THE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT ST. NICHOLAS PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

During the academic year 2007/8 outdoor environment at St. Nicholas underwent a great deal of change. The changes are continuing in the 2008/2009 academic year

 

Completed projects include:

• The Fitness adventure trail is now up and running!
• Each class now has their own garden plot where they can grow anything they want!
• The willow tunnel is now planted and awaiting the summer sun!

 

Projects still under construction include:

 

• The wooland area has been planted. We now need to nurture it and watch it grow.
• The shrubbed area in the corner of the field is quickly becoming established. But we will continue to plant in the summer of 2009
• The nature area at the top of the field is gathering momentum. The pond has now been completed! The next step is to position the animal houses and plant things that will encourage the animals to set up home.

The next stage

 

• To build a sensory garden.
• To Further develop the outdoor classroom.
• To set up a picnic area.
• To develop welcome gardens in the front of the school.

 

Please study the photographs to evaluate our progress to date:

 

 

Watch the Woodland grow and become a safe habitat to many creatures

 

 

woodland Area:
In our school at the top of the field. Were making a woodland area. It's verry exiting because were having a pound built in, like a camp fire were you could have the fire in the middle and thers all wooden stool around. It's verry exiting. i cant wait

by Kaitlin and Kane Scanlon

 

Watch out this is a SHRUBBY business. Well done to Class 1 for planting these

 

 

An updated picture of our Willow Trail will appear here soon and trust me it's worth the wait!!!

Come and travel through our willow Tunnel.  Give it time and it will become aMAZEing!

 

 

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THE FITNESS ADVENTURE TRAIL - Completed Tuesday 24th June

 

What an instant hit this has been with all classes.  The children have had a tremendous amount of fun and will do for many years.

A HUGE THANK YOU must be given to the PFA and all their fundraising and Dow Corning for thier contribution of £428 to make this all possible.

 

A picture of the FITNESS TRAIL will appear here soon

 

 

So what do the children think about it?

 

On Tuesday 24th June all of st.nicholas finaly had a aventure play ground it is so fun it's got a wobbly bridge wobbly steps on rope a balance beem with a rope to hold on to then it a wooden thing to climb up then climb over the top then once you get down there is bar that you swing ver and do flips over. We also have a time table for all the classes. it's amazing.

By Emily Azzopardi - Year 5

 

The climbing frame is fun because it has bars which you swing over and roll with wood on it.  Also you swing one to the other and it looks fun as well thank you teachers.

By Callum Jenkins- Year 6

 

this week we had a really cool Climbing Frame built it was really cool.we had a wobbly bridge
and a swinging wood.

By Olivia Dowling- Year 5

 

On Tuesday 24th June our adventure climbing frame challenge was finished . When it was my class' turn (Class 3) it was fun. Chris was the first to go on it and I was the third, but the first girl. We have got a wobbly bridge, ropes with little logs at the bottom , a crossed rope with a rope at the bottom, two ropes ether side and one hanging at the bottom, a climbing frame with ropes going right to the top on one side and a log on top and quite a deep step on the other and bars going down and three bars to hold on and spin over that's what makes it so special.

It is very fun for all ages.

By Kaitlin Scanlon- Year 5

 

I love playing on the adventure trial. My faourite part is the climbing fram, the swings and the adventure trial because it is atched to lots of things

By Reuben Williams- Year 2

Recently we have had a new climbing frame built it is really cool and fun  and this week we are going on there every day

By Olivia Dowling- Year 5

 

When the climing frame was built, it looked excellent. When we had the first go i could not see where i was and it got more fun as i went along. The new climing frame is fantastic!

By Joshua Williams- Year 3

On Thursday I got to go on the climbing frame for my first time . It was really fun and the red bars I went over the top let go when I got to bottem and then I lanned on my back.

By Francesca Crilly- Year 3

 

My favourite part of the Climbing Frame is the wobbly ropes.  I find it really funny and can't wait to go on it again.  Thank you Mr. D for getting the climbing frame in before the Year 6 leavers go!

By Max Smith - Year 6

 

 When we first hade the fitness trail it loked wiked and it is still wicked. The School Council desided to have it. I Rachel Jones, love the fitness trail because it keeps you fit and helthy. Thank you Council.!!!!!!!!!!

By Rachel Jones - Year 6

 

The climbing frame is awsome.  My favourite bit is the bars at end becuse you can do a Millon tricks on them.  The whole climbing frame is amazing the rope logs are cool and the the rest

By Thomas Harvey - Year 5

 

It took a week till the fitness trail was done. When it was done everyone was happy and everyone loves it. A timetable that will tell you whose turn it is.

The climbing frame has wooden steps, a bridge to get over, 3 bars; rope cross. There is a rope with two ropes beside it. Then finally there is a rope underneath you and then you go on the twisting wooden blocks a rope is holding the wooden blocks. I think the best part is the 3 bars to swing on!

By Lee Thomas - Year 5

 

In the school field my favourate activies is the climbing trail.
I loved the climing trail my group was the best out of them all. I came first out of twenty seven people.
We had three sets of trails to follow, I won two of the sets and I was the fastest  on the seconed group.

By Thomas Gent - Year 6

 

The School Council have designed a fitness trail its really cool.  My best part of it is the bars I do flips on and Koala Bear its amazing.  We tried to put things in for the little ones and junior things for the juniors so a veriety of things are in the trail

By Shellie May- Year 5

 

The Climbing frame is fun 
Last week it was great adventure play ground In the Field  and i can't wait to go on it Next time .

By Michael Foley - Year 6

 

School Council have designed a fitness trail for St.Nicholas it's great fun.  As part of the School Council we all wanted all the children to have fun on the climbing frame an to enjoy staying fit and heathy so now when they are older they be be fit and wealthy....... (P.S. JUST HAVEING FUN WILL KEEP ST.NICHOLAS FIT BECAUSE OF THIS TRAIL AND NOW WHEN THEY ARE OLDER THEY WILL BE VERY FIT.)

By Abbie-Lee Cornish - Year 6

 

Adventure Trail

the trail will keep us really fit we can do challeges timeing your friends climing as far up as you can and all different things

By Francesca and Harry Fundell - Year 6

 

Adventure Playground

The adventure play ground is so funky i wish that we can go on it every day!!!!

By Danielle Clifton- Year 5

 

Our assault course. The schools new assault coures is so cool its safe its the best for fitness
And most doing time climbing how fast get can get past it.

By Taylor Rees-Maher- Year 6

 

                  The Climbing Frame

On the school field we have just had a Climbing Frame put in. We do races and challenges it is really fun and I dont want to leave in September.

By Chloe Bridgeman- Year 6
      

THE NEW FITNESS TRAIL
We've just had a brand new fitness trail put in on the field. It has a wobbly bench and the start then a log bridge to step across, then a rope cross and rope bridge. Then we have a wall to climb rope on side bars the other. And last but not least we have fun flippy bars. So we all get a turn we have a timetable and Year 6 get the most time because we're leaving - yay year6!!!!!!! 

By Emily Thomas- Year 6

 

Our Fitness

We have a bran new fitness trail witch is really good my favierout bit is the bars were yo swing around I amm glad we had it done this year because I'm leaving this year.

By Nathan Stephens- Year 6

 

THE ADVENTURE TRAIL!

The Adventure Trail is really good.
We have loads of fun the best part is the rope bridge, because I play and crouch down to cross. It is really fun!!!

The Adventure Trail is LOADS of fun. My favorite part is a tiebreak out of the Climbing frame and the Swinging Logs. I like the Climbing frame because when I’m at the top, I feel taller than the school! I like the Swinging Logs because I pretend I’m  and I skip two, land on the second or third, and swing to the end!!

THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ORGANIZED THIS
By Luke Williams and Danielle Clifton- Year 5

 

ADVENTURE PLAY GROUND

ONJ THE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND THERE ARE BARS YOU CAN SPIN ON AND THERE ARE THESE THINGS THAT YOU STEP ON THE LOGS AND WOBBLE I THINK EVERY ONE HAS A GO ON THERE BECOUSE IT IS SO COOL

By Paige Williams- Year 5

 

Adventure Playground.
The adventure playground is really fun and enjoyable.
Its good for all year groups too.
The trial has its difficulties but thats what makes it so much fun.
You can do different types of flips on the bars, and you can try and jump the rope bridge. My favourite bit is the swinging ropes.

By Luckie Wallis- Year 4

 

OUR FITNTES TRAIL
Thanks for leting in us have it this year
so us Year 6's can on it. I liked doing Maths
lesson on it sorry it late

By Scholes Wilcox- Year 6

 

 

Climbing Frame
The school have recently had a Climbing Frame built.  We have a Wobble Bridge, a swinging wood, a balancing rope and swinging bars that are all really cool.  I do back flips and Emily and I do flips on one.  It is really cool and is one of the best things to have happened to this school.

By Olivia Dowling- Year 5

 

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NEW ALLOTTMENTS - Completed April 2008

 

 

 

Look it's Wurzel Gummage guarding Class 2's magnificent garden

 

What an instant hit this has been with all classes.  The green fingured children have worked extremely hard at planting, growing and maintaining their gardens. 

We have even been selling radishes to the parents!

Read the children's reports to discover their role in the project.

 

THE NEW ALOTEMENTS
Each class now has an alotement where we have been planting and growing things like crazy, we've even got to taste some things too. In class 1 & 2 they built scarecrows and put shiny thing around there gardens to keep away the birds. Class 3 haven't started there yet as they have been so busy lately. But class 4s looks wicked we've got beans,cucumber, lettuce, radish which we got to try and much more.

By Emily Thomas- Year 6

 

The New Allotments
Each class has got their own allotments were we have been growing our own vegatables and fruits class 1-2 have made scarecrows and used cds to keep away the birds class 3 havent started but class 4 have started their garden and we have been growing things like cucumber and raddish witch we have tried.

By Francesca and Harry Fundell- Year 6

 

Class 3 have not started on there garden yet but we are goiung to plant herbs and fruit. We thought fruit would be good because not alot of children know where the fruit comes fromand maybe to engorage them to eat more fruit that they would never try.

By Mia Sexton- Year 4

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A picture of the new willow trail will appear here soon

ST. NICHOLAS WILLOW TRAIL CREATED BY THE CHILDREN

 

 

On the 3rd of November, a woman called Claire came into the school and did Willlow Weaving with us. She taught us how to make the base of a Willow Star using the 'butt' end (lol) and weaving them together to make a perfect (more or less) pentagon in the middle. The aim on the acctual weaving was to put the thinnest end in the elastic you use to tie the frame together, then wrap it around THREE TIMES, then make a sort of figure of eight, by putting it through the middle, then half wrapping it, and putting it through again e.c.t. I made one and a half stars in total. BYE!

By Luke Williams - Year 6

 

ON THE THIRD OF DECEMBER WE  HAD TWO PRO PEOPLE IN TO HELP US DO IT AND ARE WILLOW TUNNEL AND WE DONE DIFFRENT KINDS OF DECORATIONS IT WAS AMAZING THANKS ALL THE TEACHERS.

By Jay 'S' Jones- Year 6

 

On Wednesday  everyone in St. Nicholas all had a go at willows it was really fun and easy we sold some at our school disco on Thursday night, which I will tell you about now it was a great night we danced went to Santa bought things it was amazing.
Thank-you for everyone who helped organized it.

By Emily Azzopardi - Year 6

 

on Wednesday the 3rd Ladys that make willow came to make things with us. A group of people went out to make a willow tunnel first we put in the thick bits of willow in and then we weaved in and out the thin peices to make a propper tunnel which was cool. Then we went back to class and we made stars as Christmas Decorations to sell at the school disco and I had a fab day. Thank you Mrs Taylor-Gibbs for organising the day.

By Shellie May- Year 6