Buckland St Mary C of E Primary School

Ash Class and Willow had a fantastic day on their farm trip last Friday at Lower Hewood Farm, where they explored what life is like on an organic farm. The visit helped the children build on their recent learning about the life cycle of plants, bringing their enquiries to life in a real-world setting. During the trip, the children enjoyed meeting the chickens and were delighted to see the lambs up close. Another highlight of the day was visiting the farm kitchen field, where

Beech Class have been building up to this trip for a long time and after a quick stop off on the way, they have finally reached the Houses of Parliament! To see London is a big change for most of our children. Very different to our small school in Buckland St Mary but it's important to help shape our children in to confident individuals and give them the opportunity to see somewhere with such contrast. Our favourite part of our Beech Class trip to Parliament were: 'I liked wa

Last week, we welcomed Kate from Carymoor Environmental Trust , who came to teach us all about recycling as part of the Schools against waste programme Both Ash and Beech classes took part in fun, engaging workshops that helped us learn how to care for our planet, be responsible citizens, and recycle properly. We also learnt all about the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We hope the younger children especially enjoyed meeting Burpy the food waste bin! Have any of your bins at