Knighton Church in Wales Primary School
Caru Duw, Caru Pawb, Caru Dysgu
We linked our P4C lesson to the work we have been completing in our RVE lessons- green religion and also to the mantle commission we are working on this term, about COP30.
We have been learning about the deforestation that is happening in the Amazon rainforest in preparation for the COP30 summit in November. To better understand what is going on there we quickly organised a trip considering the modes of transport required and what would be needed with us. Beforehand we considered how different groups of people might be feelings about this and then completed some ‘hot seating’ in order to have some quotes ready for our news report. We then ‘travelled’ there by plane and boat and we drew what we could see whilst in the rainforest.
Year 5 have started forest school sessions with Miss Jones. We have enjoyed den building and creating bug hotels. We used the knives safely to sharpen sticks to use as tent pegs. We are looking forward to starting fires in our sessions soon.
In RVE, we have been talking about caring for our world and we have been busy planting sunflower seeds that we will work hard to take care of.
In RVE, we created a photo gallery showing things that we found interesting and beautiful. We zoomed in on some of the items so that we can see them in more detail.
In RVE we discussed the meaning of the word ‘create’ and we became ‘creators’. We created artwork using natural resources that we felt was wonderful. We talked about our creations and how being outside makes us feel.
Arlo “I feel happy and calm”
Alba “Nature is my happy place”
Corey “I like being outdoors looking at butterflies”
Bluebell “Nature makes me feel free”
Lola “I like taking care of things and helping them to grow”
Elin “Being outside makes me feel peaceful with the birds singing and tweeting”
As part of our Mantle, we have been looking at deforestation. We decided to paint some trees on stones after looking at how important it was to save our trees!
After deciding we need to increase the biodiversity on the school field, we have decided to make some mini bug hotels to place in our forest school/woodland area whilst we wait for donations to make a bigger bug hotel.
Year 2,3 and 4 enjoyed some outdoor learning as part of our well-being day. They created a ‘crazy golf’ course out of natural resources and had lots of fun playing together! Da iawn pawb!
As part of our outdoor learning, we looked at what trees we have on our school grounds!
