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Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

& Ladybirds Pre-School

Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

Otter Class Blog

January 2023

  • 26/01/23

    Area and Perimeter Challenge!

    The children were set an area and perimeter challenge! 
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  • 25/01/23

    Cooking in the great outdoors

    Bringing a bit of Spanish cuisine to another wintry outdoor learning session, otter pupils had a go at making (and eating) Tortilla de potato. Cooked on an open fire it was delicious - and only a bit burnt. Lots of other fun things happening with coppicing, den building and fire making...
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  • 18/01/23

    Science: The heart, blood and circulatory system!

    The children worked in teams to create an interactive poster to show their learning about the human body. 
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  • 18/01/23

    Fun in the frost

     A brilliant outdoor learning session with Carrie in freezing temperatures. Pupils enjoyed learning a range of ancient skills from stake making with hazel, fire lighting and coppicing. Another job was spreading horse manure on the raised beds to improve the soil, more fun than you'd think...
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  • 16/01/23

    Pupil Politics!

    The day has finally come! Each party gave their final speeches and votes were cast! 
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  • 12/01/23

    Let's Dance!

    Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.... 
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  • 12/01/23

    Let's solve a problem!

    After spending time learning about fractions and decimals, the children were set some problems to solve!   To develop understanding around converting fractions to decimals (and vice versa) the children were given a set of domino cards that had equivalents on them. they had to work togethe...
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  • 11/01/23

    In the bleak midwinter....

    The wind and rain didn't dampen the enthusiasm of Otter pupils for the first outdoor learning session of the year.  After some fun warm up games in the mud, it was down to work with construction techniques and fire making.  We finished the session off with showing off our h...
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  • 06/01/23

    Riddle me this...

    The children were writing riddles to practise writing commas in a list. 
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