Session One – 21.4.21
The first week of Forest School for the Year Five saw the class enjoying an extremely sunny and warm afternoon. We began the session by familiarising ourselves with the fire circle and the safety rules. Our learning at Forest School will be based on our Early Islamic Civilisation themed topic – The House of Wisdom!
We were given the opportunity to explore the Forest School area and notice any changes since our last visit. A lot of new areas have been added to forest school and we enjoyed exploring the magical area as well as the wellbeing area. We also noticed that different plants and trees had grown. But the most exciting thing we discovered was – a frog! It was amazing to see it in its own environment and we moved it back to the pond so that it was safe while we began to complete our activities.
Our activities were based around the theme of ‘teamwork’ we learned how to create a tension knot and had to relay back to our group to be able to create a successful tarp shelter. We also had the opportunity to create our own ‘House of Wisdom’ using materials we could find in the Forest School area as well as weaving with different textures.
