Year 5 Forest School Week 5
For our starter activity we worked in small groups to make 2D shapes with a rope. We found this a little challenging and had to use our teamwork skills once again. Today we used the charcoal we made last week to produce our own sketches and rubbings within the Forest School area. This was a […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 4
To start our fourth session off, we played a game of Spiders and Flies, which is a little similar to ‘Stuck in the Mud’! We all enjoyed this game and had fun trying to catch the flies! Moving on, we recapped our knowledge about fire and fire safety. We learnt about making charcoal and char […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 3
With the weather being a little rainy, we prepared for Forest School in the classroom this week. We made and prepared Damper Bread with chocolate chips – yummy! In the afternoon we made our way to forest school, where we toasted our Damper Bread […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 2
We started our Forest School by working in pairs, pretending we were human cameras! One child was blindfolded and led to a place of interest by their partner. On removal of the blindfold we described what we saw. We learnt a new skill of how to make a tension knot. We watched Mrs Farrington demonstrate […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 1
Wow! What a great first session at Forest School! We began with a rope circle game where we were split into three groups and we had to stand inside the circle of rope with the circle getting smaller and smaller every few minutes. Next, in our groups we had to line ourselves up in order […]
Year 3 Forest School Week 2
What a fantastic second week we have had. This week Mr Gordon has been teaching the children how to Square Lash Only half of the class were there because some of the children were at a hockey tournament. The children had to go to explore the woodland area in search of two trigs that were […]
Year 3 Forest School 6th March 2018
Forest School Session week 1 The children have had a fantastic first session of Forest School this week. We were all well wrapped up and prepared for the unpredictable British weather! As our Science topic is Plants, we have been investigating the different types of plants in the area. The children have been learning […]
Year 1 Forest School Week 4
Forest school session 29.1.18 Year 1 had a great Forest School session. This week we focused on our sense of touch. Children created their own mud sculptures based on the ‘Green Man’ using natural materials and mud. Children also created leaf and tree rubbings. We then had chance to create our very own handmade paper. […]
Year 1 Forest School Week 2
Year 1 had a great Forest School session. This week we focussed on our sense of sight. Children created their own masks using natural materials. Children then used secateurs to cut sticks to create a wand from natural materials. We then had chance to create some clay leaves which we will display in our Forest […]
Year 4 Forest School – Week 4
This week Year 4 were split into three groups so that we could cover a range of activities. Activity one involved using the knotting skills the children had developed last week in order to create a shelter to protect them from the rain. They thoroughly enjoyed being able to work together as a team and […]
