Outdoor Learning
We are the lead school in Lambeth for outdoor learning with all year groups following the Natural Thinkers Curriculum. We follow an outdoor curriculum based on ‘Forest School’ principles and gardening which was developed by staff and pupils at Heathbrook and adapted for all Lambeth children.
Pupils in Early Years have free-flow access to their own gardens while Year 1 and 2 pupils have their own ‘Oasis’ garden immediately accessible from classrooms. All pupils have regular lessons in the Wildlife Garden where they learn to use tools, develop gardening skills and nurture the flora and fauna. We have a pond and a bog that are homes to our frogs and newts.
The school community has been involved in developing all of our outdoor learning spaces through projects such as Growing Together and Big Digs. Nursery pupils sell their produce to parents at the ‘Nursery Market’ whilst older pupils sell our produce at the Venn Street Farmers’ Market. Read even more about our Outdoor Learning provision…
Recent Outdoor Learning News
Back in the garden
Year 5s are thrilled to be back in our Wildlife Garden. As well as important jobs like watering the wildflower meadow, they have also been potting up seedlings from our greenhouse. Pumpkins, cucumbers, squash and [...]
And the pods went pop!
Our marrow fat peas were plump and ready for harvesting. Once the pods were collected, our busy shuckers popped them and took out the fresh peas. It was great fun trying to predict how many [...]
Summer Term Tyre Island Plant Display
Some of the children of Key Workers helped replace our spring bulbs around tyre island. They chose pots of flowering wild leek (some people call it three-cornered leek) and other plants from our wildlife garden. [...]
Photos from around the school
The focus for this week has been 'growing at home', so here are some photos of things that are growing around school at the moment for you to enjoy whilst you are unable to come [...]
Indoor Gardening with Mr Howell
Over the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with growing herbs and vegetables in water, something that is called hydroponics. It's really simple and fun! Check out the video below and some of the [...]