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Worms are superheroes! During our Forest Sessions this term, Darling Class have been very excited to uncover wriggly and wiggly worms beneath the soil. So, today we shared the story Superworm and created a wormery to house these very special superheroes.
A lovely afternoon in Forest school
Reception and Year 1 spent a sunny afternoon in Forest school today. We had fun playing Sleeping Bear and learning a bit about the deep sleep that bears are able to enter into; going for months without food or water which we could never do! Then we had time to explore the areas and choose our own activities, which included trying out some of the new den building equipment, climbing, digging, cooking in the mud kitchen and a spot of bug hunting.
Yesterday we spent a wonderful afternoon in Stanton woods bringing nature to life in our Predator tracks prey game with our buddies.
Discovering how to follow a trail, predators tried to track down their prey without being spotted. This activity had everyone strategising as we thought about where best to hide while also remaining vigilant and then thinking about how to track stealthily and silently.
A fantastic opportunity to develop strategic thinking, focus, using the senses, teamwork, communication, being active, predator-prey relationship, connection with nature, role play.
Making magic wands was a fantastic opportunity for the children to begin the art of knots - adorning their wands by wrapping beautiful ribbons and then attempting a single or even double overhand knot!
It was also a perfect activity for a spot of whittling too!
We began the session with an oral retelling of the traditional tale 'The Magic Porridge Pot'...
which led to the creation of a variety of different porridge concoctions...
There were also houses to build and homes to furnish...
Teddies to zipline...
and broomsticks to ride!
Sharing the story 'We're going on an egg hunt' by Martha Mumford really sparked the children's imaginations.
We had bunnies appearing on the trees...
and even the big, bad wolf...
Many of the children decided to make their own eggs and took great care of them...
laying blankets over them...
wrapping them up...
building them a nest and feeding them...
and with all of this great care, do you know what????! Cracks started to appear in the shells ...
beaks appeared...
then legs and wings...
and purple rabbits and flying unicorns hatched!
