Forest Schools and outdoor learning for Year 1 and Year 2
In addition to the outdoor learning sessions Mrs Fletcher runs, this year Mrs Bennett is also running forest school/outdoor learning sessions for Year 1 and Year 2. The children have begun their outdoor learning by learning the rules to keep safe while working outside and also to begin to learn about some of the plants and animals we have in our woodland area. Each year group have adopted trees for the year and it is our hope that they will watch how these trees change throughout the seasons and begin to learn a bit about how they are used by humans and animals throughout the year. Year 1 have adopted a silver birch, holly and apply tree and Year 2 have adopted a sycamore, hazel and oak tree. The children have explored the woodland area through joining in games and have begun to look at their surroundings more closely with activities such as cloud gazing and sound bathing (listening to the sounds of the woodland). Over the last 2 weeks they have learnt their first knot, the clove hitch, which they will be able to practise and apply to other crafts and activities in later sessions.
