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Nurture Group from Year 3 and Year 4 had a fabulous afternoon out to Scotswood Community Garden, where they took part in pond-dipping, learnt about bees and pollination and went on a mini-beast hunt! The children were beautifully behaved and an absolute credit to the school and their families. 
Last week, the whole school celebrated Languages Day. The theme was food from French speaking countries which made everyone happy! Natalie Paris, a French story-teller performed stories in French to the children, there was a pop-up French cafe in school and each class enjoyed watching a film in French. It was a fantastic day full… Continue Reading
This week in Year 4 nurture group, we have been creating art inspired by trees. We have been learning how to use chalks to create different effects. As you can see, Charis enjoyed the blending part very much! Continue Reading
Nurture Group is currently looking after some caterpillars which will grow into Painted Lady butterflies. To make sure they have plenty of food when we release them, we have planted a butterfly garden in the Key Stage 1 yard. This is mainly made up of herbs such as marjoram, oregano and thyme which apparently these… Continue Reading
We have some new members of the group in Year 4 Nurture Group- 5 caterpillars! We will be watching them go through their life cycle before releasing them as Painted Lady butterflies when they finally emerge from the chrysallis in a few weeks time. Today we looked closely at the caterpillars and made sketches of… Continue Reading
This week, Mrs.Villalobos needed help constructing a wheelbarrow which arrived flat-packed much to her dismay. Cohen came to rescue and single-handedly put the wheelbarrow together. Thank you Cohen! Continue Reading
This week in our weekly nurture group, we have been learning about birds and their life cycle. We learnt how to use a hammer and nails safely to construct our own bird box which will be going up in the school grounds. Hopefully some birds will nest in it over the next few years! Continue Reading
This week, Nurture Group are learning how to work with clay and clay tools to create a nature themed medallion. The children searched the yard for signs of Spring and chose items from nature that would make interesting imprints in their work. We will show you the finished products next week! Continue Reading
Did you know that rainbows are actually circles? Last week, Nurture Group were learning about the conditions needed for rainbows to appear and what happens as the sunlight hits the rain drops. Pupils then made their own artistic interpretations of rainbows for a display. They were beautiful! Continue Reading
Last week, Year 4 Nurture Group started a gardening project. Over the coming weeks they will be tidying up the Prayer Garden in the KS1 yard, growing plants and making bird boxes to attract more wildlife into our yard. They are doing this as part of their RSPB Silver Award for looking after wildlife. They… Continue Reading
