Forest School Fun in Term 2:
- Pumpkin hammering with tees and mallets
- practising knots, tying wool to make wands and broomsticks for Halloween
- painting with conkers in a tray
- using a palm drill with conkers and turning them into necklaces etc.
- picking sunflower seeds and pulling out the sunflowers from the raised beds (cutting them with loppers and secateurs)
- mushroom spotting and identification
- Fun mud play
- making bird feeders with lard, seeds, and pine cones
-making birds nests
- learning about some of the local woodland birds
Ask the children what 'territorial' means - we talked about robins...
- We cut logs with a saw and turned them into pets with our newly learned knot the 'Timber hitch' where the snakes wraps around the tree.
What a busy term - have a great Christmas break everyone!
Year 1 Forest School Winter Term 2 2023