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Spring 2
AsSalamuAlaykum all, Ustadh Khan and the Reception team are happy to welcome back all parents and children to the start of the Spring term! Learning this term This term, the topic will be ‘The Jungle’. The topic will cover all seven areas of learning required in the...
Iqra School Reopening 8th March
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 Dear Parents/Carers, RE: School reopening 8th March 2021 As you are aware, the government has announced that all schools will reopen to all pupils on Monday 8 March. We are looking forward to welcoming back our pupils to face-to-face...
Supporting your child with reading
Dear Parent/ Guardian RE: Supporting your child with reading Every level of academic success is connected to reading. The quality of a child’s reading is often a sure sign to their ability to be able to succeed at school and beyond. In KS1 we use a...
Bonfire and good company!
In Autumn 2 we covered the topic of ‘Campfire Cooking’. We were so excited for this activity! We have been talking about it for weeks! We went outdoors again and our task was to make a campfire and cook delicious marshmallows over the fire! We first learnt about the...
Campfire Chronicles in Year 3! 🔥
On Wednesday 16th December 2020, Year 3 were excited to take part in our forest school activity of making a campfire and cooking some delightful marshmallow sandwiches. We first discussed the rules for fire safety and made sure we were standing behind the safety...
Campfire’s heat is more sweet than hot
This week, Year 2 got to have the experience of roasting sweet marshmallows over a burning fire. The children watched in excitement as the adults attempted to strike a fire. It took a while but it managed to get done. Lots of cotton and paper was used to sustain the...
Around the World in 45 minutes
Last week, Year 2 had a workshop called Continents and Oceans by Freshwater Theatre Company. Using a range of transport they travelled around the seven continents in the world. They started off in North America where they got...
Campfire Cooking
The nursery children participated in the campfire cooking as a part of extra curriculum Forest School activity. The children had the opportunity to experience how can we light a fire without gas or cooker. We used metal kay to create sparks on the cotton wool. It was...
It’s lit!
Reception Friday 27th November 2020 The anticipation swelled as the burgeoning clouds rolled above us, threatening to put to waste our camp-fire efforts, not to mention, some good marshmallows. Where were we? We were in the forest school. What were we here for? To...