Pine class had lovely weather for forest school this afternoon. We began by reminding ourselves about keeping safe at forest school. The children knew to stay within the boundary markers, stay out of the fire square and never put things into their mouths.
We had fun playing the boundary game, spent some time exploring and made our forest school necklaces. Each child chose their forest school name, added this to their necklace and decorated it.
Then we learnt about the elder tree. We learnt that usually its leaves are in groups of 5 and it has a soft pith in the middle. Elder can be very useful for crafts and the children learnt how to make elder beads but removing the pith with a tent peg. It is important to always point the peg down towards the ground. The children used their elder beads to make bracelets and caterpillars.
We ended forest school with a drink and a biscuit which was most needed in the heat
Please send your children’s wellies, waterproof and change of clothes into school as soon as possible.
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