Y2 Forest School Tuesday 8th March 2016
Tuesday 8th March Our final session at Forest School was probably the muddiest yet! The children threw themselves (literally) into each activity with great enthusiasm and energy….. Parents and Grandparents, were given the opportunity to come and experience a Forest School session for themselves. The children were eager to share some of the Forest School […]
Week 5 at Forest School
Tuesday 3rd March 2016 Our penultimate forest school session was properly the muddiest yet! The children still learnt a lot despite trying not to slip over. We revisited last week’s session and discussed the art work we created and we also reflected on our observations of wildlife. This week we learnt a new knot called […]
Year 3 begin their Forest School experience!
Wednesday 24th February 2016 After a frosty start to the day, a beautiful sunny afternoon greeted the Year 3 children as they made their way down the school field for their first encounter of Forest School. The children were introduced to the team game ‘Giants, dwarves and wizards’ and were soon in a healthy competitive […]
Week 4 at Forest School
Tuesday 24th February The children were well prepared and eagerly looking forward to our fourth visit to Forest School. After a quick recap on rules and boundaries, the children were sent off to explore and rediscover the area. Our theme this week was to take a closer look at mini-beasts and how we can use […]
Year 1 – Week 6 at Forest School
Thursday 11th February 2016 Following yet another storm earlier in the week, we were very lucky with the weather and were blessed with a wonderful afternoon; blue skies and plenty of sun. In this week’s session we began by playing some of our favourite team games including ‘Giants, Dwarves and Wizards’ and ‘Squirrels in a […]
Year 1 – Week 5 at Forest School
Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Children had a real challenge this week, as the class were split into two groups for a game of ‘Count off’. The idea of this game is to count from one to twenty without preplanning who is going to say which number. If more than one person says a number, the […]
Friday June 9th 2017
Friday June 9th 2017 What an adventure the Nursery children had during their forest ever visit to our Forest School site this week! The grass was up to their chins in some places, which made for great hiding places! The children explored every corner of this very exciting part of the school grounds and learned about the […]
Tuesday January 26th 2016
Tuesday January 26th 2016 Today, twenty six nursery children, Mrs. Wheeler and her team of three Forest School assistants set off to experience Shobnall Primary School’s Forest School for the very first time. Once dressed in their layers, they set off across the playground to meet a new friend, ‘Adventure Ted’. Adventure Ted explained to […]
Year 1 – Week 4 at Forest School
Wednesday 27th January 2016 This week our session began with a lively game of ‘Squirrels in a tree’, where children scamper around like little squirrels but have to listen carefully for the owl swooping down! Very quickly, in pairs they make a tree to house a given number of squirrels. Cooperative learning was high on […]
Year 1 – Week 3 at Forest School
Wednesday 20th January 2016 After an energetic game to get us warmed up, the children listened attentively as Mrs. Farrington demonstrated the safety around using a pair of secateurs. All the children got to practice this new technique and showed that they had listened with great care as they put a glove on their helper […]
