Willows class were thinking about autumn during their Forest School session this week. They looked at the trees and noticed the changing colours and leaves.
They started by playing a game of ‘Eagle Eyes’, where they tried their hardest to try to hide from the watching eagle. They had 10 seconds to move closer to the eagle’s nest, when the eagle closed their eyes, then had to hide again. Some of the children were fantastic at being quiet and stealthy and there was some excellent team-work, counting together.
During our last session the children had threaded food for birds, so this week they developed their fine motor skills by threading some leaves using a needle and some wool to decorate their Forest School shelter.
Some children went on to creating their own leaf kebab, by threading fallen leaves onto sticks. They then took these to the mud kitchen and spent a long time making ‘food’ with water, bubbles and leaves from around the Forest School site.
“If I mix yellow leaves and green leaves, what will happen?”
“Can you help me with the water?…We are doing good teamwork here”
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 fruit, plants and trees in relation to the seasons and the skills involved in learning how to play Forest School Games.
Willows talked about their learning as they were playing:
“I have go 4 leaves on my stick, now 5….now 6!””
“I liked playing the eagle eyes game”
“I like threading the leaves”
