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This time, it was all about building and construction!
Crew Attenborough got busy exploring different materials and finding out just what they could create. We used LEGO, Polydron, straws, magnetic tiles and even dominoes! There were towers to build, structures to design and plenty of ideas to bring to life.
It took lots of teamwork, resilience and a little imagination along the way! We were just as impressed by the children’s fantastic teamwork, the construction vocabulary they were using and, perhaps most importantly, the care and respect they showed for our classroom and resources.
So many brilliant creations, lots of problem-solving and some lovely examples of working together. Another passport challenge completed! 🌟
What a spooktacular day we’ve had! Year 2 looked a little different today, with strange uniforms, spooky face paints and some rather interesting wigs making an appearance! 🤣
We kicked off our day with a spooky yoga session to get us into the Halloween spirit. Even our maths lesson had a Halloween twist, as we explored potions and spooky ingredients!
We rounded off our day with a Halloween disco, full of dancing, music and lots of Halloween fun!
A brilliant day of spooky surprises, laughter and lovely memories. Well done, Year 2! 🧡🖤
Last week EYFS were very lucky to have a visit from our expert visitor, Biscuit. Supporting our second case study “Who cares for us?”
Biscuit is the local Therapy Dog at our community link and feeder secondary school, Campsmount. Biscuit and his handlers, Mrs Kearsley and Mrs Young, came into school to talk to the children about how Biscuit helps and cares for children at their school. The dog is a calming and reassurance resource for children struggling with anxiety, poor attendance and illness.
Biscuit listens to the children read and provides emotional support to both children and staff in school. His presence and the ability for the children to interact and stroke him during their days provides happiness, calmness and reassurance across the school.
The EYFS children were so amazed to see and hear about Biscuit’s job and were so pleased to have shared loves, cuddles and strokes of their own. Seeing how animals help care for us humans, helped the children to understand that it is not just us that care for others, but that animals can too care for us. What a wonderful support and addition to our expedition Biscuit was. Each class had some special time with Biscuit before he returned to Campsmount.
The week commencing the 5th October 2026, Nursery were given the exciting opportunity to look after three “Owl Babies” which arrived via our Kindness Elves in their bird box. They came with a note asking us to take special care of them. Nursery were thrilled to have the creatures indoors. With all of our new knowledge that the children have been learning in their first case study of our expedition, about what caring looks like they felt confident in caring for the Owlets. So, as we began our second Case Study, Who cares for us?This seemed like the perfect time to practise all of our learning.
Our first job was to figure out how we would care for the birds like their mummy owl would?
Nursery soon realised that the owlets would need feeding. Some ideas of what they could be fed included; “Owl Ice-cream”, “Leaves”, “Sticks”, “Mice” and “Insects”. We settled on worms and as part of our Maths learning decided that we would feed and count out one worm for each bird. Introducing the children to subitising to one (Saying what you can see, without counting). This was modelled to the children first by counting the total number of owls, counting one worm for each owl and then questioning how many worms would we need all together to feed the birds? The children then independently in provision practised feeding the owls one worm each.
The rest of the week the children explored other ways in which our Mummy’s care for us and the Mummy Owl cares for the Owlets. To help the children understand who the Owls primary carer is, we created Mummy Owl treats, using pancakes, apples, chocolate buttons and jelly beans for the features. The children subitised from a model how many of each feature the owl had, quickly recognising one and mostly two (some with support).
We also created owl faces using leaves outdoors in our outdoor learning, mark making features and using stick on pieces also.
In our creative area indoors the children used transient art to create the habitat of the Owlets, thinking about the home which their Mummy Owl has made for them. We used natural resources to do this and added our own printed Owl Babies.
In provision the children also used their fine motor and art skills to fork print the feathers on to all kinds of owl templates at the painting easel. The effect was quite beautiful and the children were persevering parrots as the task took quite a lot of concentration and patience.
This Wise Wednesday, Crew Attenborough spent some time thinking about what makes our Crew so special and what it means to be a great team.
We then split into groups to take on a team challenge game! There was plenty of excitement and some very healthy competitiveness, but there were also some gorgeous examples of teamwork, encouragement and supporting one another.
One of the loveliest things to see was how the children responded when things didn’t go their way. Nobody let losing take them into the red zone; instead, we saw resilience, smiles, happiness for the person who won and a willingness to have another go!
We’re learning that being a great Crew isn’t just about winning – it’s about how we treat one another, how we respond when things are tricky and how we celebrate each other’s successes. We were so proud of the way the children put this into practice today! 💜
Now that we have finished our Reading Spine books, we spent this morning’s check-in sharing our favourite book characters. From Matilda and the Gruffalo to mermaids, unicorns and footballers, we had a wonderful mix of favourites!
Feeling inspired, we decided to create some book characters of our own! 🎲 We used a roll-the-dice activity to choose different features for our characters, and our imaginations certainly got to work! We created a fairy with a super dog, a pirate with a shield and even a diver with a cloak. What an amazing collection of characters!
We finished our Crew session by sharing the adventures our new characters might get up to. From magical quests to underwater adventures, the possibilities were endless!
What incredible imaginations, Crew Attenborough! 💜 We wonder what stories our brilliant characters might inspire next! 📖✨
We were very delighted to welcome Mr West to our school, who led a wonderful assembly all about the Harvest Festival. We had a fantastic time learning about the importance of Harvest and why we celebrate this special time of year. The children joined in enthusiastically with lovely Harvest songs and shared some thoughtful comments and ideas. It was a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the importance of kindness and helping those in need.
