Newsletter 2 - 1.10.21

Learning Outdoors...
The past two weeks have seen lots of action happening in our forest school area.
In KS1, the children have explored the story of Blow Your Nose Big Bad Wolf, where
the wolf has accidentally sneezed and knocked down the houses of the little pigs.
The children discovered that the wolf had actually met lots of other animals and also
sneezed their houses down too so they had to use natural resources to create mini
dens to keep the animals warm and dry. Year 2 had the extra challenge of having to
create tripod shelters.
Years 3, 4 and 5 been learning how to make small fires, working out what works and
what not to do in the process. Of course this was followed by toasting marshmallows
and making smores. We have been really impressed with their determination and persistence,
especially as the fire steels can be very tricky to get used to using.
Year 6 have been learning to use a range of tools including bow saws, mallets, splitters
and whittling knives. Some children chose to whittle their own butter knives using
the whittling knives - there were some impressive first attempts. Others chose to
put their skills to the test by using all of the tools to make their very own mallet.