Arriving at the Wellie Tree, the class sat down as a group ready to find out what we would be trying to make on our way to Forest School. Pouring some cream into a tub, the children were tasked with shaking it as hard as they could with the hope of turning it into butter. They all tried hard and with a little adult help, we soon had butter. They class then had the opportunity to try some of the butter on a cracker; this went down very well, with many of the class wanting seconds.
Along the way the children spotted dandelion clocks, so they picked them and, blowing the clocks, they watching the seeds float away.
They also saw different wild flowers and a little green caterpillar.
Once at Forest School some children chose to have a go at whittling a piece of hazel. They did this by putting a glove on the hand that would be holding the piece of hazel, and using a peeler they stripped off all the bark. The class did really well at this, making sure they removed every bit of bark. They were then able to add a point to one end making a pencil. Using wool, they added a soft grip as decoration to their pencil.
Heading off to the stream to investigate the water level the children discovered that the water was almost gone. All that was in the stream was a load of gooey, sticky mud!
