Broomhaugh C of E First School - 2023 Autumn/Winter

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2023 Autumn/Winter

December 15th. Reception Class had a Christmas treasure hunt in the woods today.
We were searching for shiny foil wrapped chocolate Santas!
Then we used the Kelly kettle to boil some water.
We made delicious hot chocolate to drink.
As a special treat, Sarah brought cake for us all, to celebrate Sarah's 20 years of working at Broomhaugh!
We love building with branches and sticks.
What a lovely den in the bushes.

December 15th. It was Class 1's last session before Christmas so we started off with a chocolate treasure hunt.
Can you spot the foil wrapped chocolate Santa?
We used the Kelly kettle to boil some water...
...then we all enjoyed a hot chocolate.
Then we had cake to celebrate Sarah's 20 years of working at Broomhaugh!
Chocolate santas, hot chocolate and cake - what a feast we have had!
We still found time to climb trees...
...and be creative.
It was' fun week' for the final week of the Ruby Robin Challenge Award. We made some Christmas cards and did a wordsearch.
We finished with a game of Foxy, Foxy Can We Cross Your Field.

December 8th. Reception Class listened to the story Meg and Mog this afternoon.
We enjoyed looking at the book.
Then we got busy making our own magic potions.
We added woodland ingredients and water.
We gave them a good stir.
What will your magic potion do?
Some of us even found a broomstick to ride!
We finished our session with a game of Spot. Quick, hide while I count to 20!

December 8th. Class 1 started their session with a game of Funky Monkey.
Funky Monkey is great fun and warms up our bodies and our brains!
Our third challenge for the Ruby Robin Award was to do a bird spot. We talked about the songbirds that we could see and hear in the woods.
The children decided to move the giant bird's nest that they made last week.
Some of us were inspired to draw pictures of the songbirds in the woods.
Shopping at the pumpkin shop!
Making 'clay' pots.
Using our songbird booklet to look for birds.
A beautiful pot made out of damp soil.
We ended the session with the hiding game Spot.

December 1st. To celebrate National Tree Week, Reception Class played the Tree Game.
We scampered around the woods like woodland creatures before finding a tree to stand beside, hoping not to be out!
We wriggled like worms!
We made bark rubbings with wax crayons.
The cold weather meant we found some ice in the woods.
Who is in the hammock?!

December 1st. To celebrate National Tree Week, Class 1 chatted about why trees are so special.
Then we played the Tree Game. We had to scamper, hop and fly around the woods like woodland creatures then find a tree to stand beside.
The next challenge for our Ruby Robin Award was to learn about songbirds.
We talked about some facts in our songbird booklet.
Then we enjoyed colouring in a Ruby Robin picture.
Building an enormous nest for the birds!
We played a game of Scatter.
Hiding behind the spotter is a cunning trick!
We love the woods!

November 24th. Reception Class made a nest today.
We had to make the nest big enough for everyone to fit in it!
Once we were in the nest, Sarah read the Leaf Man story to us.
We loved spotting all the things made of leaves in the story.
In the woods we learned how to use a hammer and nails safely, by hammering nails into pumpkins.

November 24th. We had been given some pumpkins so Class 1 had fun hammering nails into them.
This is an excellent way to learn how to use a hammer and nails safely.
Sarah has signed us up for a Ruby Robin Award through the Songbird Survival website. The award is to help and learn more about songbirds.
Our first challenge was to make fruit bird feeders.
We cored apples and pushed sunflower seeds into them. Then we hung them up on the trees.
We also made a bird bath.
Some of the children were inspired to make a very fancy Bird House/Hotel, complete with lots of food for them to feast on!

November 17th. Reception Class enjoyed making Conker Comets this afternoon.
We placed a conker in the middle of some strips of crepe paper.
Then we twisted the crepe paper around the conker and tied a piece of ribbon around it.
We took our Conker Comets to the yard and had a competition to see who could throw theirs the furthest.
We loved throwing them high up in the air too.

November 17th. Today Class 1 made Conker Comets.
We wrapped a conker in tissue or crepe paper.
We tied it with yarn or ribbon.
We cut some flame shapes.
Then we took our Conker Comets to the yard.
We had a competition to see who could throw their Conker Comet the furthest.
Then we saw who could throw their Conker Comets the highest.
Making a fairy garden in the woods.
Threading leaves on a stick.

Friday 10th November. We found a broken giant mushroom in the woods and Reception class had a good look at it. It was very beautiful.
We cooked toffee apple slices over the camp fire.
Yum!
It's fun to rake up the leaves.
We always love climbing trees in the woods.
Playing our woodland xylophone.

Friday 10th November. Class 1 toasted pancakes over the fire today.
We ate them with honey and they were delicious!
It's heavy work carrying branches around the woods.
Today this tree was a horse and the girls went riding.
We ended our session with the hiding game Spot.

October 26th. Class 2 have been learning all about the Stone Age, so we had a Stone Age themed Forest School session today.
We made beads and jewellery using elder sticks.
We cut short lengths of elder stick.
Then we used the palm drills to hollow out the beads.
We threaded the beads onto yarn to make jewellery.
Here are some fantastic elder bead necklaces...
We also did some experimental artwork using mud, blackberries and charcoal.
We didn't have cave walls to paint so we used the fence, cardboard and paper.
We made some beautiful pieces of art.
Some of us made miniature dens and Stone Age hill forts.
Some of us built larger shelters.
Amazing Stone Age charcoal drawings!
We finished our session with a few games of Spot.
Hiding is always fun!
We had a very wet Stone Age Forest School session but we all had a brilliant time!

October 13th. Class 1 cooked toffee apple slices over the fire today.
We cooked the apple over the fire, then dipped it into some cinnamon brown sugar and held it over the fire again until the sugar melted.
Mmmm, delicious!
We made lots of super things with conkers.
We used palm drills to make a hole through the conkers.
Some of us put sticks into the holes to make something.
Others threaded the conkers onto yarn to make necklaces.
At the end of our sessions we love to share what we have enjoyed most in Forest School today!

October 13th. Reception Class made willow cooking sticks today.
We learned how to use peelers safely to whittle a sharp end on the willow stick.
A bucket of conkers was great for investigating. When we open a conker shell we are the first person in the world to ever see the conker inside!
We love conkers!

October 6th. Class 1 celebrated the recent World Animal Day by starting the session with a game of Bat and Moth.
Bats find their prey using echolocation. When the bat claps, the moths clap back and the bat has to try and catch a moth!
We used the charcoal to draw animal pictures.
Some of us wanted to become animals ourselves!
Miaow!
Clearing a space to make an animal home.
Some of the group took up the challenge of making a 3D animal out of natural materials.
What a fantastic koala in a tree!
We love making things in Forest School, and we had another super afternoon.

October 6th. Reception Class had their first Forest School fire today.
We toasted marshmallows on the fire.
Then we sandwiched the marshmallow in between two biscuits and added a small square of chocolate.
Delicious!
Waiting patiently to toast a marshmallow!
Chilling in the hammock!

September 29th. Class 1 toasted marshmallows today.
We made s'mores by sandwiching the marshmallows between two biscuits with a small square of chocolate.
Delicious and sticky!
We enjoyed painting with blackberries.
We mashed up blackberries and elderberries with a little bit of water and painted some beautiful pictures.
Blackberry painting can be messy!
Some charcoal from old fires is good to draw on the trees with.
Wow, charcoal hands!

September 29th. Reception Class had fun hunting for acorns today.
We also had a look at some conkers.
We found a leaf as big as our faces!
We climbed trees.
We picked some blackberries to do blackberry painting.
We had to mash the blackberries up in a bucket.
We added a little bit of water to our blackberry paint.
Then we painted some beautiful pictures.
How far up the tree can you reach?

September 22nd. Class 1 went on an acorn hunt to start their session.
The green acorns were easier to find than the brown ones.
Everyone prepared a willow cooking stick as we hope to toast marshmallows next week.
We made some feeders for the birds.
We threaded cheerios onto pipe cleaners and hung them in the trees and bushes.
We put lard onto pine cones and dipped them in bird seed.
What a gooey mess!
A tiny fairy house was built at the base of the big lime tree.
Mrs Paterson took a moment to enjoy relaxing in the hammock!
Whoops! When we fall off the logs our friends can help us!

September 22nd. Reception Class made bird feeders today.
First we tied a length of yarn around a pine cone.
Then we spread lard onto the pine cone.
Next, we dipped the pine cone into the bird seed and rolled it around.
The bird seed sticks to the lard and makes an excellent feeder.
Then we hung the feeders up in the trees.

September 15th. Class 1 started their rainy afternoon with a game of Foxy, Foxy, Can We Cross Your Field?
We headed to the woods to play and make some Forest Friends.
What a well dressed Forest Friend!
Some of us chose to make log dogs and then took them for a walk.
We used the peelers to peel off some bark to make a face on the stick for our Forest Friend.
Another excellent Forest Friend!
We always love climbing the trees.
What an excellent bow and arrow!
A perch for the birds!
The end of a wet but fun afternoon in Forest School.

September 15th. Reception Class had a very rainy morning in the woods.
We played a wildlife matching game.
We had to hunt for matching pairs of pictures.
When we had found them all we sat on the logs and talked about the animals, birds and insects on our cards.
Then we went off to explore. Some of us went hunting for bugs.
We climbed trees.
We spotted unusual things growing in the woods.
We had fun raking up leaves and sticks.
We learned how to play a hide and seek game called Spot. It was lots of fun!

September 8th. Class 1 helped to move all our tyres back up to the woods today.
Teamwork did the job beautifully!
Some of us made some repairs to the fairy houses we made before the summer holidays.
We filled up the bird feeders.
We played Spot - counting up to 20 while everyone hides! It was great to be back in the woods again!

September 8th. Our new Reception Class were very excited to head up the field to the woods today.
After talking about our Forest School Code and how we stay safe in the woods, we started to explore.
It's fun in the hammock.
Some of us went hunting for bugs and worms.
We can play music on the woodland xylophone.
We liked climbing the goat willow trees.
Some of us enjoyed investigating with a magnifying glass.
We found a triangle stick!
We had a great time in the woods this morning!