GLF Schools

GLF Schools

GLF Schools was founded in 2012 in order to enable the federation of Glyn School (an academy in 2011) and Danetree Junior School. Together, we began our journey to become a MAT of more than 1000 talented staff working with over 10,000 children in 40 schools across 5 regions in southern England.

Our Schools

Banbury Region

Banstead Region

Berkshire & Hampshire Region

Caterham Region

Crawley Region

Didcot Region

Epsom Region

London Boroughs

Redhill Region

Sunbury & Camberley Region

Outdoor Learning

What a fantastic outdoor learning day. 

The children got into their colour groups for the day, and worked their way around 4 sessions ran by different teaching teams. This is a great way for siblings and children in different year groups to work together, and they also get to know the teaching staff in different year groups too. 

As it is science week we focused on the theme 'change and adapt' throughout the day. 

The children made and tested rockets. 

They decorated butterflies to blend in with different parts of the playground (you may still be able to spot a few if you look really closely). 

They also had a go at making dens and adapting them to be waterproof. 

Outdoor learning

Last year our pupil parliament entered the RHS 'No Adults Allowed' gardening competition and THEY WON! (https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/competitions/no-adults-allowed) Miss MacGregor has enjoyed spending some of our £1000 gardening voucher on more plants for our school playground. We are beginning to see the plants we planted last year wake up, and we added lots more perennials and bulbs this week too. Hopefully the playground will begin to grow into another beautiful rainbow of colour. 

Mrs Hooker also had the idea of adding more colour and bulbs to the front of the school along the ramp. A big thank you to Mr Ryan (x2) and Mrs Hailstone for cutting out a border to do this- they worked incredibly hard all morning. The flowers are already starting to bloom and it adds a beautiful pop of colour when arriving to school in the mornings. 

 

Thank you to all the teachers and staff for working so hard, the day ran very smoothly thanks to a great sense of teamwork, and some well thought out planning. We look forward to the next outdoor learning day in the summer.