by Lansbury | May 23, 2022 | Forest School, Hokusai Class 2021/22
The Secret Garden was filled with the sound of hammering again this afternoon as Hokusai Class had their trn at creating Happa Zome leaf prints in Forest School. First we learnt about the different trees in the Secret Garden including Oak, Field Maple, Hazel, Hawthorn...
by Lansbury | May 16, 2022 | Forest School, Hepworth Class 2021/22
We had great fun in Forest school today creating leaf prints using the Japanese artistic technique of Hapa Zome (pronounced Hap-pa – zo-MAY). First, we learnt the names of the trees in the secret garden and played I-spy to test our knowledge. Then, we worked in...
by Lansbury | Apr 25, 2022 | Forest School, Hepworth Class 2021/22, Music
If you go into the Secret Garden, you will see strange faces staring at you from the trees… May day marks the ancient festival of the end of spring and beginning of summer. The ancient people of Britain believed that The Green Man, spirit of the trees, was the...
by Lansbury | Mar 14, 2022 | Forest School, Hokusai Class 2021/22
Year 3 had fun in Forest School this afternoon learning knots and working in teams to create frames out of sticks. It was hard getting the knots right but with resilience and teamwork we all were successful! When it was difficult, my team helped me, we worked together...
by Lansbury | Feb 28, 2022 | Forest School, Hokusai Class 2021/22
This week in Forest School, Hokusai practised their team work skill with a team building game called ‘Head Honcho’. The group had to copy the actions of a leader without them being caught by the detective. It took a lot of non-verbal communication and...
by Lansbury | Feb 21, 2022 | Forest School, Hepworth Class 2021/22
Hepworth class finally got the chance to experience their first Forest School session this week. After discussing the main rules of Forest School: look after ourselves, look after each other, look after nature, we played some team building games to improve our...
