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.

Half Term Year 3

It's amazing to think that half a term has already gone by. All the children (nearly) have now had three lessons out in Forest School, enjoying the games and being amazingly creative whilst learning about life in the forest and linking ideas back to their class based learning.

Year 3 have made some super Roman Forts to link with their visit to Lunt Fort and it has been really interesting to see how each group has interpreted the activity and some of the great teamwork as they move logs and branches about the site and discuss, share and develop ideas.

Year 3 also had a super sunny day out in Forest School re enacting the story of Boudicca and her battles with the Roman.

Next half term they will be looking forward to exploring other aspects of the invaders including making Gods and building shelters using ideas borrowed from the Vikings.

Leaf Sewing

Lots of children have been interested to try their hand at leaf sewing this week. They have made their ideas into fairy dresses, bed linen, decorations for thrones, patterns and even a fairy boot. Here is a selection of their ideas.

Bug Hunting

Without a doubt the favourite activity over these two weeks has been bug hunting. Although a series of activities were planned for each group coming out, most of the children wanted to search for and identify the different mini creatures living on the site. As this was right in the middle of the warm spell at the end of September, many creatures kept themselves well hidden but this didn't dampen the enthusiasm and excellent searching skills of some children.

Here are some of the finds and finders.

Second Week

The whole school has now completed a first lesson in Forest School, learning about the plants and trees on the site, making maps, beginning whittling skills with vegetable peelers, making fairy plates and invaders searching for evidence of the inhabitants of the site.

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