This week was our first Forest School after school club session and it was a great start. We began around the campfire, where the children enjoyed brioche together while chatting and settling in, developing their speaking and listening skills. They then got creative, making fairy wands and decorating fairy doors Read more
We have been loving Forest School this half term. This session we linked our learning to our science topic about animals and were they live the children sorted the animals into groups.
Ash moved their art learning outdoors, using the natural environment as inspiration while working with clay. The woodland setting, filled with leaves, trees, and varied textures, sparked creativity and encouraged curiosity throughout the activities. In the first session, pupils were introduced to clay and given time to explore how it Read more
Year 2 Forest School Art: Exploring Clay During our recent Forest School sessions, Year 2 pupils took their art learning outdoors and explored working with clay in a natural environment. Being surrounded by trees, leaves, and natural textures provided the perfect inspiration for creative work while also supporting pupils’ curiosity Read more
Today’s forest school concentrated on our Christian value of ‘Trust’ and incorporated lots of our skills builder skills. We used teamwork and leadership skills to create dens and obstacle courses. The children were blindfolded and had to work together and use our listening and speaking skills to guide their teammates Read more
Year 5 Juniper had their forest school session yesterday with Miss Brown. They explored the forest and carried out different exercises. These included a trust exercise where they had to form groups of 6 and work together creating an assault course. They had to walk through the course to get Read more
We have been so lucky to enjoy another half term of forest school with Miss Brown this half term. We have worked on lots of our skills during the sessions which also link to our skills Builder skill each half term..
This morning we had a special Christmas treat in Forest School, we made smores! We started a fire safely with the help of Miss Dewhurst. We then talked about being careful around the fire and took it in turns to cook our marshmallow over the fire. We sandwiched it between Read more
Today, we used forest-mud mixed with water and paintbrushes to create pictures of our families, as this half-term our topic has been ‘All About Me’. We loved gathering the mud, adding water and using the brushes to make our artwork. We enjoyed exploring the forest, playing games and climbing the Read more
we have absolutely LOVED Forest School this half term. For our final session with enjoyed s’mores! We are so lucky to experience this so many times in Year 1! It helps us to build our communication and listening skills as well as our Skills Builder focusing on team work! Thank Read more