This week in our Forest School we have been learning about predators and how they hunt. Linking to last weeks lesson about kestrals, the children played a game where they were the prey. Miss Rowe was the kestral on the hunt. The mice have to creep and forage in the woods, trying to stay out of sight of the kestral as she moves around the woodland. Once the mice hear the kestrals cry “kee-kee” they have 5 seconds to camouflage themselves.
We often think of camouflage only in terms of colour however it is as much to do with stillness as it is blending into the background. Most predators are drawn by movement so being absolutely still can help evade attack. At each round the children have one second less to hide, until finally they had only one second. Once they played a few times in the woodland they then had to try out in open space on the field. This is where making yourself still and small really comes into play.
They then tried their hand at hunting in the game A Skulk of Foxes. Can the foxes use their fox walking skills to creep up on the hare that has large ears which can rotate 360 degrees?
