Month: April 2025

Bleasdale Class set off on a magical adventure through Holmes Wood, collecting mystical ingredients for their potion-making quest. Using a special list they had created the day before on Google Docs Drawing, the children searched for items with magical meanings. Each object was carefully chosen and matched to their imaginative ideas:

Witch’s Fingers – an oak leaf
Mermaid Tears – water from a waterfall
Dragon’s Eyes – nuts from the forest floor
The Hair of the Forest – soft, green moss
The Joy of Life – a single flower petal
A Wizard’s Stick – bark from a tree

Working together, the children explored Holmes Wood with curiosity and excitement, helping one another through muddy patches and overgrown paths.

The adventure continued with a challenging climb up to Nicky Nook, where giant steps tested their determination. It was inspiring to see the children support one another, working as a team to reach the top.

Calder class visited Daisy Clough Garden Centre in Scorton on April 22nd 2025.  This venue was chosen because the class topic this term is ‘Greenhouses’. 

We had a look in several greenhouses and observed which plants were available to buy.  Our objective was to buy fruit, vegetables and herbs so that we can grow them in our school grounds.  We had already had a look at the produce that was already growing in the polytunnel and in pots in our horticulture environment.  Mr Melville suggested some suitable plants for us to grow.

We carefully selected plants which should produce things for us to nurture and eat before the end of the summer term.  The plants will be tended to by all members of the class.  Each child picked a plant to look after over the coming weeks and months.