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Park Spring Primary School

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Year 1 Great Fire of London Outdoor Learning Day!

Last week the Year 1 children enjoyed an outdoor learning day led by ‘Alfresco Learning’. They were challenged to build a wattle wall using sticks, as a team. They then had to use willow to weave through the wall to strengthen it. Next it was time to get mucky and add the daub. The daub was made up of soil, straw and water and was used to fill the holes and make the structure stronger and windproof. Later the children made links to their Science knowledge, looking at materials and sorting them by their properties e.g. waterproof, flexible etc. The next challenge was to create a bakery using only two materials, again Year 1 showed great team work to discuss ideas and build together. Then it was time to test their structures, each child sprayed water at the bakery to check if Thomas Farriner stayed dry who was hiding inside, most teams were successful!