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On Thursday 12th June our Primary 4 pupils and staff travelled to the Clandeboye Estate for some Forest School Learning.
The children completed a mini beast hunt, played hide and seek, made smores and bubble blowers as well as having fun playing in the actualy forest!
Thankfully the weather stayed dry and we had a wonderful trip.
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Last week in Forest School our P4s were read the story of Little Read Riding Hood. They then had to use their listening and creative skills to create a picture of the story they had just listened to. The children worked really well in their groups and came up with some fantastic illiustrations.
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This week at Forest School, with Easter next weekend, we were looking at some major 'biblical' events and the children, in their groups, had to create a picture representing the event their group had chosen. The group work was fantastic!
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This week in Forest School P4 were given the challenge to make shelters. In groups they had to build shelters using only two sheets of tarpaulin, some clothes pegs and a few bamboo sticks. They were also allowed to use whatever they could find around them, including trees, branches and the fence.
The children all worked very well in their groups and it was interesting to hear of the different problems each group encountered when designing their shelter.
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This week in Forest School P4 looked at the concept of concentric circles. Some children worked individually whereas others worked in pairs or small groups. They choose a centre point and then used items they found around them to create circular patterns.
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P4 had a special Forest School lesson today as they displayed what we do to a group of Stranmillis PGCE Students accompanied by Mrs McClelland. As P4 have been looking at maps in both their 'Life in the Recent Past' and 'Polar Region' topics, it got us talking about birds eye and aerial views. The children, after completing a perimeter walk of the school, had to design an aerial view of the school grounds using only the materials around them.
Each group had a chance to talk about what they made and were questioned by their classmates, encouraging using cross curricular skills and many of the thinking skills and personal capabilities as outlined in the NI Curriculum.
The children also spoke with the visiting students and were great ambassadors for Waringstown Primary School. We're very proud of how well they listened and behaved.
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Read more: P4 Forest School 2025: Aerial View (With Stranmillis PGCE students)
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Today our Primary 4 pupils went outside to continue their current maths topic of symmetry. Some children worked in groups, some in pairs and others by themselves, to create a symmetrical picture on the ground of whatever they wanted. Afterwards, the children had opportunities within the classroom to look at all the photographs and discuss just how symmetrical they were.
This was a great opportunity to extend our Primary 4 pupils' knowledge of symmetry.
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Today saw the start of Forest School for our Primary 4 pupils. We went outside to our Forest School 'classroom' and the children, in groups, created a picture of a polar animal. The children loved working with their hands and the freedom that the outdoors gave us.
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This week in Forest School P4 looked at the concept of concentric circles. Some children worked individually whereas others worked in pairs or small groups. They choose a centre point and then used items they found around them to create circular patterns.
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Primary 4 have been learning about accumulation, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. Today, they got to work with their class mates to try and illustrate this in the Outdoor Classroom.
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Today in Forest School P4 were developing their learning on fractions, with the focus being on equivalent fractions. In pairs and groups, the children filled split hoops into different fractions and filled these with different materials. Some groups investigated filling two sixths of a hoop with different items and then moving the bamboo sticks to see that two sixths were the exact same size as one third.
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