Shelter Building

Children in different year groups have been making, hopefully, waterproof shelters to keep themselves dry. Each group has had a session on knot tying and constructing a shelter frame. Then came the real test where children had to make the whole shelter using a plastic sheet and tested them out with water. Some windy days made this real fun as with the plastic sheeting on the whole shelter toppled over.
Here are some pictures of the successful and not so successful.

Comments from the children

Hello Mr Crees next time I do forest school with you I'll bring my nature book in.  FL

Hello Mr Crees! I just feel great that M found an elf on the floor and we discovered how to make a house for them! I also just feel great about Santa sent us a message! It was so much fun! GF xxxxxx

Father Christmas

Now as you are almost certainly aware elves are woodland creatures who work very hard for Father Christmas during the autumn and winter and after a short holiday in the sun at Father Christmas' expense they return home for the spring and summer seasons.

So Father Christmas has been in contact with the children at Lyndon Green Forest School asking for their help to rehouse elves after Christmas who have had their woodland homes destroyed while they have been working for him in the busy lead up to Christmas.

Here are some of the elf houses created by the children can you spot all the sky TV's they've included and the home gymnasiums? I think it will be complete luxury for any elves being rehoused here.

Father Christmas has been in contact again to thank all the children who have helped his homeless elves. He has also visited the homes to sprinkle fairy dust to make them invisible to humans ready for his elves to take up residence in the spring term.
Oh and one last request, he says that there are still a number of elves to be rehoused so if any children could make a home in their back gardens and send in a picture he would be very pleased.

Happy Christmas to you all.