rock climbing at Creation with Year 10

At the start of the session the pupils were introduced to the instructor who explained what the safety rules were for climbing the rock walls. They demonstrated how to put the harness on correctly, where and how the rope was going to be clipped so they could start their journey of exploring the walls as well as explaining how to get down such as when they got to a height they felt comfortable to stop at, they would need to just let go of the rocks and their bodies would slide down. The pupils enjoyed climbing a variety of rock walls at different heights. The pupils and staff members took it in turns have a go at seeing how high they could reach. When they had achieved one height the pupils showed an interest in moving onto the next one as they pushed themselves to climb higher at more difficult stages. 

cooking with Year 8 and 10

 

Year 8 and 10 showed an interest in exploring the forest school classroom and cooking a bacon sandwich using the fire pit. Before they could cook the bacon the pupils took it in turns or worked together in pairs to collect the resources of shredded paper and dry pieces of wood to put into the fire pit to start the fire burning. When the fire was ready one of the pupils enjoyed spreading butter around the pan, placing the bacon inside and putting it onto the fire tray. As the pupil was cooking the food the rest of the class enjoyed kicking a football back and forth between each other or exploring the forest school obstacle course as they climbed over or through the middle of the tyres with the goal of not touching the floor. 

creation with Year 9 and 10

On the mini bus ride to Creation all of the pupils showed an interest in exploring the skate park by discussing about previous experiences of being on a scooter. When we got there all of the pupils were given a helmet and explained why they needed to wear it to protect their heads as well as scooter. The pupils enjoyed travelling up and down the various sized ramps on the scooters at various speeds. The pupils showed an interest in demonstrating their tricks of bunny hops, spinning the whole of the scooter around as they were jumping in the air or when they were stationary for practice. The pupils worked together as a group to see who could achieve the highest jump on their scooters as they took it in turns to race along the ramps one at a time. 

The pupils supported one another by encouraging their peers to have a go on the higher ramps as they demonstrated first the safety positions of where to place their feet on the scooter and their hands on the handle bars for them to accomplish the goal of getting from one side of the ramps to the other. The pupils after having a go on the scooters enjoyed running between the different height ramps as they accomplished the goal of seeing who could reach the high and low ramps the quickest. 

Primary 1 exploring a park

The pupils enjoyed exploring the variety of different apparatus at the park. The pupils showed an interest in seeing how fast they could spin around on the sat down spinning wheel, achieving the goal of completing the wooden obstacle course independently and taking it in turns to each have a go at seeing how quick they could go as the zip wire moved from one side of the zip line to the other as well as seeing high they could reach when the zip wire got to the end and bounced back. The pupils also enjoyed swinging from one monkey bar to the other with the challenge of turning their bodies around still holding into the monkey bars without falling onto the floor. One of the pupils demonstrated their idea of wrapping their legs around the post to support their body weight for them to take the next step of crossing their arms over with the achieved goal of facing the opposite way which led back to the start. 

walk around Worcester Woods to a park with Primary 2

 

The pupils enjoyed walking around Worcester Woods as they discussed what they could see. One of the pupils pointed and said "look there is a mushroom". The pupils showed an interest in exploring the woods through different movements of running along the paths or in and out of the woodland areas. We discussed how the woods felt like "a jungle with all of this long grass". The pupils walked along logs showing the staff how to balance their bodies with one pupil expressing "look I can walk along without falling off, I just stick my arms out". While we continued to walk further the pupils pointed out a couple of tree huts stood up beside the trees. The pupils showed an interest in dismantling the huts as they identified the sizes of the logs used. One pupil said "this long is taller than me". 

We began to walk towards the outside of the woods where we found a large surface of grass which led to a park. The pupils enjoyed seeing how fast they could travel on the zip wire, achieving the goal of reaching to the top of the climbing frame along with their peers and staff members and exploring the various shaped apparatus. 

creation with Year 10

On the minibus journey the pupils showed an interest in having a go on the scooters at Creation as they talked about what tricks they were going to do and if they could bring their own scooter or "can I bring my BMX in because I have put new wheels on it and a new crank so I will be able to show you my skills".  One pupil said "I am going to do a bunny hop" when another identified what height they were going to achieve on the scooter "I am going to do the highest group, you will see me going down the ramps really quick". 

When we got to Creation each of the pupils put on a safety helmet as we talked about why they had to wear it was to protect their heads if they fell off which was described was more likely going to happen. Each of the pupils were given a scooter. They all went off together as a group exploring different sized ramps with one pupil saying "let me show you how high I can go on this ramp". The pupil went again to see if they could go any higher which they did saying " I definitely went even higher that time". 

The pupils also enjoyed taking it in turns to travel down the ramps one at a time to create a chain reaction and see who could make the highest jump. 

Volley ball match with Year 9

The pupils and staff enjoyed playing a whole class game of volleyball. The pupils and staff took it in turns to pass the ball to each other over the volleyball net as they used the palm of their hands or clinched their fingers together with the goal of seeing who could get score the most points.

Year 7A walk around Worcester Woods

The pupils showed an interest in walking around Worcester Woods pretending they were in a forest. The pupils travelled along the woodland paths and through the forest trees playing a game of penny wise. The aim of the game is for the person who is taking on the role of penny wise to achieve the goal of catching their peers out. After the pupils had explored the nature reserve they enjoyed playing on the park as they took it in turns to have a go on the slide and worked in pairs to guide one another on the swings by pushing the bottom of the seat or using the strings to see how high they could reach.

walking up Waseley Hills with Year 7B

 

When we arrived at Waseley Hills the pupils noticed two horses as one pupil talked about their past experiences of horseback riding "I have ride a horse before". Next the pupils began to talk about what sights they could see as they walked up the hills. The pupils showed an interest in exploring through the forest areas by walking down steps and adventuring back up to the top along grass banks.

As we got to the top we talked about how you could see the Malvern Hills from the peak. After we had explored the sights the pupils  showed an interest in rolling down the banks as they took part in seeing who could roll down the quickest.

When we got to the bottom the pupils showed an interest in exploring a variety of equipment's displayed at the park. They worked together as a class to encourage their peers to climb a rock wall, see who could travel the highest on the swings and enjoyed moving the see saw up and down in symmetrical timing with each other. 

 

Primary 1 walked along Wesley Hills and explored the park

The pupils showed an interest in walking to the top of Wesley Hills. When we got there the teacher explained to the pupils that in the distance was the Malvern Hills. They communicated between one another about having a 10 metres running race to see who could run to one end and then back to the starting point the quickest. Next we continued to walk by travelling in a different direction of walking to the bottom of the hills where the pupils enjoyed running down as a group. We followed the path which led back to the top as the pupils talked about what sights they could see. One pupil said "I feel like I am in a forest with all of these trees and muddy tree rots". After the pupils enjoyed exploring the park where they worked together to climb along the wooden obstacle frame, climb to the top of the rock climbing wall and took it in turns to have a go at moving the see saw up and down in pairs.

walk along the canal with Primary 2

 

The pupils enjoyed walking along the canal talking about the environment as one pupil pointed to a big tree which was hanging over the canal and asked "what tree is that". We discussed that it was a willow tree. The pupils also showed an interest in looking to see if they could find any boats floating along the canal. The pupils walked together as a group as they communicated between one another if they thought there would be any boats docked at the end of the canal and how many there would be. One pupil said "I think 20" when another expressed "I think 50". We discussed which boat was their favourite with one pupil saying "I like the blue boat" when another explained that "the one with wood on it is my favourite because it looks old looking". One of the pupils showed an interest in finding fishes swimming in the water. At the end of the walk the pupils enjoyed exploring the park as they worked in pairs and teams to see how fast they could spin around in a tea cup or merry go round, demonstrated teamwork to see how high they could go on the see saw as well as beginning to identify which of their peers weighed heavier than each other. The pupils also enjoyed playing a game of tag. 

Primary 1 and 2 explored the various equipment's at Arrow Valley

The pupils enjoyed exploring the park at Arrow Valley where they showed interest in climbing to the top of the slide and sliding all the way down displaying their bodies in a variety of movements such as on their bottoms or on their front and back. A couple of the pupils along with staff members enjoyed having a competition to see who could go the highest on the swing. When we began to slow the speed and height of the swing down, one of the pupils said to an member of staff "Miss, we are swinging at the same as each other". The pupils then showed an interest taking it in turns to have a go at seeing how fast and slow they could turn on the spinning tops with one pupil saying "if I lean back so my body is far away, I go slow". A staff member continued to explain that when the pupil put their body close to the spinning top that is when it started to move faster. The pupils also worked together as a group to support one another with one pulling the side of the merry go around when their peer stood in the middle shouting directions of "spin me all the way around like in a full circle". 

climbing at Creation with Primary 1

The pupils showed an interest in exploring the climbing walls at Creation. The pupils were set a challenge to see how far they could climb along the walls as they took it in turns to achieve their own goal of seeing how high they could reach. After we went over to the more challenging rock walls. The teacher gathered the pupils together and explained to them that their next challenge would include a bottle cork and their aim would be to receive the cork from different heights. If the pupils achieved the object, the teacher continued to place the cork among a harder rock wall. A couple of the pupils needed support to understand that they would need to use their hands and feet at a co-ordinated time to push their bodies upwards.