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The Applecroft Adventure
The Applecroft Adventure:
The Applecroft Adventure was introduced in September 2019 having been created by all staff and children during the 2018-2019 academic year. The Learning Council worked with their individual classes to identify the life experiences that we believe ALL children should have the opportunity to take part in. Each member of the Learning Council brought their class's list and work began to identify a whole school 'adventure'.
More recently, these activities have been incorporated into the planned curriculum of various subject to ensure they are at the heart of our broad and balanced curriculum.
| Nursery | Bring up a butterfly (PSHE) Bake cakes and lick the spoon (Design Technology) |
Reception | Jump in puddles (Physical Education) Visit the park (Geography) Make a mud pie (Science) Visit Father Christmas (Religious Education) Play pooh sticks (Geography) Discover what is in a pond (Science) Experience the wonder of new life - observe the life cycle of a frog (Science) Visit the library (English - Reading) Learn to ride a bike (Physical Education) |
Year 1 | Kick autumn leaves and make leaf piles (Geography) Smell a flower (Science) Go on a dinosaur hunt (History) Take part in an egg and spoon race (Physical Education) Build a home for an animal (Science) Pick fruit and eat it (Design Technology) |
Year 2 | Make a daisy chain and grass trumpet (Science) Fly a kite (Design Technology) Take part in a sack race (Physical Education) Follow animal tracks (Science) Visit a zoo (Science) Hunt for bugs (Science) Pick vegetables and eat them (Design Technology) Learn to play an instrument (Music) |
Year 3 | Visit a museum (History) Look after an animal (Extra-curricular) Build a sandcastle, paddle in the sea and jump a wave (Extra-curricular) Sleep out in the open air (History) Star gaze (History) Toast a marshmallow on a camp fire (Science) |
Year 4 | Visit an art gallery (Art & Design) Watch a film on the big screen (Extra-curricular) Roll down a hill (Extra-curricular) Write and record your own song (Music) |
Year 5 | Dance like no one is watching (Physical Education) Hunt for fossils (Extra-curricular) Apple-bob (Science) Find your way with a map and a compass (Geography) Star in your own film (Computing) Rock-pooling (Extra-curricular) Learn how to save a life (PSHE) |
Year 6 | Climb a tree (Extra-curricular) Go to the theatre (Extra-curricular) Rock climb (Extra-curricular) Travel on a lake (Extra-curricular) Fly down a zip wire (Extra-curricular) Build a raft (Extra-curricular) Build a den (Extra-curricular) |
| All | Organise your own leadership event Go to a pantomime Run a mile Raise money for charity Perform on a stage Represent Applecroft School at an event Sing like no one is listening Have your work displayed in an exhibition Catch a snowflake on your nose (weather dependent) Build a snowman (weather dependent) Have a snowball fight (weather dependent) |