Our Lower School Roots & Shoots Club got together to make peace doves and discuss what we could do at school to lead a more peaceful life. Our students come from all around the globe and some of them have seen conflict in their countries. We had discussions on how it is important to be […]
On Tuesday, 21st September, our newly formed Roots & Shoots After School Club celebrated International Day of Peace. We split in to two groups as we wanted to send a message to everyone and also plant some more willow to add to our growing willow shelter in our wild meadow. The first group went scavenging […]
Over terms 5 & 6 of the last acedemic year, we worked hard to encourage bees and butterflies in to our school grounds. The children in Years 1 & 2 learnt about Bees & Pollination for their term’s Topic, building raised flower beds which they planted with wild flower seeds; every day they watered and […]
Our Primary 7’s have been very busy this term practising our woodwork skills! We used lots of tools to build homes for the birds, bugs and bats who live in our local area. We then worked with our local ranger to find the best places in the woods to put them. We found out that […]
We have been having a go at the Japanese art of Hapa Zome in Primary 2. It means ‘leaf dye’. We used different things we could find in our playground, grass, leaves, daisies, dandelions and even mud! We then used a stone to imprint the dye onto the material! It was amazing, we couldn’t believe […]
As part of the Year 5 science curriculum, we have been studying Animals including Humans and Living Things and their Habitats. It is clear that animals are a passion for many of the children in our year group, so these two topics have generated a lot of enthusiasm and excitement! In addition, we are required […]
Appleshaw St Peter’s CofE Primary School Gombe 60 ‘What’s living in Harmony?’ 22nd June 2021 On Tuesday 22nd June, 22 pupils from Beech class visited Harmony Woods to work with an ecologist and learn about simple wildlife surveying techniques. The children spent time surveying birds, pollinators and butterflies and were shown how to use […]
February 2021: “In our February session, we were creating pinch points along our pathways. These are areas where the path narrows and more sections of wildlife are growing around it, creating more surface area for animals to travel and plants to thrive. I personally always enjoy planting trees and this was no different, as we […]
Here at Goat Lees we are working hard on our outdoor learning area. Not only have we grown a wild meadow, dug a natural pond, built bird hides from old pallets, planted 10 native trees and 10 hedgerow shrubs for a micro-wood area but we also run our Forest School. We are very lucky to […]
Here at Goat Lees, although we are a small school with only 210 pupils, we all believe the welfare of our planet is everyone’s responsibility. We have many things that we do, day-to-day in school, to help our planet. For instance, every child that attends our school is giving a free re-useable water bottle (to […]
