The Year 3 and 4 children enjoyed creating pieces of art with nature.  Here we see a piece of artwork which the children named,  'Knockmany Forest after a storm'.  Can you see why? :-)

We investigated pattern and colour in this natural art piece and the children had fun building a mini campfire and animal dens. 

Getting ready for our Forest School activity on Tuesday, 29th September.

We are learning all about volcanoes in class! We did an experiment with baking soda, fairy liquid and vinegar to create our very own volcanic eruption!

We had lots of fun picking blackberries and tie dying with them. 

We looked at how Roger Rock turns into Simon Soil and the different layers which soil is made up of.

During Numeracy time, the Year 3 and 4 children were working together to sort shapes into a Carroll Diagram.

The children enjoying a games of 'Duck, Duck, Goose' in the Autumn sunshine.

On Tuesday, 15th September, 2020, the Year 3 and 4 children had their first ever Forest School Lesson!  Danielle from NIFSA came to our school to continue with some of the wonderful activities she had started last year.  As Mrs. Barrett is becoming trained as a Forest School Leader, the Year 3 and 4 class have the opportunity to continue with their outdoor learning for many months to come!

Safety first! The children placed boundary flags around the Outdoor Classroom to ensure everyone stayed safe.

We even explored the nature trail...a little overgrown, but fun just the same! :-)

It is important to tidy up after ourselves and so the children learnt to, 'leave no trace' of what they had been doing so that they didn't disturb their natural surroundings.

14.09.20- Today we learnt all about the different layers of the Earth.  The Earth has a crust, a mantle and a core. We hard boiled an egg then cut in in half to demonstrate these different layers of the earth.    

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/physical-geography/structure-of-the-earth/

Mrs. Barrett went around the class showing the boys and girls the way in which the egg represents the parts of the Earth.  The shell=the Crust, The White= the Mantle and The Yolk=the Core.

Mrs. Barrett hoped she had chosen the correct egg- was it the hard boiled one? Phew, yes it was... 

11.09.20- The Year 3 and 4 children had a fun play outside during Golden Time on Friday.  Thank goodness the sun came out! We decided to take our lego, K'Nex and toy cars out with us, they needed some fresh air too!