Forest School Sep - Oct
Kites - We all enjoyed the windy conditions with our DIY kites! Great for gross motor movement and wellbeing 💛 Then we went to our free play activities and managed to squeeze in the session before the heavens opened 🌧️
Owl Babies - This week we have focused on the story of Owl Babies. To begin our session, we played a new game called ‘Hybernate’. The game exercises our attention skills, trying to spot who is ‘hybernating’ (hiding). Next we went to our free-play activities and made an owl baby nest using the grass clippings from the playing field. Others used the swing, rolled the tyre down the hill, caught minibeasts and used the binoculars in their army game.
Bark Rubbing - We looked closely at the trees and talked about their protective layer. We noticed they were often different to each other. Using a pice of paper and a wax crayon, we took a rubbing of the bark. Then we went to free play activities and enjoyed another mild and dry day!
Tree Spirits - Many years ago, people believed that everything had a spirit. To represent this, faces would be put in the trees. We used clay and other natural items to complete our faces; all unique, just like us! Then we went free play activities to build our confidence and gross/fine motor skills.
Trim Trail - We began our first session by refreshing ourselves on the Forest School agreement: Taking care of ourselves and taking care of our environment. Then, we went on the trim trail to build our gross motor skills and confidence. We had other activities out too. One of the things we found to do was roll windfall apples down the hill. It was lots of fun!
