RECEPTION

Reception children visit Forest School bi-weekly and work alongside Mrs Bodian, Forest School Leader.  They have an opportunity to:

• Den building
• Treasure hunts
• Fire building and lighting
• Child led learning
• Clay faces
• Leaf Printing
• Mini beast hunts
• Team games
• Maths skills (e.g., measuring, counting)
• Literacy (e.g., forming letters, phonics).

YEARS 1 AND 2

Children in years 1 and 2 visit Forest School weekly on a rotating termly basis.  They work alongside Miss Chambers, Forest School Leader.  The children take part in:

• Scavenger hunts
• Fire building and lighting
• Mini beast hunts
• Pond dipping
• Den building
• Basic whittling skills using carrot peelers
• Literacy (e.g., creative writing, phonics)
• Maths (e.g., counting, reasoning). 

YEAR 3

Moving on from their early experiences of Forest School, children in Year 3 work alongside Miss Chambers, Forest School Leader during the Summer term to further enhance their outdoor learning skills.  The children are given the opportunity to:

• Whittling – using age appropriate whittling tools.  
• The  children produce pendants and butter knives
• Woodland management
• Fire building techniques
• Cooking on fire
• Minibeasts hunts / habitats using reference books
• Care of the Environment.