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Apple pressing
We started the autumn term with lots of apple pressing in the Annan orchard. The children enjoyed picking, chopping and then squeezing the apples in the apple press. The juice tasted amazing too!
Mount Caburn trip
Children from Elder and Willow Class walked up Mount Caburn in the second week of the autumn term to try out the kites they had made and float fabrics in the wind as an inspiration for the term’s topic of “Up, up and away!” They walked up from Firle and back down into...
Leavers 2020
We managed a wonderful Year 6 leavers event in July despite lockdown restrictions. The Year 6 children wrote music, sang a beautiful song and choreographed their own dance display. The Annan tradition of coloured paint throwing to symbolise moving on was well received...
Back to school in June
As soon as schools were given permission for a ‘phased’ return to school in June we offered Forest School sessions to Year 6 and Reception/Sycamore and kindergarten children. Soon after we invited back almost all year groups for full time school spending much of our...
Lockdown camp-out
Not deterred by not being in school we decided to take part in the Great British Camp Out in May. Annan families were invited to take part and share photos of them camping out in their garden. Some people used campervans, others tents, and some even slept under the...
Passion Projects
During the lockdown the older children chose a “passion project” to work on at home. They had weekly one to one check-ins with their class teacher to discuss how it was going and get ideas for development. The projects covered a huge range of topics from science,...
Lock Down Learning
During lock down we operated a fully interactive online portal called “Blick!” Children had work set every day and had interactive sessions with their teachers and their friends. Children could upload their work to show their teacher and younger children had story...