Year 5 Forest School 28 February 2020
28.2. 20 – Forest School Session One The first week of Forest School for the Year Five’s saw the class enjoying an extremely muddy and wet afternoon. We began the session by familiarising ourselves with the area and the safety rules. Our learning at Forest School will be based on our Victorian themed topic – […]
Year 5 Forest School 22 May 2019
22.5.19 –Forest School Session Seven Year Five have had a fantastic time at Forest School this term. The weather has been extreme from sunny days to non-stop rain but the children have embraced their sessions no matter what. All of the children were in for a treat this week as we cooked trolls toes (nachos) […]
Year 5 Forest School 15 May 2019
16.5.19 –Forest School Session Six We started off our penultimate Forest School with our very own Harry Potter yoga session. It was thoroughly enjoyed by both the children and staff. During today’s session we continued to hone our skills of using the bill hook and have all successful earned our tool certificate. Once, we had […]
Year 5 Forest School 8th May 2019
Week 5 What a wet and muddy week the Year 5 children had at Forest School. The children have enjoyed the Expelliarmus topic so much that we have decided to continue it in our sessions at Forest School. The children enjoyed a plethora of activities this week that helped them to develop their teamwork skills. […]
Year 5 Forest School 1st May 2019
Week 4 We kicked off today’s session with a trust game, where the children had to work in pairs. Each person took it in turns to slowly fall on their partner and catch them. The children used the palm drill to drill holes in their deathly Hallows cookies created in a previous session and added […]
Year 5 Forest School 10th April 2019
Week 3 Another week and another tool to for the children to master their techniques however it became exceptionally tricky due to the dense nature of the wood. It required for the children to continually hit the billhook with the mallet so that it could split the wood into two pieces. In order to do […]
Year 5 Forest School 3rd April 2019
Week 2 The children were thoroughly excited for another fun-filled second week at Forest School. Although, the weather was not particularly pleasant that did not put a damper on our spirits and we persevered to complete today’s activities. Continuing with our Harry potter theme, we had the opportunity to use some tool this weeks to […]
Year 5 Forest School 27 March 2019
Week 1 The first week of Forest School for the Year Five’s saw the class familiarising themselves with the area and the safety rules. Our learning this week was based on our Harry Potter themed topic – Expelliarmus! The children were given the opportunity to explore the forest school area and notice any changes since […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 6
Our final week at Forest School. We began by putting out teamwork skills to the test in a pine cone take away problem solving game. It was very evident that our teamwork skills had improved throughout the course of the Forest School sessions. This week we were able to put all of the skills we […]
Year 5 Forest School Week 5
For our starter activity we worked in small groups to make 2D shapes with a rope. We found this a little challenging and had to use our teamwork skills once again. Today we used the charcoal we made last week to produce our own sketches and rubbings within the Forest School area. This was a […]