Forest School Blog

What an exciting windy afternoon we had watching the rain whist sheltering under the canopy.  We used palm drills to put holes in conkers, jumped in puddles and hunted for firewood. Towards the end of the session it was so windy the children were amazing at helping take down the canopy. We looked at how the boat clutches worked and were able to let the rope go and unhook  the canopy eyelet whilst holding on in the wind! We finished the session by learning a new gross motor game - Giants, Wizards and Dwarfs! 

 

 This week we learnt how to use a palm drill to safely to a hole in a conker. We then threaded these onto string to make necklaces. We used our blackberry tie dye fabric from last week to make flags too. We are getting very good at remembering the fire circle rules - we played a listening game called dragon and knights to help us practice the fire circle safety rules.  The mud kitchen was really popular- luckily we had been shown to use the tippy tap the week before to wash our hands!  We leant about a technique called Hapa zone which is a Japanese technique for using natural pigment found in plants and flowers to print onto fabric - we really enjoyed the hammering!