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...
by Lansbury | Jan 17, 2022 | Forest School, Hepworth Class 2021/22, Hokusai Class 2021/22
Forest school kicked off this term with Hokusai class! Forest school is intended to help with our mental health and wellbeing, build a stronger relationship with the nature around us and improve skills such as teamwork and resilience. We spent some time discussing how...
by Lansbury | Oct 19, 2021 | Forest School, Lichtenstein Class 2021/22
This week in Forest School, we were particularly interested in the autumn leaves all around us. There were such a beautiful range of shades and tones as well as the usual differences in shape and size. “There are so many leaves on the ground because it is...
by Lansbury | Oct 11, 2021 | Forest School
It was a beautiful, warm afternoon for Forest School this afternoon and we began with a sensory walk, feeling the different textures, listening out for any natural sounds (trying hard to block out the man made sounds of the road!) and smelling different plants in the...
by Lansbury | Sep 13, 2021 | Forest School, Music
Year 5 had our first Forest School Session today, with a group of children going out into the Secret Garden to explore our surroundings. We used all our senses to explore the area and see what we noticed around us. There were lots of glistening snail trails, crunching...