This week Lilac Class had to wrap up warm, as the cold has finally come. They created some shadow puppets with their hands in the low winter afternoon sunshine in the meadows.
The leaves have fallen and there was lots of kicking of leaves along the Forest Way and then they all had a go at making a leaf angel in the piles of leaves on the woodland floor.
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.
We found some birch polypore fungi and explored its texture and weight. They learned it is a non-toxic fungus with antiseptic and anti-fungal properties. They learned that its spongy, porous texture made it good to use as a natural plaster if they ever need it.
Then Lilac class spent most of their time running around the woodland, swinging on the swings and hammock and digging, damming and constructing by the stream.
There was time for a game of ‘1,2,3, change tree’. They had to run as fast as they could to find another tree to be ‘safe’ on, without running each other out and identifying hazel, oak, silver birch and hawthorn trees by their trunks and bark.
Many thanks to our brilliant volunteers who make our Forest School experiences possible.