Portway Infant School
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Forest School took 12 Year R children to the lakes today. We were lucky enough to have beautiful sunshine for our walk. On the way we stopped on the bridge for a quick game of pooh sticks. We had time stop on the pontoon to use our binoculars to discover what birds were living on the lake. We spotted mallard ducks, elegant swans and coots. On the way back to school we took a moment to practise our mindfulness and our breathing exercises. Everyone had a fabulous time.
On Thursday 29th February, our School Council organised a Pyjama Day, and asked for donations for their Pop Up Food Bank after carrying out some research into local charities that they wished to support. They were overwhelmed with the generous donations that were brought in!
The Year 1 councillors spent a long time organising the donations into boxes ready for delivery. This was a tricky job as they had to make sure they made the boxes roughly the same weight.
On Friday 1st March, the Year 2 councillors took all of the donations to Andover Food Bank. The volunteers were so welcoming to the School Council and gave them a tour of the Food Bank while the donations were being unloaded. We found out that the Food Bank supported over 8,000 families last year!
The warehouse is carefully organised and we had a look around. The councillors asked lots of good questions about what the Food Bank needs the most of, to help us to plan any future events.
We then found out that Portway families had donated a fantastic 196kg of food!
Thank you to everyone for donating, and watch this space for more School Council-organised events coming soon!
On Saturday we hosted a number of our Year 2 families at our Forest School site. With all the rain we have had the site is very muddy but everyone came equipped and had a great time.
Our children enjoyed showing their parents around the site and took them to their favourite activity, for some it was the very muddy digging spot! Everyone had the chance to take part in string art using hammers, nails and wool. They were also able to make Easter patterns on wooden cookies cut in the shape of eggs. The children drilled holes in to the cookies so that they could thread raffia through the hole to make a hanging decoration.
Finally everyone came together to whittle a toasting stick for toast and jam or a hot cross bun. They were enjoyed with a cup of warming hot chocolate.
Miss Birmingham
Forest School Leader
