Forest School

Games we play in the forest

Eagle Eye - Is an elaborate variation of the game of hide-and -seek. It is an excellent game to teach
Children how to be comfortable down in the undergrowth and dirt. It also helps the children to be still and

quiet for extended periods and how to move quietly in the natural world.

The eagle stays at the tree and says eagle eyes are closing and then starts to count down. The children

then go and hide in the forest. When the eagle gets to zero they say eagle eyes are open and they have

to stay where they are and scan the area. If they see a child they say their name and that child comes

back and is out. The eagle will then say eagle eyes are closing and the children run back touch the big

rock and go and hide again.

Tiger and the hunter.

We send the hunter away and we chose the tiger. We then bring the hunter back and the children start

Year 4 10th July 2025

We had an amazing Forest school. My last one. We played eagle eye and made fruit kebabs with chocolate.

Then into the forest for some fun. Afterwards we did the bowl challenge where we had to get the water from one end of the line to the other using bowls. Some of the children got very wet.

Year 6. 4 th July 2025

Last forest school for year 6. Had a lovely time in the forest in the morning. In the afternoon we made fruit kebabs with chocolate then had a water fight.

Year 1. Forest school 20th June

A lovely hot day but nice and cool in the forest.

We made fairy wands using sticks and string and we added flowers and leaves to the top. Afterwards we went into the forest and the children loved the mud slide where they got very muddy. Some children went on the slack line. Lots of fun had by all.

Year 2 Forest school 13 June

The children made fruit kebabs and then drizzled chocolate over them yum yum.

Then into the forest for lots of fun.

Year 3 Forest school

Firstly, we did craft a called “God’s Eye”. It is an activity where wool is wrapped around a cross shaped. It is sometimes associated with prayers for protection for children. Their finished products were amazing.
Afterwards, they played eagle and the tiger huntsman. They also went on the slack line. Lots of fun had.

Year 6 Forest school 6th May

A lovely forest school, beautiful weather and an amazing class. We played eagle eye and a bowl challenge where they had to get the water over each others head and into the next bowl. We have some very wet children.

Friday 9th May

Year 5 Forest school.

The children made hanging baskets out of sticks and string. They used loppers to cut some sticks , made dens and a bug hotel.

Year 1 25th April 2025

The children had a great time drawing trees, birds and flowers for Earth day. Afterwards we went into the forest and they made garlic soup, climbed trees and dug in the mud pit.

Year 2 Forest school. 4.4.2025

We had a lovely sunny day. The children drew a design on their slice of bread using food colouring. Afterwards we toasted them on a fire. They then played in the forest had lots of fun.

Year 5 14.3.25

The children had an amazing first school. We did team building exercises. They really worked well together to come over challenges. Afterwards, they built shelters out of materials found in the forest.

Year 6 7th March 25

Today the children had to work together in teams to get the ball from, one end of the field to the other using guttering. it was quite a challenge. They had lots of fun!

What children think of forest school.

Year 1 14th February 25

As it was valentines day the children iced biscuits and decorated them before we went into the forest. Yum Yum! They learnt about the little people that live in our forest and that sneezy the dragon had come and destroyed their homes. The children then re-built their homes for them and had lots of fun playing.

Year 2 February 7th 25

We had an amazing forest school today. We listened to the story of super worm and then made their own superhero masks. Afterwards the children did a worm dance to make the worms come to the surface. They then made a wormery for their worms to live in.

Year 4 24th January 25

Today it was unsafe to go into the forest as it was to windy. So we did activities in the classroom. The children created their own bird feeders and then made a bird feeder.

Year 5 17th January 25

Year 5 children drew pictures of British birds. We have some great artists. Then children made a rope swing, digging for treasure and climbing trees.

Year 1 Reception and Nursey December 13th 24

Lots of fun climbing trees and digging pits. The children had to find the reindeers and collect food for the reindeers for Christmas eve.

Year 2 6th December 24

A great forest school today. Mud slide made, soup and lots of climbing trees. The children also made bird feeders out of cereal and string.

Year 3 29th November

Year 3 children made bird feeders using cereal and string. Then into the forest to roast apples and marshmallows on the fire.

Year 4 22nd November

The children made lovely bowls using salt dough out of leaves. Lots of fun and mess. Then down into the forest where it was very cold, but the children still had lots of fun.

Year 5 November 18th

Lots of fun making leaf bowls. Then of to the forest to climb trees, dig holes and get muddy.

Year 6 November 8th

Lots of fun making leaf bowls. Then some of the children got to use the whittling knives.

Reception and Nursery 25th October

Mrs Nolan read a story called Hazel and Gretal. Then the children followed the bread crumbs through the forest to the witch's house. They then made different mixtures from the witch's house. Some of the children used the binoculars to watch birds.

Year 1 October 18th

Lots of climbing trees, digging holes making soups with flowers and mud. Then we roasted marshmallows.

Year 2 11th October

The children made trolls out of clay. Then went down to the forest. They learnt about fires and the rules. They then got to roast marshmallows and made smores. Played in the mud kitchen, dug holes and had lots of fun.

Year 3 4th October

Today the children really enjoyed forest school they have completed some sculpture art work and created some volcanoes out of clay. Then went down to the forest and made mud soup and climbed trees.

Year 4 27th September

Lots of fun had in forest school today. Digging holes and mud pies made.

Year 5 20th September

We made smores lots of forest school fun. We made our own fire using flint and cotton wool.

Year 6 13th September

Today the children made living things out of clay related to their science topic, animals and living things. We then went down into the forest and the children had a go at making a fire. Then had yummy smores.