Over the next term both Year 5 and 6 will be taking part in a variety of fire based activities. Whether preparing food, cooking, learning fire safety or fire lighting, it is important that the children are involved in setting these areas up. This gives them a sense of ownership and responsibility. As they then use these areas they can access what’s working well and what may need adapting. They also started using and organising the construction area near the fire pit so that construction and fire related work can run simultaneously.
Principle 4: Forest School offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.
Article 24 – We all have the right to healthy food.
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- Before Easter the other Year 6 class cut these pallets down to size.
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- The boys drove stakes into the ground in each corner to hold the pallets in place.
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- Then they connected the pallets together using cable ties to make a solid work bench.
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- Meanwhile some of the girls cleared out the weeds in the fire pit and removed any debris that coould be tripping hazards.
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- Are new cupboard was filled and organised.
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- Sawing down pallets for firewood.
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- Then the girls laid and lit the fire and we tried making some popcorn.
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- There was definitely a knack…..
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- …..so practice makes perfect…….
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- ….which sieves worked best, where in the fire was best for cooking without burning….
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- …..and finally some tasting. Happy faces and full tummies.
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- Meanwhile in the construction area some fantastic dens were made using all sorts of materials and re purposed objects.
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- These girls made their own houses.
