19/11/23
Forest School Blog
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06/06/23Glorious day with bubbles....
The sun shone for this groups last session. We extended the time due to missing a previous session and it was busy and fruitful! Some of the children experimented with making bubble wands from willow and it worked really well. Others built on previously gained skills such as shelte...Read Full Story
06/06/23A Journey Stick Walk
Before half term we took the children down to the woods but across the fields so they could do a journey stick walk. As they walked they collected natural items to attach to their stick that interested them. We saw some many examples of spring and it was a glorious day. Once at the...Read Full Story
12/05/23Twit twoooooo and screech?
Today at Forest School we started our session learning about owls. Did you know that the barn owl’s wing span can measure up to 95cm?! That many screech and not twit twoooo? With our friendly cuddly owls keeping an eye, the children were able to dissect owl pellets – wh...Read Full Story
12/05/23Spring antics
We were joined by children from Hedgehog class for the first sessions of the summer term. In week 1 it was all about discovery and starting to build some forest school skills. In session 2, the children really enjoyed celebrating Earth day – firstly by creating trees on the gr...Read Full Story
25/04/23Weeks 5 and 6
Week 5 of our sessions is always my favourite. It's when we go down to the local woods. Making little shelters for clay animals is always a fun activity and the walk down stopping at the little stream by the village hall is enjoyed by the children. This groups creations included a...Read Full Story
19/03/23Weeks 3 and 4
Fun packed and full of new things. What the children achieved and did they help someone else were two of the questions asked at the end of each session. The photos tell the story but they achieved so much - group activities to make a giant birds nest, pizza cooking, clay sculpting includ...Read Full Story
05/03/23Forest School Principle 3
Forest School Principle 3 - Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners. On Friday I asked the children at the end of our session what they felt they had achieved. Each one had a different answer but mos...Read Full Story
26/02/23Goodbyes and Hellos
On Tuesday we said goodbye to our second group as they completed their six -week sessions. We spent most of the session making charcoal pencils from cut willow sticks. Placing them in metal tins with a hole and then into the fire. After 10 minutes the pencils were ready! Tree climbing...Read Full Story
06/02/23Creatures in the Woods
Today we ventured down to our local woods, stopping on the way for a paddle in the stream before carrying on to our destination. Once at the woods we started with a scavenger hunt. The children had to guess the answer to riddles to find an item to then make a mini shelter. T...Read Full Story
06/02/23Fire Lighting
In week four we were joined by Becky, Forest School Leader from Bramley C of E Primary School. Becky spent most of the session supporting some of the children to light mini fires using just cotton wool, sticks and a fire striker. The children showed true determination and kept going until they...Read Full Story.Jpg)
28/01/23Toad in the hole?
This week’s session focussed mainly around campfire cooking. The children chose a hazel stick and whittled the end to remove the bark then wrapped dough around and cooked over the fire. We tried out our skillet frying pan and cooked some yummy sausages to place inside the damper br...Read Full Story