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2023 Year2 Forest School Week 2

Year 2 have had a wet and rainy week in forest school. They have enjoyed exploring the fire of London through forest school by re-enacting Pudding Lane Bakery in a mud kitchen. They have also enjoyed creating a sculpture out of a tree and ribbon to resemble a fire. They used their new knot to […]

2023 Year 2 Forest School Week 1

Year 2 have had a brilliant first week in forest school. The children have recapped the different safety instructions and were whizzes on Mrs Johnston’s quiz! The children then learnt how to use a lopper safely to cut wood and branches. They used this along with their new skill of a clover hitch knot to […]

2022 Year 4 Forest School Week 3

Year 4 have had another fantastic week down at Forest School! It was another wet, windy and muddy day but this did not stop the children from having an action-packed afternoon. The children had the opportunity to create their own Roman crowns using natural materials, which look amazing! There was also an opportunity to cut […]

Year 2 Forest School 9 September 2020

Session 1 – 9.9.2020 We had a fantastic session at our first Forest School afternoon in Year 2. We went over the Forest School safety rules and fire safety rules. We then had chance to explore and discover any changes to the Forest School area. We learned how to use ‘Loppers’ to cut sticks. We […]

Year 2 Forest School 22 October 2019

This week was the last Forest school session for Year 2 and it was fabulous! Following on from our theme: ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ Year 2 have created moons from clay with an American flag to represent our learning of Neil Armstrong. Children also carried on learning the clove hitch to create a raft and […]

Year 1 Forest School Week 4

Forest school focused all around our Fire Fire topic this week. First the children made popcorn over the open fire, which required lots of patience. Whilst around the fire the children practised fire safety, including making sure they were sat in the ‘respect position’ to ensure we were all a safe distance from the fire […]

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