A call out to any parents/carers who might be able to help. Dormouse needs some help to secure the rope swing using the correct knots so the children can have a tyre swing. Is there anyone who has super knot tying skills? If you are able to help, please let the School Office know. Thank you.
To get warm today Oaks started their Forest School session with a game of Touch Eagle Eye. This was a little tricky as the piles of timber on the grass slowed the children down meaning that they were easier to catch out.
Using the tins that they had brought in some of the class decided to make a mini bug hotel. They started by using pliers to squash the edge of the tin down making it safer to use. They then gathered a selection of leaves, twigs, bamboo and woodchip to fill their tin. They made sure to pack the tin as full as they could so that nothing would fall out when it was hung up in Forest School ready for the local bugs to move into!
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 children very creative in the mud kitchen. They used mud that had been rolled into balls and wrapped with leaves to create some Forest School sushi. This was just one of their very creative woodland foods.
A small group of children wanted to help make some improvements to our Forest School site. They moved the wood that had been cut down recently from the grass and stacked it into a very neat pile. We were very impressed as some of the pieces of wood were rather heavy. They then worked together to saw up some dead Oak branches to add to our firewood pile. It was great to listen to them giving each other pointers while
sawing whilst helping to make sure that the person who was using the saw was being safe at all times. They even helped clear all the leaves from our shelter, using a rake to get them all off the roof.
Using clay, the children experimented with making some leaf imprints. They did this by rolling the clay into a ball and then pulling it flat. They placed a fallen leaf on top of the clay and carefully rolled over the leaf pushing it into the clay. After the leaf was peeled away, they could see the impression that was left behind. Some children chose to add colour to their leaf impressions to make them stand out more.
