Teaching our children about the wonder of fire is an important part of Forest School life and is particularly relevant at this time of the year. We start with good safe practice entering and exiting the fire pit area. The children started practicing last term so this week they had a test session to
Our Nursery children had fun in the Autumn sun during their Forest School session. Their first challenge was to collect yellow leaves, they found some really brightly coloured ones. Then they moved onto red and finally orange. Once they’d filled their bags they gathered armfuls of sticks and we head
Wands and broomsticks, potions and ghosts, Year 6 created all sorts of spooky things for Halloween. Using Formia leaves to make fastenings the children worked together to create some fantastic broomsticks, smelly ones, using thyme, sage, mint and lemon balm. Fluffy ones made from rose bay willow her
Over the past two weeks, Year Six have been studying different sketching techniques in Art lessons. The children looked at how to represent texture, light and shadow, perspective, reflection and movement. First, they practised their skills by sketching a realistic apple and a scene where mountains a
In Art, Year Two have been learning all about Henri Matisse. They learned that Henri Matisse was a famous artist, who was born in France. When he first became an artist, he liked to paint but, after he had had an operation, he started to create collages. He called this ‘painting with scissors’. The
In Year 3, the boys and girls have been developing their printing skills during our Art topic. The children began by learning how to roll the ink and explored the patterns created using different textures. Once the children were confident using the ink and roller, they used their skills to create a
Year 2 begin to learn more about tools and construction within their Forest School sessions. First sorting the hammers into different types, then we looked at what each type might be used for. We also talked about what you could use if you didn’t have a hammer and how could you improvise. The childr
In our Forest School this week children from Reception and Nursery looked for materials that would be good for making paintbrushes. They found all sorts of hairy, fluffy, furry and leafy materials. Some of the more dexterous wound these items around and attached them to sticks, others picked plants
Art has been so much fun for the last two weeks. The children learnt about the primary colours – red, blue and yellow and then experimented with different styles of printing. Firstly they printed with a range of objects such as Lego, cups and sponges. We noticed that sometimes the colours merg
This week in Art, the children were introduced to the artform of ‘batik’. This process involves a design being traced onto a piece of cloth, which is then covered with wax. The piece of cloth is then dyed and the wax removed. Once removed, the cloth will reveal an intricate pattern as the dye will n
