Alnwick Class 2022 - 2023
Once we got to the woods Bridie told us about different birds nests and how they were made with different nesting materials. We then put what we learnt to use and made our own bird nests using sticks, moss and mud.
On the beach we made our own Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, using treasures such as shells and seaweed to decorate them. We braved the rain before heading to Hindmarsh Hall for our lunch and some stories.
We were very pleased to see the sun shining as we set back off to the beach. We collected limpet shells to create our necklaces before creating some of our favourite nursey rhymes in the sand.
We are super proud of you all Alnwick Castle Class, you represented our school so brilliantly in our local community.
How lucky are we with such a glorious day for a Space (Valentines) Beach day - there was definitely love for that tropical Winter sunshine. So special for another wonderful beach day for Alnwick Castle Class and once again, everyone did so well, did themselves proud and we had a great space adventure.
Our day began with a sunny winter walk to the beach. We stopped to notice the high tide with the River Aln and looked for wildlife and we spotted so many geese, heron, red shank and lots of rooks.
At the beach we began our first space mission to make a space rocket. We thought about all the features it would need and functions it could do. There were some brilliant space crafts made in our crews. We had a quick fruit break whilst reminding ourselves about all the planets in our solar system. Then it was back to some team work to create our whole solar system. We thought how to make each planet unique to its true features and how we could represent them. We then did a 'show and tell' to the class about our solar system.
We made it to to the Hindmarsh Hall for a much needed rest and some lunch. Some yummy pack lunches and some space stories helped us recoup our energy for the afternoon activities ahead. The 'Smeds and the Smoos' was a big hit and 'You Choose your Space Adventure' involved much participation and ideas from everyone. We even finished lunch by singing our 'Family of the Sun' song.
In the afternoon, inspired by our space topic we thought about life on other planets. We had some amazing aliens, creatures and homes for our aliens. The team work and collaboration was brilliant and there was some super speaking skills explaining to the class everything that they had created.
We were so proud of Alnwick Class - great listening, looking after their partner and doing some great learning, we rewarded everyone with a play at the park! A worthy reward for a very deserving class - well done, Alnwick Castle Class, we cannot wait to take you again!
Beach Day - Tuesday 1st November
What a lovely first beach day of the year as Alnwick Castle Class. Everyone did so well and we had a great autumnal adventure.
Our day began with a sunny autumn walk to the beach. We stopped to notice the tide with the River Aln and looked for wildlife and we spotted a White Egret. At the beach we had various autumnal challenges to complete in our groups including creating a team castle followed by a scarecrow. We then headed to 'Gruffalo Wood' for a pumpkin story, our fruit break and to do a bit of autumnal identification. We used our sticky holding boards to collect different leaves. We looked at art by Andy Goldsworthy and discussed how he made his art using natural resources and that some of his art is abstract. Using him as an inspiration, we made our own collaborative projects - we had some spirals and even dragon eyes!
We made it to to the Hindmarsh Hall for a much needed rest and some lunch. Some yummy pack lunches and another two pumpkin stories helped us recoup our energy for the afternoon activities ahead.
Inspired by the recent harvest festival idea of farmers harvesting our food - we created our own farm! The team work and collaboration was brilliant and there was some super speaking skills explaining to the class everything that they had created as a little 'show and tell' at the end.
We were so proud of Alnwick Class - great listening, looking after their partner and doing some great learning, we rewarded everyone with a play at the park! A worthy reward for a very deserving class - well done, Alnwick Castle Class, we cannot wait to take you again!