Year 2 Forest School 28th September 2017
This week Year 2 have been using natural materials to apply their maths knowledge. The children decided that they could use sticks to represent tens and leafs or pinecones to represent ones. Here you can see 3 sticks and then 3 pinecones that represent the number 33. The children used loppers to create their sticks […]
Year 2 Forest School 14th September 2017
This week the children were creating their ‘superhero’ shields to tie in with our superhero theme this term. The children learnt the timber hitch knot to tie their shields together. After a few attempts the children got it…. they really showed superhero qualities and never gave up!
Nursery Forest School Friday 7th July 2017
The Nursery children had a very important job to do today at Forest School! One of the characters out of our story ‘Rainbow Fish’ was sad. They needed to make something to cheer him up. And what a great job they did too! Not only did they use their weaving skills to make some wonderful […]
Nursery Forest School Friday 23rd June 2017
After some high-energy team games to warm the children up at Forest School this morning, the Nursery pupils learned how to whittle sticks using vegetable peelers. They followed safety rules very maturely and kept trying to remove the bark from the sticks, even when it became very tricky and hard work! We learned a new […]
Forest School Nursery – Friday 16th June 2017
Today was a bit rainy down at our Forest School site but that didn’t stop the fun and learning for our little Nursery explorers! Making patterns was the focus of today’s session. After looking at patterns occurring naturally in nature, the children used flowers, leaves, cones and various interesting ‘found’ objects to create some really […]
Forest School – Reception 5 July 2017
Reception Forest School 5.7.17 The Reception children had a spring in their step as they headed off for Forest School this week, wondering if the fairies had been able to use the cars we made them last week to move all their belongings. We were not disappointed! We then played a game in […]
Forest School – Reception 29 June 2017
Reception Forest School 29.6.17 Forest School had a very magical feel to it this week. After playing a team game of ‘Dwarves, Elves and Wizards’, the children discovered clusters of fairy dust as they made their way to the outdoor classroom. Explorer Ted was waiting for them with a letter from chief fairy […]
Reception – Forest School Summer 2017
Thursday 22nd June 2017 What a wonderful first session of Forest School the Reception children had today. Not only were they very excited to see Explorer Ted waiting for them around the fire circle, but we had the upmost pleasure in hosting some teaching students from South Korea. The students were really impressed by the […]
