The Autumn sunshine was beautiful for the Oaks today as they talked about signs of the season. They found sticks to collect their leaves onto and created some leaf kebabs!
Using the Autumn leaves they learned how to preserve them by dipping them into molten beeswax. The children used their senses to work out what kind of wax they were using…”it smells like honey!” Some worked together to then create a beautiful hanging leaf mobile, which they hung in their Forest School shelter.
Some of the children took rubbings of their wax dipped leaves and talked about the different colours and textures of the leaves they had found. Some found Oak galls which created a bumpy texture on the underside of the leaves, which looked great in the leaf rubbings.
The class played a game of fox and rabbit, taking it in turns to chase and find a ‘safe’ place in a rabbit burrow as they played.
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 gained, 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.
The mud kitchen was popular, with the children creating messy dishes, but also learning some of the names of plants and berries which they added to their creations. There was lots of grassy mud ‘noodles’ and some found some minty ground ivy and blood red hawthorn berries to add into their mixes.
