What a long way Year 2 have come in their Forest School journey. This morning they were totally immersed in the woodland. Building dens, creating games, planning and building bug houses, sharing skills, building new relationships, becoming leaders, the list goes on. More than all these things though is the utter joy on their faces as they forgot all the stresses of the world and played together.
During reflection the children talked about working with different people. It wasn’t formerly planned, it just seemed to happen organically, but they said it was really exciting and funny. We tried to work out why it had happened today in particular, their response: “It kind of just happened.” Many children worked on more than one project, successfully navigating different friendship groups is not easy but their maturity and supportive approach was abundant.
Principle 2: Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural wooded environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world.
Article 28 – We all have the right to a good quality education.
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- This den was epic.
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- Many hands and clear leadership made light work.
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- The bug hotel starting to take shape.
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- Very proud of this little shelter that had a whole story line too.
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- Testing out for comfort.
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- Planning.
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- An entranceway was set up.
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- A beautiful dried leaf showing the delicacy of nature.
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- These girls created a really inviting shelter. Using branches woven into the blackthorn to make a canopy.
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- Adding detail.
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- Fishing from the entry bridge.
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- A bridge was set up to enter this den.
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- So proud of their hard work.
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- The drawbridge required a password to enter.
