When Cherry Class set off for Forest School this week, they took a jar of cream with them taking it in turns to shake the jar hoping that it would turn to butter and as they arrived the cream had indeed become butter! The buttermilk was poured into a cup and the butter spread on crackers so that the class could look at and taste the two different products of shaken cream.
All felt it was well worth the effort and enjoyed the outcome of their hard work!
On the way to Forest School the class stopped in one of the fields so that they could play a game of Eagle Eye. Dormouse closed her eyes for the count of ten and the class ran to hide. When she opened eyes the whole class had disappeared, and needed to make sure they stayed quiet and hidden until she closed them again. On the next count of ten, the children needed to come out of hiding, run up to tap her hands getting back to their hiding place before she opened her eyes again. Those not quick enough were ‘caught’. The class really enjoyed this game and to play it many times.
On arrival, most of the class made their way down to the stream hoping to find some water but what they discovered was a broken bridge! Showing ingenuity, they managed to fix the broken end using a log. Once the bridge was fixed the class got out the trowels and worked really well together to redirect the water that was flowing down the stream.
Some children chose to use a hand saw to cut a thin disc of wood. They made sure to put a glove on the hand holding the wood to keep themselves safe and learnt about their “blood bubble”, which is the area that no other child must enter when they are using the tool. The children worked really hard to cut their discs; even when their arms were tired they kept going until they were all the way through. Great Work!!
The small fairy garden that had been created the last time that Cherry Class were in the woods had sadly been destroyed but a few of the children worked really hard to recreate it. They banged sticks into the ground with pieces of wood balanced on top, used wood shavings to create a floor and stones to create a pathway. On completion the sticks resembled Stonehenge and the children are prayerful that the new garden will survive until their next visit.
