Forest Schools
28/6/22 Bonus Session. The final Poppies group had their bonus session. We played our warm up game and went to free-play. This week we used a plant called Clevers to make a woodland crown.
21/6/22 Bonus Session. The Poppies played a warmup game and then we went to the free-play activities. The children enjoyed exploring the differences in the area from their last visit when it was much colder.
14/6/22 Bonus session. The Remaining Daisies had their bonus session of Forest School. After our warm up game, the children enjoyed exploring the summer foliage or working together to conquer the slack line!
7/6/2022 - Bonus session. Some of the Daisies took park in their booster Forest School session. After our warmup game, we went straight into the child-led learning.
24/5/22 Journey Sticks. We had a lovely session noticing the changes in flora as we took a journey around the woodland area. We strapped items to the stick and told the other group what we’d seen on our journey.
17/5/22 Natural Paintbrushes Recently, we have been learning about and looking closely at flowers. Focusing on the sunflower, we found and chose natural items in the woodland and turned them into a paintbrush - then we created our beautiful big sunflower picture!
10/5/22 Wind Streamers. We took advantage of the dry, windy day, and made streamers on sticks. Everyone chose a suitable sized stick. We talked about length and thickness and then we used our fine motor skills to attach the streamers to the tip with an elastic band. They were all unique and everyone had fun watching the blow in the breeze.
3/5/22 Woodland Treasure Hunt. The Children listened to the clues to navigate around the school grounds and find the lost woodland creatures.
26/4/22 - Tree Spirits. This week the Poppies learnt that many many years ago, it was believed the trees had their own spirit. We created our own unique tree spirit designs using natural items from the woodland.
5/4/22 - Woodland Vocab Hunt. This was the first session for this group (of The Poppies). We explored our new surroundings by finding objects that matched the vocabulary. We learned lots about the texture and appearance of the natural items that we found.
22/3/22 - Bubble Popping Sticks The children chose a suitable stick and decorated it with coloured wool. This supported fine and gross motor skill development. We had loads of fun popping the bubbles from the giant bubble wand.
8/3/22 Woodland Animal Hunt - The Poppies followed the clues to the trail and reunited the woodland creatures. It was great fun!
1/3/22 - Bark Rubbings The Poppies were blessed with some gorgeous, dry weather so we took advantage and did some bark rubbings.
15/2/22 Woodland Weaving -We made individual weaving frames from sticks and wool. The children collected natural items that interested them and weaved them into the frame.
8/2/22 - The Poppies hunted for items in the woodland, developing their vocabulary and their confidence.
01/02/22 What a windy day! So, we made steamers on sticks that blew in the wind.
10/1/22 - Magic Bubble Popping Wands The children chose a suitable stick and decorated it with wool. Then, they had lots of fun bursting bubbles using their stick.
4/1/22 - Tree Spirits The Daisies learned that years ago, people believed that everything had a spirit; especially the trees. This was acknowledged by making a face on the tree. We used clay and other natural items for our designs.
6/12/21 - Kites! We made the most of a windy day with home made kites from compostable carrier bags.
30/11/21 - Woodland animal treasure hunt The children listened to the clues to locate and rescue the woodland animals after the storm we'd had.
23/11/21 - We used autumn leaves to create a rainbow
