The class looked around the school grounds for signs of spring, using identification sheets to help them. They found daffodils and snowdrops flowering near the gardening area. Then they took a moment to find a quiet ‘sit spot’ in the Forest School area to observe and listen to the woodland.
This week Chestnuts started to learn a bit about recognising birds. The children played with toy birds and learned to identify them by their colours and bird calls. They talked about the materials birds might use to build nest and had a go themselves with hay, leaves, sticks and clay which they dug from the woodland floor.
The children had a go at making their own birds with card, chalk pastels and sticks and then flew them around the Forest School area.
The class spent time building dens from branches, playing in the mud kitchen and climbing trees.
The Impact of Forest School for the children is the knowledge the children have gained from the Forest School experience.
The impact can be seen through the skills, tools used, art and craft activities, observations and knowledge of the fruit, plants trees in relation to the seasons and the skills involved in learning how to play Forest School games.
At the end of the session the class played a game of ‘Spirit of the Forest’, where they each became a bird and had to get from one side of the forest to the other without being caught and turning into a tree.
