Forest School Year 1 Term 4 2023
Term 4 started with 'Happy pancake day'!
Children made a fire and they are brilliant by now at remembering the rules. They had to mix the batter - 1 grated apple, 1 cup oat milk, 2 cups flour, they had to spoon it in the pan, flip it and then ENJOY the campfire pancake. Some children tried…
Forest School Year R Term 4
Term 4 started off with learning all about birds. We played a game where they learned about camouflaging worms, we read the book Owl babies and acted the story out with puppets, they made bird feeders with cones, lard, toilet role and seeds, they created little and big birds nests and the…
Woodland Trip Year 2
Welcome to the woods!
The sun was shining and Mr Frost had come out for our trip to the wider woodlands. We looked at where the pine trees and broadleaf trees grow. There was so much room for exploration with natural materials and we returned with many happy and tired faces.
Year 2 went on…
Woodland trip Year 3
Welcome to the woods!
The sun was shining and Mr Frost had come out for our trip to the wider woodlands. We looked at where the pine trees and broadleaf trees grow. There was so much room for exploration with natural materials and we returned with many happy and tired faces.
Year 3…
Forest School Term 3 Year 3
This term Year 3 learned about rivers and rocks - which we built on in Forest School. The children let water flow down the mound although it was difficult to follow the flow of the water. They ended up taking the long gutter for support and making use of the new water butts. The children found…
Forest School Term 3 Year 2
Our first week back was too stormy to be outside - we found out about the Big Bird Watch instead indoors. The children listened to bird poems, brainstormed what they know about garden birds already, took a quiz about which garden bird they were, they made binoculars and created their bird log…
Forest School Term 3 Year 1
We had the owl babies visiting Forest School this term. Year 1 played a bird game - trying to find wool of different colours and learning about camouflaging. We supported the birds in our area but making natural bird feeders from apples, seeds and string. After a couple of weeks they had all…
Forest School Term 3 Year R
FE FI FO FUM who likes to have fun?
Forest School had some fairy tale inspirations this term. We read Goldilocks, made binoculars to go on an animal hunt, explored small animal world play and climbed the ladder. The weather was icy - and who needs more than a natural playground (as long as you…
Year 1 ice fun December 2022
Cold but exciting times!
The Year 1 children got to experience an afternoon outside in the icy conditions - we spotted some exciting footprints in the snow and they guessed which animals they were from. We had squirrels and different birds visiting and the children left food for them to help…
Forest School Year 3 Term 2 2022
This term greeted us with Autumn weather - wind, rain, frost and sunshine. We have to stay flexible and adapt to the elements, meaning we could not make a fire in the first session as planned.
We remembered some of the hedgehog facts that they had learned and some created a poppy from string…
Forest School Year 2 Term 2
This term greeted us with Autumn weather - wind, rain, frost and sunshine. We have to stay flexible and adapt to the elements, meaning we could not make a fire in the first session as planned.
We remembered some of the hedgehog facts that they had learned and some created a poppy from string…
Forest School Year 1 Term 2 2022
Autumn weather has greeted us this term with wind, storm, rain, frost and sunshine.
In Forerst School you have to be flexible and go with the elements. We could not make a fire on the first day as planned as it was too stormy.
We read the book 'kind' and thought about how we can be kind to…