Young Oaks had the pleasure of attending the church on Friday morning. We had the opportunity to listen to some stories from the bible and complete activities related to these tasks. The children did a fantastic job singing a song, led beautifully by Joshua. After this we ventured up the steep stairs to the priests’ room to learn some historical facts about the church. We were lucky enough to be up the tower at 11:00 when the bells rang. 

Miss Edwards, Miss Brown and Mr Shilling were all very proud of the children’s behaviour, and think they behaved as wonderful representatives of Brook Community Primary School. 

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Today, children found an owl pellet at forest school.  They learnt that owls eat small rodents, birds and bugs, usually swallowing them whole, but that their stomachs can’t digest the fur, bones, teeth, feathers and insect shells.  These “leftover” parts are formed into a tight pellet inside the owl and then regurgitated by the owl more than 6 hours later.  Owls usually regurgitate one or two pellets each night, but they’re not the easiest things to spot. This is a fascinating find, as the children were able to see parts of what the owl had tried to eat, including a tooth!

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Our Year 4 children were lucky enough to visit the lambs at Wye Community Farm at the end of their forest school session today.

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Our Year 4 children started the process of using mushrooms to make paper today, in addition to den building.

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Lots of smiley faces at Forest School today (when you could see them under all of their warm clothing!)!

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