Year 4 Forest School – Week 3
This week the children have been learning how to secure two piece of wood together using a clove hitch and sheer lashing knots. We also used fire strikers in order to light our ‘Pixie Pillows’ and start a fire. Both activities took a lot of perseverance but all the children got there in the end […]
Year 4 Forest School – Week 2
The children were extremely excited this week for our second visit to Forest School. This week we started off the session by going to Charlotte James’ drive to collect sticks for our session next week. We then came back to school and entered the forest School area where we had a quick recap on rules […]
Year 4 – Forest School
Friday 10th November 2017 Week One at Forest School The first week of Forest School for the Year Four’s saw the class familiarising themselves with the area and the safety rules. The session started off with a story based upon an old Native American tale which involved the children moving around the Forest School area […]
Year 4 Forest School Blog – Weeks 1, 2 & 3
Week 1 (8.11.16) The first week of Forest School for the Year 4s saw the class familiarise themselves with the area and explore how it had changed since their last visit. The class were given the task of collecting a variety of materials together so that they could then turn them into a piece of […]
Year 4, Week 2 – 16th June 2016
Monday 16th June 2016 This week Year 4 had a very different type of Forest School experience as the weather had changed from topical sunshine to a tropical monsoon! However, Year 4 being the hardy bunch they are ploughed on and had a wonderful time nonetheless. Firstly, the children recapped on some safety points from […]
Year 4, Week 1 – 9th June 2016
Monday 9th June 2016 Year 4 began their Forest School experience in fabulous weather and were able to explore the area for the first time. The children were given a tour around the site and then given time to walk around it at their leisure. The children were then given the safety talk and […]