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Sycamore’s Adventure Day
Plenty of snow was still lying on the hillsInvestigating the pond at Ashway GapOur trip out with Sycamore Class looked in doubt when snow fell the night before we were due to go to Dove Stone...
View ArticleGo Yellow Day
On Friday 12th February we will celebrating Go Yellow Day at school by holding our annual daffodil competition, having lots of fun with arts and crafts as well as raising money for Marie Curie Cancer...
View ArticleGo Yellow Day
This Friday we will be wearing Yellow clothing to school to help raise money for Marie Curie. We will also be holding a yellow themed tuck shop and be deciding the winners of the daffodil competition....
View ArticleBlossom out in Spring!
Blossom Class came out today on their Adventure Day. After the rain and wind of recent days, we were so lucky that the weather was beautiful for our trip to Dove Stone. The walk was very enjoyable, and...
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Thank you to all parents for your generous donations for Go Yellow Day we managed to raise £150 for Marie Curie and had a great day celebrating our daffodils. The children all did a fantastic job of...
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Working with Elder
Chestnut started their Forest School programme on a beautiful but cold day. The grass was still silver with frost as we went out onto the field, and the children enjoyed getting warm with a run around....
View ArticleAsh’s Adventures at Etherow
We had another lovely day for our trip to Etherow Country Park for Ash Class’s first Adventure Day. The geese and ducks were delighted to seen the children had brought lots of food for them.
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A New Friend for Chestnut
Heavy rain and thick mud stopped us going to the forest this week. Chestnut Class continued with their theme of making woodland crafts from natural and sustainable materials by making a puppet. Using...
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More Puppets
Rowan Class helped to make another kind of puppet. The wood used was hazel, and elder branches made the legs. The hazel was split and drilled and string threaded through the hollowed out elder. A head...
View ArticleAsh in Forest School
Ash Class explored the Wildlife Garden to find natural resources for their dinosaur scene. http://ash2015.hawthornsschool.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/02/IMG_4585.mp4
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Ash Class help the birds
After the recent snowy weather, all our bird feeders were empty. when snow is lying on the ground, the birds need to find food that they can easily get to. Our collection of nut hangers, seed pots and...
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Ice Art
A very cold start to the week allowed Blossom Class to do some “ice art”. Small pots of water had been left outside overnight, with cord loops dangling in them. The water had frozen overnight, so the...
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Working with coppiced wood
Chestnut Class spent the morning working with willow and hazel coppiced from our Wildlife Garden to make collapsible puppets. This activity is very enjoyable as well as extending fine motor skills, and...
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Staff Training – Forest School
On Monday 14 March, the staff had a twilight training session on Forest School. During the session they completed a quiz to see how much they recognised in the environment. Chestnut Class staff scored...
View ArticleEarth Hour
On Friday, 18th March Hawthorns school will be taking part in Earth Hour. For just one hour between 10am till 11am we will be switching off lights, computers, iPads and equipment on stand by to help...
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Bracelets from paracord
Chestnut Class have been very creative this term! After their puppet-making, they continued to look at making things in the Wildlife Garden. This week they worked on bracelets made from paracord. These...
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Willow at the Lake
Willow’s Adventure Day brought us to Dove Stone on a lovely day. The sun shone, but a strong breeze kept the temperature down. Luckily the class were busy enough to keep warm. After a few dry days,...
View ArticleWhistle while you work…
Chestnut Class continued their woodland crafts activities during Forest School sessions, by making whistles. They used lengths of elder, which they had bored with tent pegs to remove the pith in the...
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Beech Class Adventure Day
Beech Class were the last class to have an Adventure Day outing this term. Like some of the others they went to Dove Stone Reservoir, and were lucky with the weather. After a few wet and cold days, it...
View ArticleSycamore in Medlock Vale
Sycamore started their Forest School programme by taking the short journey to Medlock Vale. Signs of Spring were all around us as we set up our camp in a small clearing in the trees. Today’s session...
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