Nursery visited our Forest School today to look for signs of Autumn. Along the way they made some exciting discoveries, some small houses had appeared, strange holes in the ground, there were even some messages that looked like they were sent by fairies. The children went deep into the undergrowth t
Year 2 were thrilled to discover a whole village of strange dwellings had appeared in our Forest School. Who could have made them? Will they come back? Fairies, goblins or woodland creatures, the children were so excited. They decided to leave some messages for the visitors. First they collected som
In Reception this week we have been so busy thinking all about how to keep ourselves clean and healthy. During guided reading we focused on the book ‘Wiffy Wilson – The Wolf Who Wouldn’t Wash’. We shared the book during small group and found out the difference between good dirt and bad dirt. W
Applying some of their experience from last weeks den building session, Year 6 created miniature Anderson Shelters, linking to their current topic of World War 2. It was interesting to see the different ways the children approached this task, starting with a simple framework and building from there.
Year 6 are getting back into the swing of their Forest School sessions, they made the most of the Autumn weather to build some amazing shelters. Apart from the sheer creativity of the task, natural den building benefits the children in many ways. This week the dens had to be free-standing, use only
Friday 16th October is World Food Day. World Food Day is a day of action against hunger because when it comes to hunger, the only acceptable number in the world is zero. World Food Day celebrates the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organisations of the United Nations. As Harlow Green is Silver
The children in Reception were very excited this week, to welcome a new visitor to our classroom. Mr Bones made a rare trip out of the science cupboard to help us to learn all about our skeleton. The children were fascinated to meet him and asked lots of questions. They learnt that we have 206
Our Nursery children have been reading Stick Man this week, to help them to learn about families. After reading the story they went outside into our Forest School with Miss Rowe and collected some good sticks. These were brought back to nursery to make into stick people which they could take home. A
Stick Safety is a vital part of the children’s Forest School journey. In the willow house we encouraged the children to work out the best way to maneuver the materials. They then practiced in a circle watching each others techniques and making any changes. Once that was completed the children were s
Year 2 continue their investigations of our Forest School. It is important that they can move with confidence from area to area, finding smells and textures, bugs and plants, they begin to create a bank of information. This will help the children when we begin more specific activities, enabling th
