Year 3 - Visit from Bat Man!

As part of our Forest Capers topic, Year 3 had a visitor into school on Friday to let us know all about bats. We learnt lots of information about these interesting mammals and how conservation is really important as different environmental issues have impacted on the species and now many types are endangered.
It was a really fun afternoon which even included dancing to the sounds of different bats!

Year 3 - Visiting Coleford

As part of our Forest Capers topic Year 3 visited Coleford to complete some science, geography and history work.


In history we have been looking at old phographs of Coleford town. To help us compare the past with the present day we looked around the town to identify how it has change over time.

As part of our geography work we also completed a traffic survey and thought carefully about why people might travel into town and what impact this could have on the environment.


In science we have been studying lots of different rocks so whilst we were in Coleford we looked at different buildings to see if we could identify any rocks that had been used and thought carefully about why they may have been chosen for that purpose.

Year 3 - Making Christmas Cakes

As part of our Literacy work, Year 3 followed instructions so that we could each make a Christmas cake for the Christmas Craft Fayre. It also helped us improve our weighing skills as we had to measure out all the ingredients too. All we have to do now is decorate them and then they will be a delicious present to buy at the fayre.

Year 5 - A Victorian Assembly

All of the children dressed in Victorian clothes for our assembly - they really looked the part (and kind of cute!).  The lines were delivered as though they were seasonsed thespians, with Harry taking the centre stage as Robert Muschet with a superb accent.

The children wrote the separate scenes themselves, with a little help and direction from ourselves. They managed to cover: Literacy, maths, history, science, DT and art!  They were brilliant, learning their lines, working in groups and listening to each other.  Each group made sure that everyone had a part.

A pleasure to have worked with such lovely, considerate pupils.

The BIG Pit

Y5's super day out at the Pit.  Never thought we could say that!  

We went down the pit in a cage and had a great guide who had been a miner so was able to impart first hand knowledge. The mine experience was quite extraordinary. Having to bend over (and that is in a relatively modern mine) was back breaking. The need for hard hats became very evident for the adults!


We walked around the blacksmiths area, viewed the galleries experiencing what it was like down a mine a 100 years ago and explored the bath house and exhibition area.  The children were fantastic, reading all of the information on the displays and engaging with interactive hands on actvities. 

Lastly the shop, great excitement.  The children were very considerate in their gift buying and I know that some parents will be receiving interesting Christmas presents.

Year 3 - Dean Heritage Centre

As part of our Forest Capers topic, Year 3 visited The Dean Heritage Centre to help us understand how life in the Forest of Dean has changed over the years.


We visited Ma Meek in the Victorian cottage and had a go at  washing clothes the hard way using a wash board and dolly which was a big difference from the automatic washing machines we use today!

We also learnt all about how they use to make charcoal by building a stack and we had a go at making our own.

The galleries were very interesting and we looked at different artifacts from long ago. The mining artefacts were very interesting and we even had a go at pulling one of the carts that children years ago had to pull full of coal in the mines.

Friday Fun at Liddington

The children have had fun 'laying eggs', made the longest lines using clothes and organised their evening 'snacks' in their rooms - all the important stuff! But seriously, they have settled in well and enjoyed a lovely evening meal.  Keep an eye on the blog, we will try to update again tomorrow.