This morning in forest school
Over the forest school fire, melted chocolate, ice sculptures and made popcorn. Which of our changes were reversible and which ones were irreversible? Can I melt chocolate reverse the change?
Then we used autumn leaves and seeds to make some outdoor art.
We had a special visitor in the woods today, the Gruffalo came for a cup of tea. The Gruffalo had been visiting the children in Nursery.
The great fire took place today in Forest School, recreating Pudding Lane with the houses we made at home. The fire started in the Bakery but by the time we called for help, London was burning.
We have been learning all about different materials. The three little pigs built three different houses out of different materials. We all retold the story and then build our own houses for our little pigs.
This is a story of a man made of leaves and his journey over the earth’s landscape and the wonderful sights he sees as well as the friends he makes. Wow! did you know, as the plants break down the chlorophyll, the green colour disappears from their leaves. Depending on which chemicals are found in the leaf, they can turn different shades of yellow or orange or even red.
We used the Autumn leaves to create our own leaf man pictures.
Today, we looked at autumn seeds and leaves. The leaves are starting to turn different colours in our woods. The trees are producing many different seeds. They all look very different. We looked at small red hawthorn berries, sloe berries, conkers and the large spikey sweet chestnut.
Some of the animals are collecting seeds for winter, some hibernate and many birds migrate at this time of year. We each made a clay animal that could be found in our woods. We made hedgehogs, birds and squirrels.
Today was our first outing to Forest School, we learnt about the boundaries and started to learn the rules so we can play safely. We looked at the pond and had fun playing in the mud kitchen.
We used our navigational skills to navigate our way around the school grounds. We followed instructions and a map of the school grounds to navigate from point to point, marking our control points on the map with a red dot.
This week in Forest School we are learning to identify the different trees on our school grounds. We used the different shapes of the leaves to identify the Oak , Sycamore, Lime and Ash tree on the KS1 playground. This is the Sycamore leaf which has five fingers.
We are learning to identify trees, in winter we can use their bark, the shape of the tree and their buds. The Ash tree has black buds and the branches look they smile as the ends point upwards. The Oak has brown buds with lots of buds at the end of the twig. The Sycamore tree has large green buds.
In Forest School we are helping the birds that live in our local area. The children made their own bird feeders. The treat is packed full of energy to keep birds going, especially important in cold weather. We used lard to combine all our ingredients together, this is a good source of energy for the birds. The children added bird seed, dried meal worms and mixed dry fruit into the bowl and using our hands mixed all the ingredients together. They then squashed the mixture on a pine cone creating a ball shape.
