on Friday 30th September They ran and ran with some fantastic results. Many top 10 finishes in races of 40-50 children. A special mention to Evie Bradford for her brilliant Silver medal!
• Sunday 2 October 2022 Quiddith Taster Day What a lot of fun was had by all the children at their Quidditch Taster day on Friday 30th September. The children loved learning a new game and finding ways to move on a broom and score. Thank you to Premier Sports for the sessions.
• Sunday 2 October 2022 TWKSSP PE 7 SPORT CONFERENCE 2022 On Thursday 30th September I attended the TWKSSP PE & Sport Conference in Tonbridge. As ever the conference was informative and much fun. The 2 keynote speakers were Tom Boswell - GB Race walker and Grace Balsdon - GB women's hockey - Gold medal winner.
• Sunday 2 October 2022 Commonwealth Games 2022 What a wonderful week I had at the Commonwealth Games this Summer. The sun shone and the athletes competed. I was lucky enough to see Gymnastics, Netball, Hockey and several lots of Athletics. It was a busy week and I enjoyed every moment.
• Friday 30 September 2022 Acorns, Firey Determination & Dens The children were keen to develop their fire striking skills. Those who had made dorodangos investigated different methods of polishing the surface. There was some super den building which led to an idea for a challenge for next week. They also made some fun friends out of acorns and experimented with wet wool felting.
• Friday 30 September 2022 Exploring the Solar System In our science lesson this week we mapped out the solar system, scaling it so it could fit into our playground! Can you spot all the planets
• Thursday 22 September 2022 Week 3 in Zebras This week Zebras had fun in their Tag Rugby class, learning different passes. In geography we have been learning about lots of different countries in Europe. See if you can guess which country this is: this country is in the northern part of Europe, it has borders with Sweden and Germany. Which country is this
• Thursday 22 September 2022 Fire Striking Firsts, Pondside Picnics & Crafts We had two beautiful, sunny, Autumn days of Forest School. The children had asked to learn more about fires and make things with acorn and mud.
• Tuesday 20 September 2022 Winners this term check out this terms hall of fame in the gallery below.
• Thursday 15 September 2022 Broadoak Beginnings Chestnut & Holly Group enjoyed the first ever Forest School sessions at Broadoak Woods this week. There was mushing & moulding of mud, prickly chestnut towers, bouncing and balancing, creative constructions, worms and woodlice, feathery finds, fascinating fungi & lots of examples of compassion, curiosity, courage and collaboration!!
• Thursday 15 September 2022 Rei Judo Taster Day On Thursday 15th September all classes from year 1 -6 took part in a judo taster session. The children all had a fantastic time learning the art and , especially, learning how to throw! Any children interested in joining the REI JUDO club which will be on Fridays after school please see the contact details on the clubs list.
• Tuesday 13 September 2022 Year 6 - Design Technology 'Structures Workshop' - Part 2 On Tuesday 13th September we took part in a ‘structures workshop’ focusing on joining, tool selection and quality of resources. We initially hammered tacks in to wood to create ‘butt joints’. We then had a go at making ‘mitre joints’ and we, again, tacked them together.
• Monday 12 September 2022 Rawlingson Run Trials Last week we held our trials in years 2,3 & 4 for the Rawlingson Run Cross Country event. Lots of children were very keen to try out. A huge well done to the selected squad who will be representing Goudhurst & Kilndown on Friday 30th September at Dulwich Prep School. A big thank you to the new Year six Young Sports Leaders for their help at the trials.
• Thursday 8 September 2022 Zebras First Week Back in School! Guest Editor - Matthew R
• Tuesday 6 September 2022 First Football Fun for Zebras! On the first Tuesday after the return to school, Zebras class played their initial game in their unit of PE with Mrs Mileham, football!
• Tuesday 19 July 2022 Y5 Experimenting in the Heat! Y5 experimented in the heat to see if we could make s'mores and fry an egg in the record breaking heat!
• Tuesday 19 July 2022 Double West Kent Success A huge congratulations to Sophie and Juniper who have both been selected to represent West Kent Girl's Football under 11s.
• Tuesday 19 July 2022 Hillview Festival & Dancing through the Decades Wow, what a busy time we have had. The Federation took four groups to the Hillview Arts Festival and two groups to the Dancing through the Decades Performance.
• Monday 18 July 2022 STEM Workshop Year 5 enjoyed a STEM day, using KNEX lego to build and create objects to solve problems #STEM
• Saturday 2 July 2022 COLOURDASH Friday 1st July
• Saturday 2 July 2022 Tula - netball success What a superstar Tula is.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Day trip to Rye Harbour Zebras class had a wonderful school trip to Rye Harbour and their new visitor centre.
• Sunday 29 May 2022 West Kent Girls Success A huge congratulations to Sophie Tennant who, after 6 weeks of training, has been selected to play for West Kent Girls under 10s this season. Well done Sophie, we are very proud of you!
• Thursday 5 May 2022 Bells of Blue
• Wednesday 27 April 2022 World Book Day We love reading in Zebras class and were excited to participate in World Book Day. Can you spot our favourite book characters Well done Zebras!
• Friday 8 April 2022 Intrahouse Skip On Tuesday 29th March KS2 took part in an Intrahouse skipping event. The children spent time perfecting their technique and building their stamina before counting how many skips they could do in one minute.
• Friday 1 April 2022 Holly Berries - Two seasons in one day Holly Group headed off to the woods in high spirits. We listened to Vivaldi 's 'Spring' on our way & spotted signs of spring out of the windows.
• Thursday 31 March 2022 Oak & Beech - Treasure Maps & Baskets Beech Group used their creativity and wonderful imaginations to help me make a 3D map of the woods.
• Friday 25 March 2022 Sunshine, Soup, Slacklines & a spot of skipping The children's interest in ropes inspired us to bring the slackline and rope ladder this week which was greeted with much enthusiasm. Once again, the groups got creative with inventing swings and we even tried a spot of good, old-fashioned big rope skipping which they are now keen to pursue at school.
• Thursday 24 March 2022 Sweet Chestnuts in the Sunshine What a lovely day to spend in the woods.
• Monday 21 March 2022 TWKSSP Quicksticks Hockey On Monday 21st March a team of year three and four children competed in the TWKSSP Quicksticks festival at Hawkenbury, T Wells. 19 teams took part on a beautiful, sunny Spring afternoon. What an amazing display of team work, skill, resilience and grit. The team won all the Group games and went on to the semi final against Claremont school. They won this and then met Broadwater Down in the final, which they won 3-0.
• Friday 18 March 2022 By Goodness B! Bread on a stick; buzzards riding the thermals; blue tits nesting in the box; bumblebees buzzing; brimstones glowing in the sunshine.....what a beautiful season spring is!
• Friday 11 March 2022 Hello Hippos! Absolutely lovely to welcome the curious & creative Chestnut & Holly groups down to the woods. They did a wonderful job of remembering all the boundaries they had learnt to keep themselves, each other and the wonderful woodland safe. We hope you enjoy the video
• Thursday 10 March 2022 Fire Striking & Fairy Furniture Today, Spring flooded the woods with birdsong & sunshine.
• Thursday 10 March 2022 #LETGIRLSPLAY On Wednesday 9th March the girls of the 10:10 Federation took part in the #LETGIRLSPLAY Biggest Ever Football Event at Benenden CEP School.
• Friday 4 March 2022 Make Mud while the Rain Pours! Ever resourceful & resilient, the groups were not downcast by the inclement weather in fact they took advantage of it!
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Vikings Come to Goudhurst! Vikings came to Goudhurst Primary School on Friday 25th February! The Vikings came from Scandinavia, cleverly disguised as Year 5 school children! The Vikings raided the creative play area and made longships to try and escape, battling each other! They then needed to refuel after their conquests, creating Viking bread to sustain them. Finally, they raided the art cupboard, making brooches from precious jewels. Much fun was had throughout the day, whilst invading and raiding. However, we are glad that the Vikings have now left and returned our Year 5 classroom back to us.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 TWKSSP Stingers Netball Festival
• Wednesday 2 March 2022 Dulwich Hockey Festival What a fantastic afternoon of Hockey we had as our year 3/4 team played in a round robin of matches at Dulwich Prep school on Thursday 3rd March.
• Thursday 24 February 2022 Welcome Back Oak & Beech Groups click on the buttons for a sneak peak at our first week back at Forest School.
• Sunday 6 February 2022 TWKSSP Sportshall - year 3/4 On Wednesday 2nd February a squad of children from years three and four travelled to The Angel Centre in Tonbridge to compete in the TWKSSP Sportshall Athletics competition. Each child took part in a mixture of track and field events, including relays, hurdles, jumps and throws. The children had a fantastic morning and competed well. From 16 teams they narrowly missed out on the medals with a fourth place finish. A big thank you to parents and grandparents for getting their children to and from the venue.
• Friday 28 January 2022 Weaving, Zip Wires & a Wolf Den Why not watch this week's blog to see what went on in the woods this week.
• Thursday 20 January 2022 The Name Game, Stuck in the Mud & Hot Choccy We were welcomed to the woods by the dry rustling of leaves underfoot and a gentle breeze were welcomed to rustling January breeze. Ash Group helped Nuthatch with their names by coming up with alliterative animal names. We had a flamingo, a mouse and a mole amongst others. T
• Tuesday 18 January 2022 Intra House New Age Kurling On Tuesday 14th Dec the children from year 1 to year 6 took part in a New Age Kurling competition. The Young Leaders from year six led the day beautifully, encouraging and supporting the other competitors.
• Tuesday 18 January 2022 Sportshall Athletics Festival On Wednesday 8th December a squad of children from Goudhurst entered the Sportshall Athletics competition at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge. The children all competed in 2 track and 2 field events. There were also a few fun relays to finish the session off. The children competed well, especially in the relays were we had many first place finishes. Thank you to parents with their help with travel.
• Tuesday 18 January 2022 Dulwich Football Festival On 9th November a team of children from Goudhurst competed at the Dulwich Football festival.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Rawlingson Run On 17th September a number of pupils from years 2,3 and 4 represented the school at the Rawlingson Run, held at Dulwich Prep. A fantastic effort from all the children with many top ten finishes. A special Well done to Eddie Bradford for his medal placing. Thank you to parents for all their help and support.
• Monday 17 January 2022 One Run Global Relay One 15th November the whole school took part in the One Run Global Relay. They joined children across the country in being active for 15 minutes outside of curriculum time. Well done to all the children for their enthusiastic running and dancing.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Active 30 Festival On 6th November a team of children attended the Active 30 Festival at The Angel Centre in Tonbridge. The children had a wonderful time experiencing many new sports including boxing and Orienteering.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Intra House Cross Country On Tuesday 19th October the whole school took part in an Intra House Cross Country event. Well done for great spirit shown by all children throughout and a special huge thanks to year six and the Young Leaders for helping with the running of the event.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Kent Sportshall Athletics Trial On Sunday 16th January Juniper, Scarlett, Eben, Eva and Joshua attended the Kent trials for Sportshall Athletics at the Stour Centre in Ashford. In a very cold Sportshall with approximately 80 other children they competed in 2 sprints, and 8 field events. I was busy timing the Speed Bounce so didn't get to see them at every station but saw enough to know that they all gave their very best and performed brilliantly. We will find out later this week whether they have been successful in getting a place in the Kent squads. A big thank you to all the parents for such fantastic support.
• Thursday 13 January 2022 Bumblebell Manor, Muddy Faces and Much, Much More This week we were blessed with the type of wintery days that poets write about: frosty breath, bejeweled cobwebs and blue, blue skies
• Friday 7 January 2022 Wintery welcome The sense of excitement was tangible onYear 4's return to the woods. With frosty breath whispering into the wintery sky, we spent a little time reflecting on how the woods had changed since their last visit in the Autumn and reviewing the boundaries to ensure we were all clear on how to best look after ourselves, each other and our environment. The groups were itching to explore the woods and rediscover old favouritehaunts: some disappeared up trees, others went bird-watching, some builtdens including the repairing and renovating 'Bumblebell Manor' whilst others invented games and worked off energy.
• Friday 17 December 2021 12 Days at Goudhurst //www.youtube.com/embed/kWcNfA6C328
• Friday 3 December 2021 Pewter, Popcorn & a Premiere In their penultimate session of the year, Hornbeam Group learnt the art of casting using pewter. Patience & precision were keen as they melted the precious alloy ingots in a crucible over the fire & then quickly poured it into their moulds. Delight & pride radiated from their faces as they slipped their cooled creations fromtheir clay cases.
• Sunday 28 November 2021 A New Website! Welcome to our new school website - we hope you like it. I hope to be adding lots of news here soon. Mrs Roberts
• Friday 26 November 2021 Look who visited the Forest School Which animals can you see in the video?
• Thursday 25 November 2021 Welcome to my sports' news Now that the weather is wetter and colder, we have come off the field and back onto the playground. Great to see lots of classes out doing their mile. Remember it is a mile run not a mile walk everyone!
• Thursday 25 November 2021 PTFA News Nov 21 Thank you for the wonderful donations of sweets and chocolate on none-uniform day before half term for both the chocolate tombola and chuck for Choccie at our Christmas market. We very much appreciate your generosity.
• Friday 5 November 2021 Welcome to our new website

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