At Brooklands Farm, we use restorative practices to equip all children with lifelong problem solving skills. In this video, these children demonstrate how restorative practices can be used to solve playground disagreements. This scenario was made up by the children in the video. They each decided which role they would like to play and I’m sure you’ll agree they do a fantastic job of making it look like real life!
Year 2 showing careful observation drawing skills as they create their first drafts of their lighthouses.
Countess Way has been host to this weeks Take One Picture,we were lucky enough to be joined by some parents and children to create more beautiful art telling the story of Brooklands Farm to send to the National Gallery competition.
Year 3 had a fantastic time exploring the rainforest last week. We all learnt lots of exciting information and even got to meet some rainforest creatures.
Wow what fun we had today!! We had the opportunity to take part in a Roman banquet, where we got to see many of the meals the Romans once indulged in! We thought some of them sounded nice, but others such as calf brain custard didn’t take our fancy as much! We looked closely at what would be on a Roman banquet table! I wonder if the children remember why the feather was on the table!
After this we met a Roman soldier who took us on as recruits in the army. We learnt that we would be fed and have somewhere to live but we didn’t like the sound of the punishments! It was interesting to see all the different weapons and what they were used for!
After some lovely lunch in the glorious sunshine and surroundings of Bradwell Abbey we explored our creative skills and made some mosaics.
There is a small selection of photos below! Thanks for a wonderful day year 4! 🙂
Mrs McNeaney
NEXT MEETING:
20th October 2015 @ 7.30pm
Brooklands Farm Fen Street, Community Room (next to the school hall)
All are welcome from both Fen Street and Countess Way campuses.
This week we have been learning the story ‘Rosie’s Walk.’ We went on our own walk to the park and talked about what we saw around us. We are going to use this as inspiration for writing next week when we create our own versions of the story!
Thank you again to all of the parents who helped us. Here are some pictures of us having lots of fun!
As the children learn through play in the early years, role play is always extremely
Popular. It gives the children so many learning opportunities.
We would be very grateful if anyone could spare any of the items listed below and bring them
along to nursery or to reception.
Old phones (the old fashioned dialling ones as well as digital ones and mobiles)
hair dryers
straigtners
empty shampoo bottles (for a hair dressers role play)
shower head and hose
wigs
hair rollers
glasses cases and old glasses (we will need to remove the glass)
shower cap
shoes and shoe boxes
keyboard
baby clothing for dolls
scales for a fruit and vegetable role play shop
baby bath
changing mat
spare nappies
any unused notebooks/diaries/shopping list books
baking cases
baking tins.
Thank you so much, have a wonderful weekend.
Nursery team.
Year 5 had a terrific Titanic Ignite day on Tuesday!
Children spent half of the day collecting lots of knowledge about the Titanic tragedy from the expert, John, who brought real artefacts from the ship and props from the film set for us to look at – he even gave away replicas of 3rd class mugs as prizes for individuals to keep!
The other half of the day was spent living the lifestyle of a passenger on board the Titanic in 1912. Children dressed up as 1st class or 3rd class passengers, listened to the music that the orchestra may have played during the voyage and cooked their own 3rd class meal – vegetable stew and dumplings! After a lot of hard work in the kitchen, they were then treated to a 1st class dessert of pears, éclairs and ice cream.
Both children and teachers had a fantastic day and we look forward to continuing our voyage over the next few weeks!
Year 1D have made a super start to their Lanyard Learning this week! Taking big steps towards becoming independent learners in charge of their own work. It’s also amazing to see so many determined individuals achieving those high learning zones!
Keep up the fantastic work 🙂
Miss Sutton
