Forest School Blog

  Appletree Class at Forest School This morning, our Year 3 children from Appletree Class had a brilliant time at Forest School! On the way down to the site, we explored different sizes of firewood – learning about “spaghetti” and “pencil” sized sticks. The children took on the challenge of finding just the right sizes, and even helped carry a huge bundle of bamboo to use later for making bug hotels. At the fire circle, we sorted and graded firewood, chatting about what makes a good fire and why size matters. Then, with great care and focus, the children used peelers to whittle hazel and cherry sticks into their very own toasting forks – ready for marshmallows later on! Bug hotel building was in full swing with some creative use of donated tin cans, and we even saw some lovely red and white flags being made. There was lots of enthusiastic bug hunting, and we’ve started recording all our nature discoveries on our new sightings board. We finished with toasted marshmallows, hot chocol...

 T his afternoon, our Year 3 children enjoyed a wonderful Forest School session in the sunshine. We started with an important job—helping to carry down some brand-new storage kindly bought by Mrs Yardley. The boxes were a bit awkward (but not heavy!), and after trying a few different methods, the children worked brilliantly together and balanced them on the trolley—great teamwork! Once in the woodland, we talked about how it’s changed over time and reminded ourselves of our special nature names. We played some fun games to reinforce our fire circle rules, then headed off to explore. Some children went bug hunting, others created beautiful woodland people, and everyone got stuck in with creativity and curiosity. A highlight of the day was learning how to use the Flint and steel to make sparks the children showed high levels of determination and resilience as this was not an easy task!  We also played two favourite games—Otter, Mosquito, Salmon and the hilarious Flying Carpet game w...