Alnwick Class 2023-24

 
Beach Day - Friday 15th March
Well Alnwick Castle Class, I'm so pleased we braved the weather for our beach day. We had a lovely (even quite sunny) morning before the rain came. After lunch we braved the rain to head back on the beach but did decide to head back to school a little earlier then planned once it became a bit heavier. You have all shown incredible resilience today, still joining in and trying your best despite the weather - a big well done to you all!

We started off our day by heading to the wild woods to think about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. On the way we spotted some frogs in the pond and geese flying up above us. Once we arrived at the woods we listened to the story before acting out our own mini Goldilocks drama. There were some great storyteller voices used!
We then headed to the beach to build some houses for the Three Little Pigs. We used the natural resources around us to build our houses - there were grasses from the dunes for the straw, lots of driftwood for the sticks and lots of different stones for the bricks. They really used their imaginations, adding shells for decorations and fantastic moats and trap doors to stop the wolf! One group even made their own "piggy town!"
We headed to Hindmarsh Hall for our lunch and shared some stories. One story was about the three little wolves and a big, bad pig! We also sang our 3 Little Pig song for the grown ups with lots of dance moves and actions.
After lunch we put up our hoods and headed back to the beach to build our favourite fairytale in the sand before heading back to school.
It was lovely to see how the class worked together in teams to complete their challenges and how kind and supportive they are to one another. A huge well done everyone!
 
Beach Day - Tuesday 30th January

WOW, just WOW! Well we were SO grateful for the glorious sunshine and despite it being Winter, we were so lucky and our beach day felt like a tropical Spring Day.

We made our way along to the beach taking note of the River Aln tide, spotting spring flowers of snowdrops and even the first daffodils as well as listening and spotting birds. Once at the beach we had lots of activities that helped us to explore and cement some of our dinosaur knowledge. We made our very own Dinosaur Worlds on the Beach and thought about what Dinosaurs would have needed and the geography of their land. After a little break we worked in Crews to create our very own dinosaurs thinking about the features they had.

On the way to lunch we came across the local sand artist 'Claire' from 'Soul2Sand' and got to see the early stages of her enormous sand art. We were incredibly lucky as after lunch we got to come and see the finished piece, even have a little go and then the best bit was getting to see it on the drone! What a treat.

Our focus for the afternoon was to understand local rocks and fossils. We found that there are different types of rocks and that they are made in different ways. We worked in our Crews to collect, gather and investigate rocks and fossils. Then finished our thinking by making a rock museum. Super geologists in the making!

Well done, Alnwick Castle Class.