2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 3
Year 1 really enjoyed Forest School this week. The weather was a little warmer with the sunshine being out. The children got stuck in with den making. They achieved this by using the knot they have been practicing and tarpaulin sheets! There was also a lot of playful, muddy tea parties. It was great to […]
2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 2
Year 1 loved Forest School this week. We were lucky to see some sunshine this week! Lots of children got involved making clay aliens, mud faces and building dens. Miss Lord showed the children how to tie a Timber Hitch Knot and it was lovely to see the children practicing by tying the rope around […]
2022 Forest School Year 1 Week 1
This week in Forest school it was Year 1’s first session. Firstly, the children took part in a team building activity where they took it in turns to introduce themselves and tell us their favourite animal. Then we got stuck in exploring the outdoors. The children were challenged to create superhero masks by using natural […]
Forest School Year 1 Week 4
The children thoroughly enjoyed a cooler Forest School session this week! They were tasked with creating mini-beast homes using natural resources, some of which looked more like mansions and hotels! The children had great fun getting their hands muddy whilst creating handprint Aliens and using their knowledge of 3D shapes to create spheres out of […]
Forest School Year 1 Week 3
The children had another brilliant Forest School this week. They continued to learn the skills of tying a Timber Hitch Knot and using secateurs to cut twigs and branches. The freshly cut twigs were then used by some children to create ‘solar system sticks’ in which they painted small dots onto them using cotton buds […]
Forest School Year 1 Week 2
Year 1 had a fantastic sun filled 2nd Forest School session this week. The children enjoyed taking cover under the shady trees and using their imagination to turn the simplest of things into something amazing – logs were turned into pizza bases, grass into stringy cheese and leaves into a variety of toppings! This week […]
Forest School Year 1 Week 1
June 2021 Year 1 had a fantastic first Forest School session, which for lots of the children was their very first time down at Forest School due to not being able to go last year because of COVID. The children spent the first part of the session learning all of the Forest School rules, including […]
Year 1 Forest School 4 February 2020
The Year Ones had another fantastic session at Forest School. Our theme this week was ‘Medieval Banquet’. The children learnt that in medieval times goblets were used to drink out of and they had great fun creating them out of clay! The children also searched the Forest School area for items to decorate their banquet […]
Year 1 Forest School 28 January 2020
Year 1 had a theme of Knights this week at Forest School. The children crafted knight’s masks using mud from our surroundings to give the paper plates a rusted look. They also enjoyed making shields to help them in battle. The children revisited skills from last week, including the timber hitch, to create a castle […]
Year 1 Forest School 14 January 2020
Week 2 It was another muddy week for Year 1 at Forest School! The children thoroughly enjoyed searching for dragons, as well as digging trenches to try and catch one! We remembered our secateur skills from last week and we were able to use them safely to cut branches to turn into swords to help […]