Forest Schools

Woodpeckers Forest School with Art

by | 12 Dec 2024 | Art & Design, Forest Schools, History, Woodpeckers

Earlier this term the children enjoyed their Art lessons within forest schools; they explored the ceramic artists Ranti Bam and Rachel Whiteread, and looked at their pieces of work and created their own using similar techniques. The children have had a fabulous time sculpturing bugs, pinch pots, patterned clay tiles and finally designed their very […]

Owls’ First Day Back

by | 11 Nov 2024 | Forest Schools, Geography, Owls

The Owls had a great first day back on Tuesday. We had an immersion morning to launch our new topic on Crete. One of the activities was to make 3D maps of Crete using plasticine. In the afternoon, we did Forest School. The children had a great time feeding the birds, making s’mores and making […]

Autumn Themed Forest Schools

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children had their last ‘Forest Schools’ session of this half term with Mrs Clark, Debs and Mrs Martin. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and listened to Mrs Martin. They were told that they were going to make some yummy apple slices on the fire and were reminded not to walk inside […]

Thinking about Bird Wildlife in Forest Schools

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children had their‘ Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Mrs Martin. The children sat in the tree stump circle and talked about birds and how we will need to start thinking about looking after them during the winter months. The children listened to a bird song (Mrs Martin had toy birds with their […]

Schools’ Farm and Country Show

by | 5 May 2024 | Eco School, Forest Schools, Owls, Science, Trips, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday 17th April, Years 3, 4 and 5 attended the Schools’ Farm and Country Show at Trinity Park in Ipswich. The children were able to take part in lots of different activities looking at all aspects of farming, growing and food production. First we looked at how willow is used to make cricket bats. […]

Three Little Pigs

by | 4 Apr 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children joined Mrs Martin for another Forest School session with Miss Jones and Miss Bailey. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest School area. This half term the sessions will focus on the farm. Today the children enjoyed learning about pigs. The children listened to the story […]

Forest Schools

by | 3 Mar 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children joined Mrs Martin for another Forest School session with Miss Jones and Mrs Clark. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area. Mrs Martin spoke to the children about Spring as it’s the first day of Spring tomorrow. The children walked around the woods and […]

Seeds, Ice and Frog Spawn

by | 3 Mar 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children joined Mrs Martin for another Forest School session with Miss Jones and Mrs Clark. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area. Mrs Martin talked to the children about planting seeds ready for summer. The Year Six children had already being planting some seeds and […]

Not a Stick

by | 2 Feb 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children enjoyed another ‘Forest Schools’ session with Mrs Martin, Miss Jones and Mrs Clark. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area. The session was focused around the story ‘Not a Stick’. Mrs Martin read the children the story. The children were then given a challenge […]

RSPB Bird Watch

by | 2 Feb 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers, Science

The children became bird watchers and went into the Forest Schools area to see what birds they could see and to count how many. They spotted a Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Wren, Pigeon, Seagull and Blackbird. They completed an RSPB check sheet and the results will be uploaded for the Big Bird watch. […]

Owls Forest School

by | 1 Jan 2024 | Art & Design, Forest Schools, Owls

This half term, Owls class are doing weekly Forest School sessions. We are linking these to our topic on the Battle of Hastings and the Norman invasion. In this week’s den building challenge, children were challenged to build a den as similar as possible to a Norman castle. They had to find and saw their […]

Bird Watching Forest Schools

by | 1 Jan 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers, Visitors

The children enjoyed another ‘Forest Schools’ session with Mrs Martin, Miss Jones and Mrs Clark. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area. The children focused the session around the RSPB Birdwatcher. They talked about birds that they may see in their garden and they looked at […]