Author: Scott Grason-Taylor

Beautiful Patterns

Scott Grason-Taylor

Our investigations of pattterns  developed quickly with the Pioneers leading the direction as always. We followed patterns made with Cussinaire Rods and Numicon before creating and recording our own. The exploration was extended by the addition of a variety of stuff-keys,jewels,records,washers and beads. The language used to describe the resulting patterns was detailed and specific.Things moved rapidly when one Pioneer began building upwards. The learning changed direction and the interactions were quite spectacular.

This was so exciting and the collaboration was quite amazing. The Pioneers worked together,talking and listening,changing and observing. They were unstoppable. 

Very Happy Learning Together

Friday 6th March 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

We have been back to school for two whole weeks since our half term, and this time has flown by so quickly!

Last week, we joined the year 3’s from Adventurers and took part in some fantastic Hockey training at Caedmon College. We all did really well with our skills and impressed Mr Hopper!

This week, six of us had the opportunity to return to the college and participate in some hockey tournaments. We did amazingly well and tried so hard, we managed to secure third place! We are very proud of this achievement. 

We are also proud of the people who performed in the Eskdale festival. Nine of the children in Discoverers took part, and we managed to achieve some medals, certificates, and plenty of praise from the visitors at the festival. 

After the past few weeks we have been creating eco-bricks. Building an eco-brick is a way of preventing unrecyclable plastic from entering our oceans and adding to landfill sites.  These bricks can then be used to build walls and furniture. Please check out the video below to see how you can start making them for yourself:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-45276311/how-plastic-waste-has-been-turned-into-benches 

Here are our eco-bricks so far:

We have a long way to go to ensure that they are completely full. We will keep you posted when we have a finished product.

Boddlers on Tour

Scott Grason-Taylor

It was a delight to welcome Sleights Boddlers to the school this week. The School Hall was filled with the buzz of busy little players and their families. We played in the paint and in the water;in the dough and the bricks. The large foam shapes were very popular as were the wobbly inflatable discs.

So lovely. We hope to see you all again soon.

Happy Learning

Tell Me A Story

Scott Grason-Taylor

This week has been all about story telling. Could we change the world with three wishes? Our story characters Pat and Ned met a fairy,trapped in a jar, who told them that she could grant them three wishes. The wishes were soon used up as they argued over a sausage! They both realised that they didn’t actually need anything more than they already had. The week has been filled with dressing up,magic lanterns,wonderful Wish Sticks and fabulous stories.

The story telling will continue next week with the introduction of some new props,music and books.

Happy Stories Everyone!

Friday 14th February 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

It is our last day today, before we have a well-earned week off school, spending time with our families. 

We have had an exciting start to our spring term: we have learned so much about the environment, and are now well on our way to changing the world.

We have six eco-bricks in our classroom, which we are adding to each day. We eventually hope to create something with them, and continue to create new ones which we can send abroad to help make houses. 

We posted our letter today, which we have worked very hard to write. We know that our families are excited to see what we have been keeping a secret.

Congratulations to those children who have now been granted their pen licence, they continue to impress with their beautiful handwriting. 

In English, we managed to squeeze in time to write a poem for our loved ones. We used many adjectives, similes and metaphors. We are bringing these home with us this afternoon.

Here we are holding them: