Maple Class got themselves ready for their first adventure to the woods for forest school. We talked about how to be safe by never picking or eating anything we find as it could be poisonous and make us poorly. They also learned how to shout ‘Pedal Power’ when we see oncoming cyclists, so that everyone can move safely to the side and let the cyclists pass.
As we walked we talked about what season we are in; Maple Class knew that we are in autumn. We looked at the trees and the colours of the leaves, how they had changed and fallen to the floor.
Using a stick the children collected as many different leaves as they could and pushed them onto their stick, creating a leaf kebab:
“wow, I found a big leaf”,
“I have a brown one, a green one, a yellow one”.
Some great perseverance on the walk from Maple Class as it is quite a way to go for small legs. Once in the woods we explored the site, talked about where it was safe to play and how to be safe around the fire circle.
By the bridge the class found a ditch full of running water. They were very keen to climb down and play in the water. Once down in the ditch they explored under the bridge, then started splashing and walking the length of the stream.
They discovered that it was deep enough in one place that the water went over the top of their wellies. We finished our session today by saying one word to describe what we enjoyed about our first adventure to the forest school site:
“water”
“leaves”
“stream”
