Redwood ParkNelson
Class Teacher: Nicole Edgcombe
Welcome to Nelson Class one of our Key Stage 3 classes here at Redwood Park Academy.
Spring 2025
Nelson have thoroughly enjoyed this half-term, we have been looking at creating our own leaflets in English, learning all about money in Maths, but we have particularly enjoyed taking part in STEM!
Nelson have been focusing on kitchen chemistry, understanding about keeping our skin and clothes safe when taking part in experiments and using different ingredients to make a variety of things, such as fluffy slime and putty following instructions.
We were lucky enough this week to take part in a STEM challenge to make a bridge across the classroom. The class used a variety of resources and worked as a team to create our own rollercoaster from one side of the room to the other! We saw lots of problem solving and persisted throughout.
Autumn 2024
In Nelson we have had a great time settling in and making lasting friendships with everyone in our class. We have particularly enjoyed looking at stories, focusing on our topic book in English "The best Diwali ever!" We have been able to make and decorate rangolis, using lots of colours and linking this to our book.
We are a class who are very creative and love music, working hard as a team to make great music!
We have loved our first half-term here at Redwood and are looking forward to creating our own stories using our imagination in the coming weeks.
Summer 2024
Nelson class have settled into life at Redwood Park so well and their first year has been a success. Friendships have grown stronger and every pupil has made so much personal growth which they can be proud of. The Nelson team have enjoyed watching the class make progress and celebrate each other’s successes.
We have really got stuck into several writing unit this year which have been enjoyed by all, especially writing diary entries as Bear Grylls on a survival adventure. Our extreme environment has been our favourite topic where we created our own volcanoes to explode and designed extreme environments in a box using our amazing creativity. Nelson class really enjoyed our trip to Marwell Zoo where we all got to see an animal of interest. The giraffes were a top pick! We have also loved our visits to Fort Purbrook where we got to climb the walls, practise our accuracy skills with archery and shoot the adults in Lazer Tag.
The class are looking forward to seeing what the next year brings them and having the opportunity to go on more trips and different residentials. They can’t wait to see what adults they can shoot at Lazer Tag next year!
This is what some of the pupils had to say...
Harry - ‘’Lazer Tag was so fun especially when I shot Gemma 20 times!’’
Leo - ‘‘I have loved spending time with the adults in my class because they are the best! ICT is my favourite subject because we get to use the iPads.’’
