A partner academy in the John Taylor MAT

2022 Forest School Year 3 Week 2

Year 3 have had a great second session at Forest School session. The children enjoyed participating in a range of Bronze Age activities. They worked hard creating clay pots and beakers and decorated them with intricate Celtic patterns. Some children lit a piece of cotton wool using the flint and steel and learnt about the […]

2022 Forest School Year 3 Week 1

Year 3 had a fantastically muddy afternoon enjoying their first Forest School session. As we are going to be learning all about the Bronze Age this half term, the children participated in a range of Bronze Age activities. The children made a fantastic representation of Stonehenge with natural materials. Using Mora knives, some children whittled […]

2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 5

Year 1 have really enjoyed this week at forest school. They have been creating rockets using lots of natural materials! They also loved learning about fire safety and how we must sit in the respect position when in the fire circle. The children got to see how popcorn was made and they absolutely loved the […]

2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 4

Year 1 had a great time in Forest School this week. They were busy digging and making minibeast hotels for their little friends and we found a lot of wriggly worms whilst we were busy designing. We also had a lot of fun making mud hand print aliens and a lot of googly eyes were […]

2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 3

Year 1 really enjoyed Forest School this week. The weather was a little warmer with the sunshine being out. The children got stuck in with den making. They achieved this by using the knot they have been practicing and tarpaulin sheets! There was also a lot of playful, muddy tea parties. It was great to […]

2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 2

Year 1 loved Forest School this week. We were lucky to see some sunshine this week! Lots of children got involved making clay aliens, mud faces and building dens. Miss Lord showed the children how to tie a Timber Hitch Knot and it was lovely to see the children practicing by tying the rope around […]

2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 1

This week in Forest school it was Year 1’s first session. Firstly, the children took part in a team building activity where they took it in turns to introduce themselves and tell us their favourite animal. Then we got stuck in exploring the outdoors. The children were challenged to create superhero masks by using natural […]

2021 Forest School Year 4 Week 6

This week has been Year 4’s final week at Forest School. The children have done an unbelievable job of cleaning the pond area and even saw a few toads along the way! The children also had the opportunity to create dens using the tarpaulin, which the children thoroughly enjoyed, and teamwork was required when attaching the […]

2021 Forest School Year 4 Week 5

Year 4 had another wonderful afternoon up at Forest School! Although it was once again a cold afternoon, the children emersed themselves within the different activities and had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. The children were using the fire starters to create miniature fires, before helping Miss Alexander cook tortillas on the main fire! These went […]

2021 Forest School Year 4 Week 4

Year 4 had another wonderful afternoon up at Forest School. Although is was frezzing cold, the children engaged in all of the activites and had lots of fun! This week, the children have had the opportunity to contine to use the bow saw to cut wood and painted their clay pots from last week with […]

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