Forest School Nonsense Poems

As part of our All About the Team theme across the Forest School term the children were challenged to collaborate in their groups to create nonsense poems. The older children tried their hand at limericks or poems with rhyming couplets and the younger children were given a simpler poem to fill in adjectives and rhyming words. Some classes created their poems outside, others in class. The poems could be silly but should include British wildlife. Once completed they could then create the creatures and objects from their poems from clay and natural materials.

The results were really impressive, this was an unusual challenge for a Forest School session. The children don’t expect to suddenly have a writing task thrown their way. However they proved beyond a doubt that the skills that they have been working on in terms of positive communication, negotiation and resilience are very transferable. No matter the task if the teamwork is good then success and certainly enjoyment are much more likely.

The Holistic Learning Principle: Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all those involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.

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