Hammers and Happa Zome

Hammers and Happa Zome

The Secret Garden was filled with the sound of hammering again this afternoon as Hokusai Class had their trn at creating Happa Zome leaf prints in Forest School. First we learnt about the different trees in the Secret Garden including Oak, Field Maple, Hazel, Hawthorn...
Getting Musical in Riley Class

Getting Musical in Riley Class

Today in Riley class, we had a wonderful workshop from our visiting musical friend, Aga! This was our 3rd workshop with Aga this year – we have previously practiced our singing, rhythm and composition with him in the autumn and spring terms. In today’s...
VIP Lunch!

VIP Lunch!

As a reward for all of our hard work and excellent efforts through out last week, Riley class won a super special VIP lunch! Thank you to Mr O’Regan and Mrs De Jager for serving our lunch. We ate some cheesy pizza, yummy stir fry and lots of...
In the Hapa Zome Zone!

In the Hapa Zome Zone!

We had great fun in Forest school today creating leaf prints using the Japanese artistic technique of Hapa Zome (pronounced Hap-pa – zo-MAY). First, we learnt the names of the trees in the secret garden and played I-spy to test our knowledge. Then, we worked in...