Forest school

September 2021-July 2022

WELCOME BACK

What is Forest School?

Forest School is a child centred, inspirational learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. 

it is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands on experiences in a natural setting.

The benefits of forest school are ;

1. Building confidence and independence

2. Motivation 

3. Communication skills

4. Health benefits

5. Self-awareness

6. Learning by experience

7. Exposure to manageable risk

8. Social skills

9. Physical skills including the development of both gross and fine motor skills.

Forest school is run by a qualified forest school practitioner

Miss Gunther

Nursery

2021-2022

Reception

2021-2022

22nd November 

Today reception have been making leaf wands

8th November 2021
Nature pictures 

20.10.21

Year 1have been making pumpkins in the forest.

18.10.21

Reception had a fire today and went on a colour hunt 

Week 3

Bug hunting 

WEEK 2

Making bobble hats 

Week one

Looking around the forest 

Year 1

2021-2022

15 December 2021

Today we had a lovely fire with some treats, we had a few helpers as well 

Year 1

17th November 2021

Environmental art in the forest, the children are giving the two cut out clothes made out of leaves,sticks and stones.  

3rd November 2021

WEEK 2

Forest school booklet

Week 1

15.9.21

Making wood cookies 

Year 2

2021-2022

Year 3 

2021-2022

CHRISTMAS FUN IN THE FOREST 

Today the children made some reindeer food, snowmen and painted their fossils.

Archaeological Dig

4th November

The children are learning to be archaeologists over the next few weeks.I wonder what they will find.

Year 4

2021-2022

Week 2

Year 4 have been making some special potions in the forest they have been using the following skills

• Questioning and enjoy solving problems
• Taking risks
• Lead and play different roles in teams effectively and responsibly
• Respect the needs of others
• Building their well-being ,emotional and developing confidence 

Week 1

Exploring new things around the forest 

21.10.21

Fire and treat day 

15/10/21

Today the Year 4 children have been making a tyre swing and some dinosaur fossils.

8.10.21

Free standing dens

30.9.21

The children have been taking their own photos today in a ICT challenge. 

23.9.21

What can we found in the forest 

More digging and recording.

Archaeology

Week 2 16.9.21

9.9.21 Week one

Today the children had free choice to explore the new things in the forest. 

Year 5

2021-2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR

YEAR 5

Today we explored the pond and made a wall.

23.11.21

Den building 

16.11.21

Fun in the forest 

2nd November 2021

Over the next few weeks the children are very busy making things in the forest for Christmas out of wood they are doing a fantastic job. There wont be any photos on this page as i don't want to spoil the surprise for you, the children are using drills., saws, hammers and knives to make a super surprise for a Christmas gift.

19.10.21

Today we had a nice fire with some treats.

12.10.21

Today the children went in groups to build a free standing den that was waterproof 

Week 5

Today we did some topic work in the forest, in small groups we made stretchers 

21.9.21

 Topic into the forest

today the children wanted to make some planes. 

Building teamwork skills

Climbing trees and some problem solving in the forest 

First Forest school

Today was a free choice day for Year 5 children 

Year 6

2021-2022

Fun in the forest 

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Year 1

Fire day

Last school day of 2020

Merry Christmas Year 1

Reception

15.12.20

Fire day

Today the Reception children have been learning about the fire in the forest, special gloves the we wear and how to use flint and steel.

Year 3

11.12.20

FIRE DAY

Year 6

9.12.20

Year 6 pupils have been brain storming in groups to design and build a chair in the forest . The only items they were given were scissors , pencil and a small ball of string.

Reception

Reception children had a fantastic time playing in the mud today.

We had a visit from the elves and made some snowmen.

Nursery

The children had a visit from the elves who were playing hide and seek before we got into the forest today.

We have been very busy making handprint Christmas trees and building a sleigh we has so much fun.

Year 3

Having fun in the forest making trees,building a shop and bug hunting

Year 1

2.12.20

Today we had some little visitors in the forest

Year 3

Friday 27.11.20

Year 6

25.11.20

Year 2

26.11.20

Clay animals and leaf rubbing and plenty of free choice.

Nursery

23.11.20

Find the baby ducks

Year 1

The children have been having fun and getting dirty in the forest.We have been making leaf wands and doing some leaf rubbings.

18.11.20

Reception 

17th November 2020

Nursery

Today the children have been making shapes, size ordering and plenty of free play.

Reception

Leaf hats

Reception have been looking at different leaf patterns  and then  they made hats out of the leaves.

Nursery

Year 2

bug hunt

12.11.20

Year 1

Leaf Identification

Essential knowledge and understanding of Flora and Fauna.

RECEPTION

First day in Forest School.

Today the children have been learning some rules to themselves safe.

WELOCOME NURSERY

Today Nursery have been painting their hands to go on our Forest School display.

The children had so much fun exploring the forest and going over some forest school rules.

Year 4 

YEAR 5

TEAMWORK

Today has been all about teamwork.

The year 5 children discussed the best way to design and build a stretcher strong enough to hold a child from their group.

                     Year 2

Today the children have been looking  for hazards around the forest.

                                   Year 1

Year 1 have been making bobble hats.

We had lots of fun making these.

September 2019-July 2020

Year 6    Mallet making and surprise

11.3.20

A massive thank you to Year 6 for the lovely birthday surprise ,you all worked really hard to keep it a secret .

We have been learning about how to use tools safely to make a mallet.

Year 2    10.3.20

kazoo making-knowledge and understanding of using tools

Year 6   Group 2     26.2.20

Year 6 have been playing some trust games and making a water area for the infants ( work in progress)

Year 2   Group 1     25.2.20

All the children have been very busy today 

We have been playing trust games, building free standing gnome homes and using nail art

Year 3 & 4    31.1.20

RSPB Bird watch

Over the next few weeks the children will be learning about all the different kinds of birds that we can find in the forest and gardens.

This week they have learnt how hard it is to be a bird, the children were tied to a partner and they had to use their communication and teamwork skills and by only using one hand to  build their nest.

Year 3 & 4

Today the children have been on a welsh scavenger hunt around the forest 

Well done everyone

Year 3 & 4

The children had a visit from some special little elves today.

The children played some team building games, made some homes for the elves and made some snowflakes.