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Wings, Worms and Wonders - Outdoor Adventures For All Pods

Welcome to  

Wings, Worms and Wonders

with Mrs Joseph  

Willow wands for sale, first come first served!

Bargain...      

Only £6 !
They have been nurtured by the Eco Heroes since our Harvest Day #LlanEco so have been lovingly tendered and are now looking for their forever homes ! Please phone the school office to place your order.

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Go Green Day

Click here to find out about our community links with

Big Meadow in Llangennith.

CSA Big Meadow

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Mrs Joseph takes a visit to Big Meadow to show you what it looks like and what it is all about! Perhaps you could visit this month? Thursdays are always the harvest days.

How do you feel about springtime?

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School closure 11.2.21

Should we take risks outdoors?

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Sometimes it is good to take a risk and go slightly out of your comfort zone
                       School closure 11.01.21

Volunteering

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Would you be will to help a charity or local community project? And what would it be?

Whose Planet is it anyway?

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Do you think plants can rule the Planet? And why?
                          School closure 3.01.2021

What if animals ruled the world?

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If you were an animal what sort of animal would it be?

Harvesting The Earth's Riches

Welcome to the Harvest Day 9th November. 

Don't forget your outdoor clothing and shoes because we want to use the outdoors as much as possible on this day. 

 

Hook -Let's get motivated!: 

We have noticed that we waste a lot of resources!

    
Click on this video to see the children in school demonstrating how we often waste water in our classrooms.

 



 

 


 

 

 

Watch this video below to find out what Mrs Caswell has been getting up to? What is she doing with those plants ?!

 

Authenticity: Why are we doing this ?

The Eco Heroes Plan Our School Harvest Day

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The Eco Heroes have decided to focus on renewing resources to help the environment and so hopefully we will become more sustainable with what we do around the school.

Knowledge : What do we need to know?

Application: Let's get to work!

Click here to find out how Mrs Caswell got on with her collection of cuttings from the school entrance.

 

 

 

 

 


Click here to find out how Mrs Joseph’s seeds and cuttings have developed.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are not sure how to do it yourself here are a few ideas .... don’t forget......be creative !
 

  Click here to find out how to create a willow wand

 

  Click here to find out how to collect seeds from plants

 

Miss Walters has found out how to make a scarecrow. Click here for instructions.

Here are a couple of pictures that might inspire you to develop your own unique scarecrows.

Strange scarecrows have been popping up in Llangennith !!

  Click here to find about the Wateraid water challenge.

 

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A whole school CELEBRATION OF HARVEST where we are Harvesting the Earth’s Riches

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     COVID-19

Mrs Joseph has put together a few suggestions for you to do while HOME LEARNING.   Obviously, these activities can be adapted depending on the latest  governments guidelines. If you are outside ensure you are social distancing and keep to your family units.

Here are some suggested activities for working in the outdoors. Parents, please feel free to email Mrs Joseph  to let us know how your children are getting on with their learning. Please also email us if you have any problems logging in or accessing any of the links.

 

Previous Home Learning

🌿  This weeks home quest (13th July)

After looking at all of your environment survey answers from last weeks quest ...And being inspired by Ryan Jones and his young family ( clearing up Gower beaches). I would like you for this weeks nature quest to record your ideas about how we can help the environment using some of the lessons we have learnt during our family time during lockdown. Eg walks with your family, cooking new dishes, more gardening with the family, recycling our own clothes, reduce, recycle and re use. Click here—

Care for our environment

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Care for you Environment World Picture

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🌿  This weeks home quest ! (W.B. 6th July) Click below here to find out how to create your picture

 

Also, please can you take the time to fill in this (click here-) questionnaire on ‘Nature’ (4 minutes)

Nature Pictures using weaving techniques

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🌿  This weeks home quest ! (W.B. 29th June) Click below here to estimate using the 2 m rule.

 

 CLICK on the video to find your outdoor challenge for ALL PODS.

Mrs Joseph Will take you on a discovery finding things that are nearly 2 metres high or wide.

🌿  This weeks challenge ! (W.B. 22nd June) Click below here to find out about Pictograms and bar graphs.

 

 CLICK on the video to find your outdoor challenge for ALL PODS.

Mrs Joseph Will take you on a nature walk collecting different coloured leaves

Data Handling

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Collecting leaves and sorting them into different colours. Creating a pictograms that can be used to help create a bar graph
🌿  This weeks challenge ! (W.B. 15th June) Click video link here 
How to make and use a Nature Viewer. Create your own beautiful, focused nature pictures.
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🌿  This weeks challenge ! (W.B. 8th June) Click below here to find out about grid references

 

 CLICK on the video to find your outdoor challenge for ALL PODS.

Mrs Joseph will show you how to read 4 figure and 6 figure grid references in this video with a little help from her cat and dog!                                       .4 and 6 figure grid references

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🌿  This weeks challenge ! (W.B. 1st June) Click below here.

 CLICK on the video to find your outdoor challenge for ALL PODS.

After watching the video click on your pod below to download the activity for your Pod.

Try to create your own nature trail around your garden or outdoor space

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🌿🌿 🌿  🌿 🌿 This weeks challenge !    (W.B. 18th May)         Click below here

CLICK on the video to find your scavenger hunt challenge for ALL PODS.

After watching the video click on your pod below to download a scavenger hunt for you.

 

 

 

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🌿🌿 🌿  🌿 This weeks challenge !    (W.B. 11th May)         Click here

CLICK on the video to find out how to draw a tree onto a pebble ALL PODS

Try to see the different shapes when you look at a tree carefully

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🌿🌿 🌿 Challenge   (W.B. 4th May)                                   Click here

CLICK on the video to listen to Peter Rabbit story ALL PODS

Try to IMAGINE WHERE all the plants are in Mr McGregor's garden. Can you map them out? (Draw them in the correct places?)

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🌿🌿   Plant dye challenge !    (W.B. 27th April)              Click video

CLICK on the video to find out what the challenge is for ALL PODS

Can you use ‘Nature’s Dyes’ to create art?  What superpower lies beneath the leaves?

 

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Suggested activities for W.B. 20th April

Our theme is Unsung Heroes

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In what way can plants and animals be our heroes?
Let’s go in search of nature’s heroes and you never know what you might find !
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