In the forest they were careful to look around to be sure not to trample on the bluebells beginning to grow across the forest floor. They enjoyed climbing the tree, digging for worms and making concoctions as always in the mud kitchen!
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.
Jamaica class loved their visits to the forest this half term.
On their first visit they enjoyed playing games to remember where our boundaries are at forest school and then they played a great game of Freeze Tag. Afterwards they enjoyed exploring the forest and found that under an upturned log there were plenty of insects to observe.
Many children made stick bird feeders and hung them up around the sparse branches of the forest for the birds to find. We even had a couple of visitors flying over during our reflection time.
This week Barbados and Jamaica class had their first experiences of visiting forest school.
They did lots of geat noticing and listening in order to learn the boundaries of forest school and how to keep themselves and each other safe out there.
We played some games to warm up, Ninja stick was a firm favourite! Then they were all eager to explore the forest and the activities available.
The mud kitchen was very busy with lots of wonderful creations being mixed and many children enjoyed making their very own leaf characters to take home.
