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
Moving homes
Today the Wild Things dug, pulled and heaved to remove the weeds and make way for the rehoming of some plants from the nursery. Add a little compost, some water and let’s hope [...]
Planting Competition on the Main Road
Representatives from JC Decaux launched an amazing competition with pupils today. JC Decaux own the corner bed in front of their billboard on the main road (Wandsworth Road) by our school. Andy and Tom have [...]
PTA Gardening Together
Lots of families enjoyed one of our regular Gardening Together sessions on Saturday despite Storm Gareth and strong winds! They planted summer bulbs, sieved compost, chopped wood, checked in on the frogs and newts and [...]
The big, the small and the tiny..
It was wonderful to hear one of our youngest Wild Things say, “ Right, now for the big guys..” as he pitched his fork out in the compost. He clearly knows what a big impact [...]
Pulling and pickling turnips
With the expertise of Chef Amber, our year 5 cooks prepared and pickled their turnip harvest. They used the 3-2-1 recipe formula plus interesting flavour enhancers to develop their own pickling liqueur. Thanks again, Chef [...]
Even more plants in our playground!
The School Council sub-committee responsible for the learning environment have been considering ways to further improve our 'exceptional environment' (Ofsted 2016). In response to the huge amount of sowing and planting, particularly of flowers this [...]