Year 2 Forest School 3 October 2018
Year 2 had another wonderful ‘Frozen’ themed Forest School session. We have created bird feeders, Olaf’s from conkers and we explored forest animal footprints to see which animals live in our forest school. We finished this session with a hot chocolate and song.
Year 2 Forest School 26 September 2018
Year 2 had a lot of fun this week at Forest School. We created melting Olaf biscuits. For this children used a ‘Dutch oven’ and were able to sit around the fire pit safely. Frozen hands using natural materials and creates frozen mud paint to paint pictures with. Well done an enjoyable Forest school session!
Year 2 Forest School Week 1
Year 2-Forest school session 1 -12.9.18 Year 2 had a wonderful start to their Forest School sessions. They were wrapped up warm and full of excitement. This week was closely linked to our ‘Frozen’ theme. Children started the session deciding how they would survive in a snow storm. They then used a hand drill to […]
Reception Forest School Week 6
Wednesday 18th July 2018 Our last Forest School session began with a blindfold game. Working with a partner, children took it in turns to lead each other around, making sure they gave a running commentary about where their partner was going. We didn’t want them to trip over logs or fall in holes! We […]
Reception Forest School Week 5
Wednesday 11th July 2018 A morning session at Forest School was just heavenly with plenty of shade from the trees to keep us cool. It’s always great fun toasting marshmallows. The Reception children worked with extreme care and adopted the ‘respect’ position at all times. The children tried to navigate different assault courses this […]
Reception Forest School Week 4
Wednesday 4th July 2018 As the temperatures continue to soar, most of the Reception children took to working under the shady trees and in the outdoor classroom for their activities this week. After finding the potato peelers tough going on the branches last week, the children practised their knife handling and whittling technique on carrots. […]
Reception Forest School Week 3
Wednesday 27th June 2018 It took a while to get to Forest School this week as we had a walk around the local area, creating a journey stick to remind us of where we had been. We found lots of interesting leaves, feathers, wild flowers and seeds. It was great fun! […]
Reception Forest School Week 2
Wednesday 20th June 2018 Today our warm up game was ‘Bat and Moth’. Maybe our hearing isn’t as good as a bat but we soon found our partner by listening carefully as they clapped their hands to reveal their location. This week the children were introduced to using the secateurs and cut lengths of sticks […]
Reception Forest School Week 1
Wednesday 13th June 2018 Our first minibeast themed session began by travelling down to Forest School as centipedes and ants. Working together by passing objects to the person behind them or being guided down, with their eyes closed, by the lead person The children then used lots of different natural materials to create a minibeast […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 6
Our final week at Forest School. We began by putting out teamwork skills to the test in a pine cone take away problem solving game. It was very evident that our teamwork skills had improved throughout the course of the Forest School sessions. This week we were able to put all of the skills we […]
