October 2026

This term started with three small visitors in the shape of the ‘Owl Babies’. The children were very excited to meet them and we read their story, made posters to help find Mummy and gave them a safe place to wait until their mummy came back. She has now taken them to a nest in a ‘tree’ in the classroom so we have been finding out about the importance of trees as habitats for other plants and creatures. The children have also been finding out about how trees are good for the environment by taking up carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen as well as providing shade when they are big enough. 

Finley told us about a very old tree near his house which is going to be chopped down to make way for property development so we made some posters to try to save the tree but they have been removed. The children decided to make more posters and also to write to Mrs Welch asking if we can plant some trees in school.

Mrs Welch has said ‘yes’ to our proposal so we have been out and measured up certain areas of the field. The children wanted to use themselves to measure – it is 22 Kingfishers head-to-toe from the fence to the shelter. We then used trundle wheels to get a measurement in metres as well. We collected and sorted some leaves from under the existing trees to begin getting ideas of the sorts of trees that might grow well here.

We have found out that the Woodland Trust provide free trees to schools and community groups and have decided to apply to receive some in March. If we are successful, we will probably need some help planting them, so watch out for a planting party invitation in the Spring. We have got lots more learning to do before then so if you want to find out more about trees at home we’d love you to put it on Tapestry so we can see what you get up to.