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Northam care Trust visit
Posted on February 2, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | 2 responses
Some children from Parkham had fun today at Northam Care Trust in Bideford helping them clear an area for their very own log circle area and fire pit. We also got to have fun holding and feeding their chickens Omlette, Hero, Hey Hey.
Crafty piggies
Posted on February 1, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today we had a visit from Horace, Boris and Percy and foxdown had to make a potion to make them big again!. We had fun bird watching and making bird feeders, making trees with ours hands and feet and woodland scene pictures from items they could find in our forest school area.
Piggies, potions and birds
Posted on January 31, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
What an exciting afternoon. We had a visit from Horace, Boris and Percy!!! Orleigh had to make a potion to make them big again. They also explored bird watching whilst some made bird feeders. We also had a vote on what version of the three little pigs they enjoyed the most over our last fee […]
RSPB Birdwatch 2024
Posted on January 30, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
We had great fun finishing our bird hides. We then had some time to doing the UK rspb birdwatch survey for 2024.
The third little pig and potions
Posted on January 29, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Last week in forest school we had a visit from the three little pigs but unfortunately the wolf left a magic potion around that he got from Alice in wonderland so Percy and his brick had shrunk!!!! We also explored clay modeling with natural materials
Northam care trust visit and cooking
Posted on January 29, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
On Friday a group of children from Melbury and goldworthy were lucky to do some cooking with clients from Northam care trust. They decided to show them our Stone pot soup story. There was even first times s’mores that were had! Amazing work and they can’t wait to visit the caretrust on Friday.
Birch farm trip
Posted on January 29, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
We had a great time today at Birch farm. The children got to learnt how to start the process of planning at syntropics. They were all excited after measuring out the beds where the plants will go they learnt from this they can work out the volume of mulch they would need. They then talked […]
Hunting for clues and forest school archery
Posted on January 24, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
This week the class had fun in the wind with a hunt around the outside for clues then ended with an archery challenge was made difficult by the wind.
A visit from one of the three little pigs
Posted on January 24, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today foxdown were surprised when they had a letter from one of the pigs asking for help with his stick house. They’re a bit worried now that next week we will get a visit from the final pig to build his brick house!!!!!
A surprise visit from Boris
Posted on January 24, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Orleigh was very excited we had a surprise visit from one of the little pigs today. He needed help with his stick house. They also explored the yurt and saw the first sign of spring with a big patch if three cornered leek growing in the field. They had fun leaf rubbing and had a […]
Den building for our RSPB birdwatch
Posted on January 23, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today we were den building or hide building ready for our bird watch with the RSPB.
Natural art
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
ice drilling was fun today as well as leaf rubbing. We also had a visit from the first little pig he had left Foxdown some straw so they could help him build his house. They did a great job.
Horace came to visit.
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
We had a great first forest school session of the year. There was loads of new things to explore. But the most exciting thing that happened was we had a visit from Horace who was the first little pig who built his house out of straw. They had so much building their own den […]
Chilly first session
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
we had a very chilly first session. Having fun in the mud kitchen, reading stories to each other and den building.
Trees and birds
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
Today we had a visitor in our forest school session. A little Robin, the children learnt how Robin are the only birds that look the same whether they are female or male. We then did some tree measuring they learnt some new skills in measuring the height of a tree and working out how old […]
First session of term.
Posted on January 8, 2024 | By forestschoolleader
We had a very chilly first session but we warmed up with hot chocolate or hot blackcurrant. We had fun exploring ways to work out how old a tree is and the height. They then found ice that had frozen in all the mud kitchen pans.
Tythecott go treasure hunting!
Posted on December 13, 2023 | By skersey
Tythecott class went on geo cache during forest school last week. They used Google Maps to track it down around the village of Buckland Brewer. Ask the children what they had to do? Games and using the mud kitchen finished our time off. Thank you to Lee Honey who has been invaluable with helping us […]
Cooking fun
Posted on December 12, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today sunflowers and Cranford got cook on the fire gor the first time. They had so much fun making, cooking and of course eating. We talked about how fire is hot and dangerous. They loved listening ti it crackle and pop.
Cooking and Christmas crafts
Posted on December 12, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
We had a great time cooking onnthe fire for our last session this term. We had damper bread with chocolate chips and pasta. We made wreaths and Christmas trees pit of willow. There was also another cool way of looking at states of matter where we looked at liquid turning to gas with a water […]