We started our trip at the farm and enjoyed looking at and watching the different farm animals. We took around a clipboard and pencil to write down the animals we could see. This was very enjoyable practising our segmenting skills outside of the classroom. We stood and watched the pigs for a while as they were rolling around in the mud and digging holes to keep cool. Some of the animals we saw at the farm included goats, sheep, lambs, ducks, rabbits, alpacas, chickens, pigs and cows.
After some lunch we began our ‘100 Aker Wood’ trail. This linked with one of our literacy focus texts ‘Winnie the Pooh’. We were focusing on the different characters from the story and choosing our favourite characters and exploring and researching where they lived. This trail therefore helped the children see their favourite character’s house leading on to a design and technology project we carried out in school. The children explored using different resources around the classroom to build their favourite character’s house. For example, building blocks, playdough, junk modelling boxes and tubes and clay. The children completed a tick list when walking around the 100 Aker Woods and showed a lot of happiness and eagerness to complete this. We had a super day.
