Learning outdoors with EYFS

Forest school activities

We are making paint in our forest school this afternoon. Gloopy green and brown with mud. We added some water to make it runnier.

My natural paintbrush is made from grass. Mine is made from rosemary. We used grass, rosemary and daisies. We like the rosemary best because they smell nice. We collected some things from the field. We saw a spider and a butterfly but you don’t usually see those in February. We rescued a ladybird this morning and put it in the bug hotel. We made camouflage colours with our paint.

We have some purple crocus flowers in our flowerbed.

Marni, Henry, Jude, Theo WR, Alana, Toby

Marni and Rebekah

We are reading a book called “Never mess with a pirate princess”. Our challenge this week is to make a pirate ship in the garden. This is our ship. We have a flag and a plank to walk.

Water safety information (and advice) from Poppy and Clara in Year 4

If someone was drowning the lifeguard would get in and help, or throw something in that helps them float like the red lifebelt which is on a pole at the water’s edge. They are usually located on a pole or hanging up near to the water’s edge.

If you feel that you are struggling in the water, you should try to float for a little while. If you are tiring when you are swimming, you should try sculling on your back because it uses less energy. Always call for help.

Never just plunge into water like a pond, lake, canal or river, or any other large area of water. Find out information about that specific place because it assures you about what is there, for example how deep it is, what the temperature is and what might be under the surface. In a pond, sometimes the vegetation might be making the water look more shallow than it is and it could be really deep. When water is murky it is difficult to see what is in the water.

We recommend that everyone learns to swim because it is good exercise and it might save your life if you ever fall in some water.

World Book Day Exhibition and PTA sale of pre-loved books - Thursday 5^th March

We will be promoting our love of reading and celebrating the wonderful impact that books can have on lives. The PTA will be hosting their annual fantastically successful and enjoyable pre-loved book sale in the from garden from 3.15pm on Thursday 5^th March. Please give any books that you wish to donate, directly to the PTA. There will be an exhibition in the hall of the children’s entries in the World Book Day Puppets Competition. Access will be via the front gate.

The Schools’ mental health support team have postponed the scheduled parent workshop to next term and will provide information as soon as they are able to do so.

Just a reminder we have children in school with serious allergies please do not send your child in with items containing nuts, this includes chocolate spread, peanut butter and products containing a chocolate filling like Nutella or chocolate bars containing nuts. We have had a few occasions recently where we have found items have been sent into school in packed lunches which contain nuts.

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World Book Day Book Sale - Thursday 5^th March

To celebrate World Book Day, we shall be holding a book sale in the school front garden after school next Thursday. 

Please come along to support us and stock up on some new reading material for your children. 

All profits will go to the Friends of Launton School, which ultimately equals new laptops for the children. 

If you have any books to donate, there will be a box out in the school playground where you can drop them off. 

Easter Egg Hunt - Sunday 22^nd March

Save the date for our popular annual event.

We are in need of volunteers to help deliver leaflets around the village next week, and to collect the Easter egg donations on the evening of Friday the 13th March. 

Please get in touch if you can help. The children love to get involved with this so why not make it a family outing. 

Your PTA trustees are:

Lucy Crawford (Yr 3)

Emma Austin (Yr 2 and 4)

Catherine Ravensward (Reception and Yr4)

Jill Bali (Yr 2 and 4)

Charlotte Noakes (Yr1 and 4)