A partner academy in the John Taylor MAT

Year 2 Forest School 1 October 2019

Once again it was a fabulous afternoon at Forest School today! Following on from our theme: ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ Year 2 have created superheroes out of conkers and natural resources. They use a conker drill to help them. For multicultural week Year 2 will be leaning about Japan. In preparation for this we made […]

Year 2 Forest School 24 September 2019

We have had a fabulous, wet and muddy afternoon at Forest School today! It was great! Following on from our theme: ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ Year 2 have created a ‘solar system on a stick’ using sticks and paint. They also learned how to create a ‘clove hitch’. Finally, they learned the fire safety rules […]

Year 2 Forest School 17 September 2019

We have had a fantastic afternoon at Forest School today. Following on from our theme: ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ Year 2 have made aliens out of clay. Children have continued to safely use loppers to chop large sticks down, ready for a future activity. Finally, children had chance to explore the Forest school area and […]

Year 2 Forest School 12 September 2019

Year 2 had a lot of fun this week at our first Forest School session this school year. We have been incorporating our theme: ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ into our activities. We started off refreshing our minds with the Forest school rules and safety checks. Children created superhero masks using natural materials. After that, children […]

Year 6 Forest School Week 5

Week 5 – Getting creative…… It was wonderful to see all the children getting stuck into crafting this week.  The wood cookies (made during previous weeks – great folding saw skills) were being used a base for Rangoli patterns created out of thread and nails.  Some choose to paint designs with a message about forest […]

Year 6 Forest School Week 4

Week 4 – Stinky mud galore!   Somehow the rain stopped long enough to allow the children to build their fire and make their smores this week. For those of you in the dark think of a marshmallow sandwiched between two biscuits. The children certainly thought they were yummy as there were no spares for […]

Reception Forest School 24 June 2019

Week 5 Monday 24th June 2019 To begin our session this week, the children played a game of ‘Sticky fingers’.  We moved around as different underwater creatures then listened carefully to instructions and found a partner to stick together with.  It was great fun and generated lots of energy for our Forest School session.   […]

Reception Forest School 17 June 2019

Week 4 Monday 17th June 2019  After such a wet week, we had a glorious sunny Forest School session, perfect for minibeast hunting!  The children searched in our bug hotel, under stones, logs and in the grass and were very excited to share their findings with friends.                 […]

Year 6 Forest School Week 3

Wednesday 19 June 2019 The children have been testing their culinary skills cooking over an open fire this week – putting into practise their fire safety skills.               As there were no chappati’s left over for the teachers we can assume they were either tasty or the fresh air […]

Reception Forest School 10 June 2019

Monday 10th June 2019 We utilised the wet weather today to create mud sculptures as part of our pet themed week.  After much anticipation of handling squelchy mud, the children overcame their reservations and produced some amazing dogs, cats and rabbits.                           Googly […]

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