At Hickling we were excited to welcome a visitor from another school who had heard about us doing Forest School and wanted to see it in action! She was impressed with our den building and helped us create mud soup in our mud kitchen! We sat and had our hot chocolate around the fire and talked to her about what we enjoyed at Forest School.
Finally the Reception Class at Sutton and Panthers Class at Catfield started their Forest School sessions this term. The younger children love the game '1, 2, 3 where are you' and always ask to play this. They also love looking for minibeasts and playing on our tree swing. Mr Hall's Class got stuck into den building, tried to fly on a particularly windy day using a tarpaulin and helped to build the fire for hot chocolate and marshmallows.
As the sunshine made a return, we were able to find lots of spring treasures to be creative with. Some of us made cards using natural materials, others of us perfected our weaving skills.
At Sutton and Hickling we found newts thriving in our ponds and we loved watching them swim up to the surface and then dive back down under the weed.
Catfield Cheetah's enjoyed lots of den building, returning week after week to add to their creations and displaying excellent team work. They also helped me to collect lots of branches from the oak trees that the farmer had cut down the lane. One of the children said it was the best thing they had ever done at school - taking a branch for a walk down the lane!
