An outdoor PUPIL PROFILES:
HARRY Age: 6 Favourite subject: English, because I like writing stories. Latest fact learnt: Komodo dragons have poison in their saliva. They can kill their prey with one bite. Career ambition: A farmer - like Daddy. Favourite snack: Salt and vinegar crisps. Holiday ambition: Waikiki, because they have lots of coconuts, pineapples and beaches. Tell us a joke: What do cows say at New Year? Happy Moo Year!
ANNABELLE Age: 9 Top playground activity: That’s hard - there are lots of toys in the playground which are fun to play with – space hoppers, stilts, footballs and skipping ropes – I like them all! Hobbies: Karate, netball and Brownies. Healthy snack: Carrots and apples. Naughty snack: Chocolate orange. Breakfast: Toast with nutella. Bravest act: Staying at Barton Hall in Torquay for the night with Brownies. You go into the woods when it’s dark and make a campfire. Career ambition: A doctor or an artist but I could do both I guess.
CHARLI Age: 10 Top playground activity: We have really long skipping ropes and we sing a song called ‘Bluebells’ where you see how many people can skip at the same time. We usually get three going at once. After school activities: Gymnastics, swimming and Brownies. I also help out on our farm filling bags of corn. Favourite school dinner day: Fridays because it’s chips! Favourite subject: Maths and forest school. Ideal day: Going to the beach with my family and having lunch in a nice restaurant. Helpful acts at home: I make my bed, lay the table for dinner and unpack the dishwasher. Career ambition: I would like to be a teacher or a chef. I love cooking at home. I make lasagne. I asked for cooking lessons last Christmas which I’m doing at Occombe Farm. Holiday ambition: New Zealand because we have family out there.
loving student BETH One of the school’s favourite sayings is ‘Why am I doing this indoors?’ The children spend one day a week doing their lessons outside in the far corner of the top field. Beth is 9 and forest school, as it is called, is her favourite part of the week. “It’s so nice to be outside and hands on with nature. It doesn’t feel like we are learning, it just feels like having fun.” Forest school has strong curriculum links. It’s a concept of learning outdoors, where children are given small and achievable tasks to develop self-con- fidence and self-esteem. Beth says Easter was a high point for her: “One of the best things we have done so far this year was building vehicles to put eggs in and roll them down the hill. We used natural materials like wood and twigs and then decorated them – some people put faces on the front. There is always something different to do, we have made the alphabet from leaves and twigs, created fairy houses and flags.” A parent is help- ing the school source virtual reality headsets, which could help children identify the various species of plants and animals around them. Pupils go to forest school throughout the year and only call off the outdoor lessons if it’s pouring. Beth says May to July is the best: “I prefer it in the summer when it’s nice and warm but we do all have fun putting on our wellies in the winter and squelching in the mud!”
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