Welcome
Welcome to our small and friendly village school. We have enthusiastic pupils and staff, who are passionate about engaging in rich learning experiences.
Welcome to
Yattendon C of E Aided
Primary School
A small school with a big vision
Although wet, we walked to the woods behind the church safely. The children all had a sense of road safety and could talk about why we had our high vis jackets on so vehicles could see use all easily. When we arrived we sung our Forest Friday song and the children began to join in with some of the words.
There were then a range of challenges to enable the children to explore the environment - all were able to stick the the given boundaries and safety instructions.
The children had to collect a variety of things from the woodland floor - leaves that they described and said why they had picked their leaf. Thin/short sticks which we compared and discussed.
They then had the freedom to explore for themselves - many explored the established den areas, some lifted the tree stumps to look for mini beasts and others continued collecting things of interest.
At the end of the session, we enjoyed a drink and a snack and talked about our first trip to the woods.