Woodland class set off in the sunshine to the new forest school area for their first session back in the new school year. They started by sitting round the fire circle and learning some of the ways to stay safe if we were having a fire. They also practiced how we move from one side of the circle to the other buy going round the outside.
With a bucket some of the class set off on the hunt for some blackberries. They then used these blackberries to make paint, squashing them up in a little water using a stick. They then used leaves and smaller sticks to paint onto fabric. The children found that it was more effective to place to berries directly onto the fabric and crush them using their stick.
Some used the same method with some pieces of charcoal that they found on the ground.
At the mud kitchen the class practiced their pouring skills, tipping the water from one pot to another. They added mud, leaves and sticks to create all sorts of yummy foods.
While exploring our new forest school area some of the children discovered a different way into the main site, they called this their secret tunnel. It was great to see the children that had found it sharing it with their class friends, taking them off to show them the way through. They also took the teachers through although it was a bit of a squeeze!
In small groups the children came into the pond area to add some fir cones that they had found to the bug hotel. We talked about why we fill in the sides of the bug hotel with dry materials and also what insects may decide to visit.
We finished today’s session by listening to what they had enjoyed about their morning at Forest School:
“I liked playing in the mud kitchen”
“Painting with berries”
