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
Living things
Today in the wild life garden, the Starlings were observing living things. They spotted a spider and thought it might have been pregnant Due to it’s gigantic abdomen. A different spider was eating a fly [...]
Tomato picking, salad making!
This week Year 3 collected ingredients from the wildlife garden to make a delicious tomato salad. Students wrote the ingredients and method step by step into their science books whilst creating the salad together. Miss [...]
Owls Art and Cooking!
This afternoon, the Owls enjoyed the opportunity to mimic the art seen in the Whole School text: "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse". There are some lovely pen-only drawings so we tried [...]
Outdoor Learning
Year 5 were very curious outside today. They explored and closely observed many things in the garden such as the bees pollinating, the aphids on the nasturtiums, pond life in a water container, the tomatoes, [...]
Long Walk to Water
We have been reading the incredible true story of Salva Dut. He fled from the war in Sudan 1985 and spent the next 11 years on a journey across Sudan, Ethiopia and to Kenya. He [...]
