We have been designing and making mini gardens in our outdoor area.  We put in paths, ponds, grass, trees and flowers.  They look amazing!  Some of us decided to make gardens in the craft area out of modelling resources.

This afternoon we are off to Forest School to explore plants a bit more.

It was great learning about the book ‘The Secret Garden’ today through a workshop by Theatre by the Lake. We used drama to understand the character of Mary. Over the last week of school, we will continue to explore the book further.

We had a great Viking morning yesterday finding out what our names are in Viking runes and designing and making our own Viking shields!

We had a great time learning about Alfred Wainwright this morning through the Kendal Archive workshop. It was really interesting to learn all about his life by looking through the archive material, and we loved looking at his intricate drawings.

In art today, we printed the William Morris printing blocks we made last lesson. Year 2 & 3 concentrated on printing their design clearly. Year 4 had the extra challenge to create a linking pattern when reprinted. Year 5 & 6 printed 3 printing blocks on top of each other. Have a look… the finished products are beautiful.

Year 6 had a great time on residential! We went bouldering, for a mountain hike, ghyll scrambling, rock climbing and stand up paddle boarding!

This afternoon at Forest School we made homes for little animal toys using natural materials that we found in the woods.  We tried to make cosy shelters that were camouflaged.

This week we went on the first of our Forest School sessions to Lime Kiln Wood.  We spent time finding our way around, exploring the area and working in groups to find interesting objects. We had lots of fun and are looking forward to going back next week.  We also loved ‘Den Day’, working in groups with older children in school to create dens indoors and outdoors.

We had a fantastic morning making dens to raise money for Save the Children. Thank you very much to everyone who donated materials. The children really enjoyed using all the different materials to create structures and solve problems.

Today we began to make the new landmarks that we designed for Lindale. The children have independently chosen the materials that they thought were suitable…we had all sorts out! We used chicken wire, glue guns, paper mache, wire, cardboard and clay.

We can’t wait to see what the finished products look like!