On Thursday 25th January, Lilac Class set off for Forest School across the very squelchy and muddy Croft and as they made our way over the style and into the field came across something lying on the floor.
The class all had a good look and a discussion about what they had just found ensued including questions of:
“where did it come from?”
“who ate it?”
They came to the conclusion that what they could see was the leg and spine of a deer, (they were correct), and that it was most probably brought there by a hungry fox!
As they continued their walk to Forest School the class used some binoculars made from toilet rolls to help spot birds. On their journey the children spotted, and recognised, a Robin, a Magpie and two Crows.
On arrival at Forest School they discovered that the new shelter had been blown down by the recent strong winds and helpfully, some of the class got to work to get it safely taken down. Then, using sticks to get the tarp over the rope, managed to get it back up again as well.
Some children gathered everything they needed to light a fire, which they also laid stacking the wood largest to smallest. The levels of perseverance employed to light the cotton wool was very impressive, with the children refusing to give up until it was done.
Once the fire was going corn was placed in the popcorn sieve and held over it. As the corns warmed they started to pop:
“it’s popping, it’s popping”,
were the excited cries ,with the popcorn then enjoyed by whole the class.
A group of the class worked well together to build a den using shovels to dig a hole for their Y shaped branch which created the support for the roof. The other end of the roof was placed in the V of a nearby tree, and using other sticks they started to create the walls. Great teamwork was shown and developed as they gathered the materials and worked out which pieces of wood would best be placed where.
Well down Lilac Class, an amazing afternoon!
