Owls set off on a muddy walk down to Forest School, working together to push the trolley full of the equipment needed. Along the way the class stopped to climb the dinosaur tree, climbing on at the lower end and shuffling all the top to the top before climbing back down again.
Once in the woods the class sat down to look at a selection of animal bones from British wildlife, looking at them one at a time the class tried to work out what animal each one belonged to. The bones were passed round giving the children the opportunity to hold the bones and take a closer look to see what they felt like, what the teeth looked like, how heavy they were.
The class were very keen to head off into the woods to explore. Some of the class chose to create dens within the Holly bushes where as others added branches to a large existing den made by another class.
The children were very keen to dig in the clay like mud, as they dug they said that they were looking for treasure and dinosaur bones. However what they found was a Millipede and a selection of small rocks.
Using salt dough some of the class chose to make animal foot prints. They did this by rolling a piece of salt dough into a ball and then flattening it in their hand, they were then able to use a stone with an animal foot print on to make an impression in the dough.
Owls finished off their session with a game of Touch Eagle eye. Trying their best to be well hidden when the eagle’s eyes were open, this was rather tricky when wearing colourful waterproof coats.
