Reception Forest School Week 5
Wednesday 11th July 2018 A morning session at Forest School was just heavenly with plenty of shade from the trees to keep us cool. It’s always great fun toasting marshmallows. The Reception children worked with extreme care and adopted the ‘respect’ position at all times. The children tried to navigate different assault courses this […]
Reception Forest School Week 4
Wednesday 4th July 2018 As the temperatures continue to soar, most of the Reception children took to working under the shady trees and in the outdoor classroom for their activities this week. After finding the potato peelers tough going on the branches last week, the children practised their knife handling and whittling technique on carrots. […]
Reception Forest School Week 3
Wednesday 27th June 2018 It took a while to get to Forest School this week as we had a walk around the local area, creating a journey stick to remind us of where we had been. We found lots of interesting leaves, feathers, wild flowers and seeds. It was great fun! […]
Reception Forest School Week 2
Wednesday 20th June 2018 Today our warm up game was ‘Bat and Moth’. Maybe our hearing isn’t as good as a bat but we soon found our partner by listening carefully as they clapped their hands to reveal their location. This week the children were introduced to using the secateurs and cut lengths of sticks […]
Reception Forest School Week 1
Wednesday 13th June 2018 Our first minibeast themed session began by travelling down to Forest School as centipedes and ants. Working together by passing objects to the person behind them or being guided down, with their eyes closed, by the lead person The children then used lots of different natural materials to create a minibeast […]
Forest School – Reception 5 July 2017
Reception Forest School 5.7.17 The Reception children had a spring in their step as they headed off for Forest School this week, wondering if the fairies had been able to use the cars we made them last week to move all their belongings. We were not disappointed! We then played a game in […]
Forest School – Reception 29 June 2017
Reception Forest School 29.6.17 Forest School had a very magical feel to it this week. After playing a team game of ‘Dwarves, Elves and Wizards’, the children discovered clusters of fairy dust as they made their way to the outdoor classroom. Explorer Ted was waiting for them with a letter from chief fairy […]
Reception – Forest School Summer 2017
Thursday 22nd June 2017 What a wonderful first session of Forest School the Reception children had today. Not only were they very excited to see Explorer Ted waiting for them around the fire circle, but we had the upmost pleasure in hosting some teaching students from South Korea. The students were really impressed by the […]
Week 4 at Forest School for Reception Class
Wednesday 13th July 2016 When we arrived at Forest School today Explorer Ted was waiting for us around the fire circle. Inside his bag he had a pinecone and a plastic skittle! We talked about where the pinecone came from and compared it to the plastic man made skittle. As Explorer Ted only likes natural […]
Week 3 at Forest School for Reception Class
Wednesday 6th July 2016 Explorer Ted was well hidden again this week, but our trepid explorers soon spotted him and were excited to find out what he had in his magical bag. This week Explorer Ted gave us some animal picture cards to play a game to practise walking around the fire pit. On the […]