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.
It was great to see the perseverance of the children getting themselves ready, with their wellies and waterproofs for the first time.
The children picked some blackberries after identifying them correctly with the adults. They learned they shouldn’t ever eat anything they pick, unless their supporting adults have discussed it with them, because it might make them ill.
Some of the children had a go at painting and mask making with blackberry paint, made from the mushed up blackberries they had collected.
We explored the Forest School area, as if we were ‘going on a bear hunt’, identifying which places were safe and which parts we had to stay away from this week. There were some tall nettles, prickly brambles and large wet and muddy puddles, which the children saw and then stayed away from.
Then the children had the chance to play with the mud kitchen and go on the swing.
Some children used a flower press to press some willow leaves “…these are us!”, some petals and some ground ivy leaves they had found.
Willows ended their session by passing ‘Stick Man’ round the circle and sharing what they had enjoyed about the afternoon.
“I loved the swing”
“I liked ‘going on a bear hunt”
“I liked the flower pressing”
Our first time at Forest School was great!
We all had so much fun, we cannot wait to go again!
