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Children from St. Mary’s School, Overton on Dee have been enjoying National Outdoor Learning Week in conjunction with National Resources Wales. There have been a multitude of cross-curricular activities taking place that have incorporated team games and problem solving, creative and expressive art activities, scientific experiments, texture exploration, and springtime kitchen garden preparation.

Children in year one and two have explored the Japanese art of hapa-zome; the technique is hammering flowers and leaves into fabric and is literally translated as ‘leaf dye’. As experts of their newfound skills, they have worked collaboratively with year five and taught the older children how the process works and we will use the material to create bunting for the Coronation Celebrations.

Year six have worked as Environmental Health Officers on behalf of National Resources Wales, investigating a report of fly tipping within the school grounds that may have affected a vital water course. They worked collaboratively to assess the area including measuring the water clarity and purity in our school pond and are working to identify a culprit – watch this space!

These are examples of the open-ended and exploratory ways in which children learn in our wide range of environments.

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