We had a very busy and successful forest school again this week with lots of imagination flowing. There were some willow wisps available for the children to craft with. Some of them made fabulous willow crowns and a few attempted to make willow wands. One of the children thought they had found a badger sett so the whole class ran to look. We have been learning about badgers in the classroom so it was lovely to see the connections with learning and the natural world.
The dinosaur dig site was in operation again this week and they found a broken pipe and ‘the knee of a thesaurus’. What cracking finds! Some of the children decided that they needed a tent over the dig site to protect it from the elements, so they worked together as a small team to build one with great success.
We have also got a bit braver this week and some children were holding a large worm, without any gloves on. They were extra careful with the worm and put him back near his home when they were done.
‘Blueberry trees’ were planted in the area by a child. She was looking after the environment and trying to feed future birds and insects. We also had witches and wizards around the site, using the wands to put spells on to their friends. At the end of the session, one of the children found ‘stick man’ and he joined us all for reflection time. We are all looking forward to next week.
Miss Humphreys
Teaching Assistant - Forest School