Outdoor explorers
Today we linked the outdoor explorers to the Jubilee – some children made a leaf bunting, others did the collages of the Queen and then they re-potted their sun flowers […]
Category Archives: Senses Trail
A trail for science. A hunt for senses.
Exploring our local area 🌳
This afternoon, the outdoor explorers visited Valley park to gather resources and explore our local area. The children took in the sights, sounds and smells of the woodland on this […]
Herringthorpe’s Outdoor Tribe 🌳 🌲 🪵
Today, our children enjoyed their first ‘Outdoor Tribe’ session, showing great teamwork, respect for each other and communication skills whilst exploring and becoming ‘at one’ with the outdoor environment! The […]
Exploring our grounds
Children are enjoying the last days of summer in our school grounds 🌿🌳🍃
Mental Health Awareness Week – Nature
Some amazing observations of nature can be spotted at this time of year. The weather over the last few days has certainly been exciting. Taking a moment to stop and […]
Festive Forest Forage
Today Y6Sn visited our local park to collect some resources to make our Christmas decorations. We found some incredibly shaped leaves, twigs, berries and conkers. We even came across the […]
Y6Sn visit Clifton Park memorial
Today Y6Sn walked to our local memorial at Clifton Park. It was quite emotional looking at all the names of the people who lost their lives to save ours. Many […]
Exploring Herringthorpe Junior’s past
On their last week of school our y6 children have been exploring Herringthorpe Junior’s past areas. We learnt so much we never knew before. The time capsule provided lots of […]
Exploring permeability in Y3E
This afternoon, Y3E made the most of the sunshine to get out and investigate the different types of soils around the schools grounds and test their permeability. We became geologists […]
What can you see? – L1
Take a good look. Put on the headphones and describe what you can see. Does not being able to hear change anything? What do you think?
What can you feel? – T2
Touch and feel this plant all you like. Can you describe how it feels? Could you compare it to anything else?
What can you feel? – T1
Do not touch the plant. Before you touch the plant write a comment and say what you think it will feel like?
What can you hear? – H1
Use the tuning fork and hit as many different materials as you can. Which material makes the highest pitch? Which material produces the loudest sound?
What can you smell? – S3
Rub your fingers across this plants leaves then smell them. What can you smell? Can you describe the smell in a comment below?
What can you smell? – S2
Rub your fingers across this plants leaves then smell them. What can you smell? Can you describe the smell in a comment below?
What can you smell? – S1
Rub your fingers across this plants leaves then smell them. What can you smell? Can you describe the smell in a comment below?