SPRING GARDENING

SPRING GARDENING

Among the priority of our school is included school garden, where we managed to build an outdoor classroom, educational banners and a small garden pond. 

We also work on fields with season vegetable and herb corner. They need to adjust each spring. This year, students planted seedlings of sunflowers and tomatoes, turnip cabages. The seeds of sprouted beans and pods.

Our vegetable were quite small, it didn´t grow to much, but it was very tasty and ours :)

EASTER IN DĚČÍN

EASTER IN DĚČÍN

Another interesting period for making decorations using natural materials is Easter. 

Among the products of nature have emerged: nuts, paper flowers, eggshells, snail shells, stones, beechnuts, seashells, 
colored feathers ...

The girls also used "artificial" materials - bows and ribbons.

Easter wreath made by little pupils are really very good, try to have look at the photographs. Do you like them?

WE DO :)

There are two great symbols of Easter for chzech people:

...the boys came out with a willow wands to whip the girls to banished them from disease and laziness.

... and then they were given painted eggs and candy from girls.

Every year we celebrate Easter together with the parents of our students. Also this year we were invited them to join us to welcome the spring. 

Farmers markets, where pupils 'sell' their products and hosts them with food and drink that they have prepared themselves.

AUTUMN NATURAL WREATH

AUTUMN NATURAL WREATH

Creation of decorative wreaths became a favourite activity of our younger pupils, the first year in autumn made wreaths from natural products. 

There were chestnuts, acorns, beechnuts, nuts, leaves, heather, rowan, pumpkins...

 Work is entertaining, they enjoyed every minute. Eventually they prepared a small exhibition: They invited older classmates, they praised their work applause. Wreaths children took home where joy did their mothers. 

... do you like them?

... we do :)

Year 2 Reversible and Irreversible Changes

Year 2 have been exploring which changes are reversible and which are irreversible.
They looked at the properties of solids and liquids then heating up two solids (bread and chocolate) to observe what happens. They recorded their findings and then discussed if the changes could be reversed or not. They concluded that heating chocolate is a reversible change as when they put it in a cool place it turned back into a solid again however toasting the bread was irreversible as it could not go back into its original form.
Year 2 set up this experiment for the whole school Science Fair and asked other children to make their predictions.

Visit to Děčín Czech Republic 8th -12th June 2015

Miss Hopcroft, Miss Williams and miss McCreight visited our partner school in Děčín.

Take a look at our pictures.

Sightseeing

The castle rose garden

City of Bridges

Visiting a local school that teaches about plants and growing plants

There is some beautiful countryside with woods and rivers

 Visiting the school

Visiting the nursery. It is called kindergarten.

Lovely displays

Skype video conference with our Foundation Stage Pupils back in Bristol.

We prepared some questions to ask our teachers about their trip

We prepared some questions to ask our teachers about their trip

 

We did some of our own investigation about the Czech Republic at Parson Street nursery

 

Thank you to our partner school in Děčín for being such great hosts!

Take a look at our Parson Street website news page to find out more about our trip!
http://www.parsonstreet.com/news/detail/staff-visit-to-czech-republic/