Follow the link below to view our fabulous forest school adventures in the early autumn term.
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December 15th. Reception class started their session with a chocolate Santa treasure hunt.
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We boiled water in our kelly kettle to make hot chocolate.
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We all ate our chocolate Santa and drank our hot chocolate.
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Delicious!
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It was below freezing in the woods today so after our hot chocolate we played Foxy, Foxy, Can I Cross Your Field to help us keep warm.
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At the end of our session we passed the Talking Tree round the circle and shared what we had enjoyed most today.
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December 12th. Class 1 started their session with a chocolate Santa treasure hunt.
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We all found a chocolate Santa Claus.
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We used our Kelly kettle to boil water for the first time. It was very exciting when the kettle whistled when the water boiled!
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We made hot chocolate to warm us up in the sub zero temperature!
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Our chocolate moustaches made us smile!
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This was Class 1's last Forest School session until the summer. We think the woods will look and feel very different by then!
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December 8th. Today we cooked woodland apple crumble on the campfire with Reception class.
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We put butter, apples, sugar, cinnamon and cornflour in the pan and cooked it.
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While the apples were cooking we climbed trees...
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...rolled in leaves...
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...and explored the area.
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Then it was time to clean and sanitise our hands.
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Sarah served the apple mixture on a digestive biscuit.
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We loved the woodland apple crumble!
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December 5th. After a game of Funky Monkey, Class 1 got busy making a variety of bird feeders.
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We want to encourage more birds to our site and also give the birds a Christmas feast!
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We made some pine cone feeders.
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We reused and decorated old milk bottles and filled them with bird seed.
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We also hung up some fat balls.
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What will we find when we dig in the soil?
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We found a worm!
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Woodland drums!
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It was very wet and cold this afternoon, but we were treated to a fabulous rainbow towards the end of our session.
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December 1st. Today it was Reception Class's turn to celebrate National Tree Week.
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After chatting about all the wonderful things that trees give us (oxygen, fruit, leaves, forests, wood), we had a go at bark rubbing.
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We made some fantastic bark rubbing pictures.
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We enjoyed playing our wood xylophone.
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Trees are great to climb too!
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Without our trees in the woods, we wouldn't be able to put up the hammock. Thank you trees!
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We also had a go at hammering nails into pumpkins and squash.
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We love digging for hidden treasure (conkers!) in the woods.
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November 30th. We are celebrating National Tree Week in Forest School this week.
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After a lively discussion about what makes trees so fantastic, we played the Tree Game.
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If the counter calls out the tree we are standing by, we are out. We keep going until we have a winner!
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We climbed trees...
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...we hugged trees...
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...we made bark rubbings with wax crayons on paper.
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We made beautiful pictures of trees with sticks and leaves.
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We were kindly given some pumpkins and squash. We used them to practice using a hammer and nails.
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Hammering nails in is a fiddly job and it is easier to get the nails into pumpkins than wood!
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We enjoyed digging for treasure too!
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Another lovely afternoon in the woods!
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November 24th. Reception class cooked pancakes over the fire today.
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The pancakes were delicious with honey on.
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We made interesting things with sticks and yarn and used the pens to colour the yarn.
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We had fun climbing trees.
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November 21st. Class 1 enjoyed having a campfire.
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We toasted marshmallows...
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...and made s'mores.
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Delicious!
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Some of us made fairy houses and bug homes.
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Some of us played a game called The Floor is Lava where you can't touch the floor!
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We also played Spot and Scatter and had lots of fun in the woods as usual.
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November 14th. Class 1 enjoyed a mild afternoon in the woods.
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We started the session with a few games of Spot (a variation of hide and seek). Then some of us created beautiful things with willow and yarn.
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What a great collection of autumn leaves!
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We love playing with our friends in Forest School.
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It's always interesting to see what we can find when we dig in the ground.
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Sharing all the beautiful things we have made...
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