Year 3 Forest School

The children really embraced their time outside this afternoon and didn't let the cold weather spoil their enjoyment and learning. We played 'The Shouting Game' first to warm up and talked about how it made us feel (mostly out of breath!) The children then chose their activities with lots of inventive, collaborative 'cooking' going on in the mud kitchen today. Two of the children managed to light the fire and made sure to not leave it unattended so that we could keep safe and keep the fire going. The children then cut and whittled sticks of fresh willow for toasting marshmallows. Everyone came to the fire one at a time to toast their marshmallows and then sandwich them between two chocolate digestives to make smores. Some children also used the saw and palm drill to make reindeer decorations and others made ingenious characters out of leaves. In the log circle at the end, the children talked with pride about what they were good at during the session and shared anything new they had learnt. 

Many thanks, as always, to the wonderful volunteers who come to help us at Forest School. Your help is invaluable to the groups.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mrs Rassell