Welcome to Forest School & Garden
2019-2020
Forest School
Spring 1
Snowdrops
by Mary Vivian
I like to think
That, long ago,
There fell to earth
Some flakes of snow
Which loved this cold
Grey world of ours
So much, they stayed
As snowdrop flowers.
Reception Class
Having a closer look! What comes next in the story of Gruffalo?
Gruffalo cafe - chefs preparing a range of exciting dishes: Roasted Fox, Owl Ice Cream, Scrambled Snake, Gruffalo Crumble with orange eyes and purple prickles on top.
Candy loves when we stroke and feed her.
Year 3
Ancient Egypt. We worked together to make a pyramid out of sticks.
We collected and sorted out the sticks into different sizes. We had to estimate which was the best size for the level we were building- a real balancing act.
Autumn 2
Christmas preparations in Forest School
Making Christmas decorations using a range of berries and evergreen plants
Year 2 are using tent pegs to make stands for their Christmas decorations
After we made a hole in a elder tree bead we used fragrant rosemary as a mini Christmas tree
Year 1 made stickmen.
We learned how to join two sticks using elastic bands, string and wire.
We added hats, cloaks, dresses, shields and swords
Christmas activities: making stick Christmas trees and stick reindeers.
We had to cooperate with our partners to be able to tie and join the strings and sticks.
Forest School Club
Boys are helping to assemble the new bikes for the Nursery children
Shelling beans from our vegetable patch
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The beans look magical with their purple skins
Hot chocolate for everyone on this cold afternoon
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Year 3 are making their autumnal crowns
Poetry Corner
After reading the autumn poem the Reception classes looked for different carpets of leaves
Year 1
We have had a rainy day today so we made some owl pictures in the class.
Autumnal art
Autumn time in Forest School
Volunteers help to assemble the bikes for the Nursery children
Autumn 1
Building a Fairy Village
We found some purple beans in our garden. We loved the colour and the smoothness of the beans.
Year 1 children are looking at animals' super powers. We have learned about stink bugs and are trying to make different smelling potions with special powers.
That Fairy house looks fantastic boys!
Who is the best at directing the drumming group?
The first session in Forest School. The mud pie looks delicious!
Nursery children found a family of mushrooms - daddy, mummy and 2 baby mushrooms
Children busy cooking in the mud kitchen
Year 2 restoring our Bug Hotel so the insects in our garden can hibernate over winter
We used different natural materials to make 'wild and wonderful' animals
Year 1 is learning about super vegetables
We read the story of The Enormous Turnip
Which of these balls is small, big and enormous?
We pulled a turnip from our garden
We pulled and pulled but the root would not budge.
Year 3 went for a trip to our local park
We went to see the new war monument and plant some narcissus bulbs in the park.
We read the names of the soldiers who died in the war.
Together with local volunteers we planted the white flower bulbs. White is the symbol of peace.
