Last week's explorations were all about noticing the beginnings of spring and all its beauty. The children were happy to run around in search of some. We spotted buds, blossom, birds’ nests, daffodils and seedlings. Sadly no ladybirds yet, but we’ll keep looking!...
We were back to Forest School last week with Grace. We went to the park and enjoyed playing with nature. We used sticks and logs to design the Three Little Pigs' house.We also leant a new song about dinosaurs and enjoyed stomping around the park just like dinosaurs!...
Forest School has returned in style and with lots of mud! The children had a great time jumping in muddy puddles, being pirates in a boat, looking for worms in the rain, singing lots of fun songs and generally getting to know our new Forest School teacher, Grace. It...
During Forest School the Year 1 children created some animal sculptures with clay in the mud kitchen - Check them out...
Last week, Nursery Class Forest Schoolers had fun walking along the canal to see if they could spot swans, cygnets or ducks with sheets to tick off if they saw them.They also had fun counting bridges, barges and cyclists. What a lovely experience!
Last week, we had a little break from out trips out for Forest School and enjoyed a nature story, Leaf Man, and some nature crafts instead. Lovely leaves were made from card, oil pastels and wool in all the autumn colours.
Last week at Forest School the Year One children made some magic wands! As you can see, they look wonderful and I am sure they will cast lots of mystical, powerful spells!
This week at Forest School, we went out in search of leaves for autumn leaf printing. We had a good look and chat about different coloured and shaped ones, and played 'leaf snap' to compare. A request for races downhill has become a bit of a thing in our class and...
The children in Year One spoke about the natural habitats of animals such as squirrels, foxes, badgers and owls whilst crafting with pine cones. They learnt about their diet and wondered how fast they could run or fly, comparing them with other animals. They also...
Yesterday we had our first Forest School session in the mud kitchen and we had so much fun! We spent she time digging with the spades looking for conkers and then we learnt how to safely use a hand drill (by placing it on a block and drilling, not in our hands) before...
