With the sun starting to shine, on Thursday 2nd May Cherry Class set off on a spring scavenger hunt. There were many things for them to look out for as they made their way to Forest School from something red to a spider’s web! They discovered that some of the things were a little trickier to find than others, lots of spiders but not many webs.
As they walked they looked at the trees and talked about how they looked a little different now that all the leaves were out.
When they arrived at Forest School, the class were asked to be as quiet as possible when hanging up there things because a bird has decided to make a nest in the coat store. The class have been challenged to work out what type of bird is nesting their from a picture that has been taken of the eggs in the nest. Good luck with that, Cherry Class!
Using leaves and paint some children chose to create some beautiful printed pictures. They did this by applying the paint to the back of the leaf, placing it paint side down on some paper, rubbing gently then peeling the leaf away. This left a print of the leaf showing all the veins.
herry Class got very creative with their colours, mixing them to see what colours could be made and using multiple colours to create ‘leaves of many colours’.
The children also got very busy in the ditch, working together to clear it of logs:
“I made the water run faster”.
As they followed the water down the ditch the children found that it disappeared into a small hole in the ground. Using sticks they poked at the hole, knocking away the build up silt and mud to leave a much larger hole which allowed the water to flow away more easily.
With all the moving around in the ditch the sides became rather wet, which became perfect for mud sliding. The children took advantage of this, taking it in turns to slide down the bank and into the water!
