Barbados Forest School

This week Barbados enjoyed going for a walk through the field before entering Forest School. We were looking for signs of spring and the children did a great job of spotting even the smallest of buds on the tree branches. 

With all the rain that has fallen, the ground was super soggy and was the perfect opportunity for us all to enjoy squelching as we walked in our wellie boots! 

As we entered Forest School we spotted all of the daffodil bud clusters which was the perfect opportunity to begin our discussions of our nature study this week - Spring Flowers. 

We look forward to visiting the forest again soon to see the daffodils and bluebells in full bloom. 

Reception Forest School - Camp Fire Experience

Today all reception children took part in a wonderful camp fire experience! 

They visited the forest and sat very safely and patiently around the fire circle. 

We discussed the fire and what safety measures we had in place and how we were all going to keep ourselves and each other safe.

All the children learnt how to adopt the respect position when kneeling at the fire to keep safe and they did a great job of this. 

They toasted their own marshmallows until they were bubbly and sticky and then they squeezed them between two biscuits to make yummy gooey smores! 

The smiles on their faces said it all! 

A great time was had by everyone at forest school this afternoon. 

 

Barbados Forest School

Barbados enjoyed their trips to the forest this half term. 

Last week many of them enjoyed climbing the tree as it was a nice dry day and the mud kitchen was ever as popular to concoct some forest delights! 

The bird feeders that had been made by the other reception classes had been enjoyed by the birds so Barbados class replenished the bare branches with more seeds for the birds to enjoy.  

                                 

We also noticed some beginnings of spring and were careful not to trample on the shoots we could see coming up through the ground. We placed some large sticks around to protect the new bluebells beginning to grow. 

Great conservation of the forest Barbados.