Our Forest School Archive: 2016-2017

Welcome to Forest School! Please visit this page to see copies of letters that have been sent out, dates and photos of what we have been up to.

Last week of Forest School

As it was our last week at Forest School we collected lots of wood for a fire. Then we cooked popcorn! We thought about all the things we had learnt and remembered some of the fun things we have done.

Today we made trees!

Last week a tree had to be cut down from the Nuffield hospital site, and it felt a bit bare. We decided to paint some new trees, and used our hands and feet as well as brushes!

Magic wands, magic recipes and magic potions!

Making Green Men...with mud!

We used a fire steel to make a fire

In small groups, the children used a fire steel to make a small fire. Initially setting fire to a piece of cotton wool. Next they added Vaseline to another piece of cotton wool, which allowed them to add small amounts of fuel.

During this activity the children had to:

remember the safety protocols
use team working skills including taking turns and talking to each other
deal with set backs and persevere to achieve the desired outcome
help each other and celebrate success.

And it was great fun too!

We made Stick Men!

Fire safety - 17th January 2017

During this session the children were shown how to safely light and extinguish a candle using a match. This activity was done one-to-one with an adult. The purpose of the activity was to:

help develop resilience, as many children find this action quite hard to master
help develop listening skills and following multi-part instructions, and
give children an understanding of the safety measures needed around matches, candles and fire.

The activity is a precursor to using a fire steel.