Hedgehogs class started today by talking about what would happen to cream if it was put into a pot and shaken really hard for a long time. They talked about how it was a liquid as it was poured into the pot, looking at the end result they could see that it was now solid and that they had made butter. The class then had the chance to try some of the butter that they had made on a cracker “masterpiece” was said by one child while munching on their buttery cracker.
Some of the children chose to come and help to put up the slackline, they made sure that there were no twists in it before testing their strength by push the ratchet back and forth until the slackline was nice and tight. Once ready the children ad a go at walking along the slackline with only two sticks to use for balance. This was a little tricky but it was great to see the children preserver and try again with some great encouragement from other members of the class.
While exploring the woodland and looking under logs a group of children came across a small Toad. After looking at the toad for a while the children made sure to put it safely back for where they had found it.
Other children found themselves a rather long and bouncy fallen tree, the called it there “seesaw tree”. One in front of the other they sat and pushed themselves up and down to bounce.
We finished today session by taking it in turns to talk about anything that the children felt that they had tried that was new to them, something they had never done before:
“walking on a slack line”
“making a seesaw in the woods”
