This week the Willows class used willow which we had cut from the pond area, to create stick men. They used peelers to carefully peel the bark off the sticks and then drew faces onto them with pens. They used pipe cleaners to create arms. They used their stick men to go and play with around the Forest School area.
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.
Then the children had the chance to play with the mud kitchen and go on the hammock. They made some excellent dishes in the mud kitchen and served them to Dormouse.
They used their stick men to go and play with around the Forest School area. At the end of the session the children each held stick man to take it in turns to share what they had enjoyed about their session. They shared with each other what they had enjoyed about their Forest School session.
“I loved being on the hammock with my friends”
“I liked making a stick man, it has wings!”
“I liked going on the (slack) line, it was wobbly and I was a bit scared but I did it again and again.”
