2024 Forest School Year 1 Week 1
Date: 11/1/24 Forest School Session 1 The first week of Forest School for Year One saw the class enjoying an extremely cold and muddy afternoon. We began the session by familiarising ourselves with the fire circle and the safety rules. Our learning at Forest School this year will be based on our themed topic – […]
2023 Forest School Year 4 Week 5
Week 5 Year 4 had a great session at Forest School this week, in what was our penultimate week as part of our 6-week block of Forest School. The children had the opportunity to create their own wood cookies and have been painting these in all types of Christmassy colours! Furthermore, following the Christmas theme, the children also […]
2023 Forest School Year 4 Week 4
Week 4 Year 4 had another wonderful afternoon up at Forest School. Although is was freezing cold, the children engaged in all of the activities and had lots of fun! This week, the children have had the opportunity to continue to use the bow saw to cut wood and painted their clay pots from last […]
2023 Year 4 Forest School Week 3
We have had another really busy week in our third instalment of our Forest School sessions for this half term. The children have been carrying on with some of the activities from last week, which included cleaning and tidying the pond (which the children absolutely love!) and using clay to make Roman jewellery and using […]
2023 Year 4 Forest School Week 2
Week 2 Year 4 have had another wonderful session down at Forest School this week. We started off by cleaning out the pond and all of the children were super excited to help clear away all of the leaves to see the vast array of wildlife that calls the pond its home! Following on with […]
2023 Year 4 Forest School Week 1
Week 1 Year 4 had a fantastic first session of the year down at Forest School! The children’s topic for this term is all about the Romans and this was reflected in their session today. The children had the opportunity to build Roman houses or dens, which looked incredible! Also, the children used conkers to […]
2023 Year 2 Forest School Week 6
Year 2 had a great last week in Forest School. They enjoyed watching the chocolate melt in the Dutch oven over the fire. The children loved spreading the melted chocolate onto their fruit kebabs. The children also used this time to reflect on their experience in forest school. They created great reflection pictures onto wood […]
2023 Year 2 Forest School Week 5
Year 2 have had another great week in Forest School. They have made paper houses that resembled wooden houses in 1666 when it was The Great Fure of London. We then placed them around the fire, and they were able to watch the fire spread from one paper house to the other. Just like in […]
2023 Year 2 Forest School Week 4
Year 2 have had another great week in forest school. They have used flint and steel to light cotton wool and have focused on the fire circle kneel. The children have also been practicing using the loppers to cut small sticks to create leaf boats. Exploring has taken place around the forest school and lots […]
2023 Year 2 Forest School Week 3
Wow! Year 2 did a great job this week when tasked with creating a spark with a flint and steel. Children had fun exploring the forest school, foraging for different leaves to make their own leaf animals, and turned tree detectives whilst taking part in a tree treasure hunt. Puddle lane mud bakery was also […]
