Summer Term – Looking ahead We are looking forward to the summer term when Year One, Three and Five will join us once again in Forest School. Don’t forget your wellies!!!!!
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Parents – Treasure hunts
It was great to have so many parents come and join in the fun at Forest School during the last two weeks of Spring Term. The children used their observational and mathematical skills to complete a variety of ‘treasure hunts’ – demonstrating great teamwork and perseverance.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Planting Sunflowers
Year 2 planted sunflower seeds and thought about all the things their seed will need to grow into a giant sunflower. Who will grow the tallest sunflower?
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Science Week Activities – Connections
During science week the children used the theme of ‘connections’ to look at food chains and food webs at Forest School. Y2 and Y4 were parent blue tits and looked at how things that humans do can negatively impact a simple food chain and how nature tries to mitigate the effect. Year 6 made an […]
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Woodland Creatures
The children had to search for hidden woodland creatures, after thinking about their natural habitat in the woodland. They made fantastic homes for their creatures, considering whether they were prey, predator or both.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Making homes for nature
Year 2 made a mini pond for frogs and toads. We then made our own mosaic frog masks using leaves. Hopefully our amphibious friends will visit soon!
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Stone Stacking – Making Cairns
Concentration, perseverance, engineering and team work – just some of the skills required for this seemingly straightforward activity. The children discussed how different cultures around the world use these ‘Cairns’ to mark sites of cultural importance or simply safe pathways used by generations of walkers.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Den Building and whittling
The children love den building and are becoming increasingly confident and imaginative.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Dreamcatchers
Year 4 made stunning willow dream catchers and talked about their significance to Native Americans.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Tidy (Emily Gravett)
Year 2 enjoyed the story and talked impressively about how we can help nature. The children then gathered natural things they thought were special and man-made things that they didn’t want in our special area.
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