We had a great time in Forest School. We looked for fairies and counted how many we found. We then enjoyed delicious hot chocolate to warm us up.

Year 3 really enjoyed their first Forest School session! They used their 5 senses to find objects to match the things in Ms Turner-Jones’s tray. They enjoyed walking on the slack line, hunting for bugs and being outdoor explorers. Finishing off with toasted apples on the campfire dipped in cinnamon sugar.

Today in Forest School, reception children embraced the outdoors and let their imaginations run wild! Using natural clay and the inspiration around them, they each created their own unique clay models – from animals to magical creatures! 🐾🐍🦄

As they explored the outdoor environment, the children collected natural materials like twigs, leaves, and stones to add special details to their creations. This hands-on activity helped develop their fine motor skills, creativity, and connection with nature.

Our Reception children had a truly magical time at Forest School this week! They were busy exploring the great outdoors with imagination, curiosity, and lots of muddy fun!

🔍 We went on a fairy hunt, searching under logs, behind trees, and in the leaves to see if we could spot signs of fairy life — footprints, sparkles, and even tiny fairy houses! 🧚

🍃 In the mud kitchen, the children whipped up marvellous muddy creations — from “fairy soup” to “forest cakes” — using sticks, leaves, and heaps of imagination.

🌞 Some children chose to relax in the hammock, listening to the sounds of the forest and enjoying some peaceful, mindful moments among the trees.

It’s wonderful to see the children connecting with nature, building friendships, and developing their creativity and independence in such a joyful way. Well done, little explorers!

Reception loved doing an Easter egg hunt in Forest School. They followed clues to find the treasure. They had to tick off the pictures when they found them. Everybody then had a chocolate Easter lolly. It was great fun!

What a lovely afternoon Reception had at forest schools. We climbed trees, went on the swing, made slides and see saw, used two buckets to make some weighing scales and of course plenty of bug hunting.

So many amazing activities at Forest School this afternoon! We’ve been whittling wood, using the saw to cut pieces of wood, using the tool station and looking at cloud formations as well as our favourite activities such as the mud kitchen and tightrope.

Another wonderful afternoon in Forest School. First, we learnt how to make a timber hitch knot. We used clay to make animal footprints as well as setting a safe trap (with peanut butter!). Hopefully, we will see some little animal footprints when we open the traps on Monday. We also used cold charcoal from last week’s fire to make pencils and made potions in the mud kitchen. To finish off, we toasted apples over the campfire.

What a fabulous afternoon we’ve had at Forest School! We started with a treasure hunt followed by balancing on the slack line, climbing trees, building dens, trying out the new hammock and bug hunting. And it wouldn’t be Forest School without hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows on the campfire. 🔥

In Year 1, the children have been taking part in a forest school experience. They learnt lots of skills and had a Gruffalo hunt!

Our last Forest School of the year. We cooked on the fire and made lots of interesting things. Well done Class 1!

In Forest School, Year 1 learnt how to use a bow saw to create discs to draw on. We then had some delicious hot chocolate!

In Forest School, Year 1 were carrying on learning lots of new skills, including how to whittle a carrot and walking on a slack line.

EYFS had an amazing time at Forest schools. We learnt so much and really enjoyed the toasted marshmallows and hot chocolate!

A fantastic final afternoon of Forest School with Ms Turner-Jones & Mr K. The fire has been burning all afternoon as children have been baking chocolate orange sponges which tasted delicious. On top of this, children enjoyed the full range of usual activities such as den building and whittling.

Thanks to Ms Turner-Jones & Mr K!

A lovely first session at Forest School with Ms Turner-Jones. This year, Year 6 are looking at survival skills and children were challenged to filter some dirty water. Other tasks included a bug hunt, wood whittling & den building. Of course, the session was ended with a fire and s’mores!

Today our pupils helped to create our ‘Beebay’ with a variety of habitats for wildlife to enjoy.

The children also planted shrubs to create a green wall on our school grounds.

Our horticulturalists were very impressed with their collaboration, resilience and care for nature.

Our horticulturalists, pupils and parents worked on the next phase of the Nature Park Project. Trees and shrubs were planted to help create ‘green walls’ and wild gardens in our school grounds. The allotment was also tended too: weeding and more planting.

Today are Green Team and pupils, staff, parents and horticulturalist Andy worked on the school allotment. Pathways were cleared, bark chip cleared to reduce weeds and enable access. They planted vegetables, salad and herbs plants to provide food for our pupils eat. They also started to restore the pond to promote biodiversity and a home for frogs. Our pupils loved meeting the frogs!

Another wonderful Friday Forest School for Class 5. This week, we were thinking about looking after our world and making eco friendly choices so we made beeswax wraps for food to replace single use plastic cling film. We also had great fun cooking and eating popcorn – yum! Plus, we whittled lots of creative things from wood. We cannot wait until next Friday!

What a superb afternoon at Forest School!! We learnt how to tie lots of knots, built dens, made a swing and much more… we cannot wait until next week.

This afternoon we have been enjoying our first Forest Schools session. We learned about safe tool use, fire safety, bug and tree identification and how to build a den amongst many other things. We really enjoyed our S’mores too

Today, Year 6 finished their Forest School learning by visiting Wollaton Park. Children participated in a scavenger hunt, created mini-habitats for their clay creatures as well the usual den-building and tree climbing. Thanks to Ms Turner-Jones for so many wonderful sessions; Year 6 have loved it!

On Friday, Year 6 had their second Forest School session with the amazing Ms Turner-Jones. Children completed a range of activities including den-building, cloud hunting and making bows and arrows. The session concluded with the usual fire and yummy s’mores – we’re already looking forward to the next session…

Class 3 had another fabulous afternoon doing Forest School! We made animal footprints in clay, threaded twig necklaces and used a flint and steel to create sparks. In the classroom, Ms Turner-Jones taught us how to tie different knots. We finished the afternoon off with apples roasted on the campfire and coated in cinnamon sugar!

Class 3 have loved their first Forest School session! We have climbed trees, done bark rubbings, sawn wood, hunted for bugs and birds amongst lots of other exciting activities. Mrs Reddings loved the worm measurer! We finished the session around the campfire eating smores and drinking hot chocolate. We can’t wait for next week!

Making mini fires, mini animal dens, traps, digging for treasure, making animal footprints, jewellery and so much more! It was the best!

What an amazing afternoon in forest schools – we had the best time pretending to be Percy the park keeper. We made dens, jewellery, firework conkers, tree swings, toasted marshmallows to make smores and so much more! It was the best day ever!

In today’s session, the children went on a mini beast hunt and explored the grounds looking for and identifying trees. They displayed great teamwork and observations skills.