Forest School Fun

Salt painting on tree cookies and seed bombs 🦋🐝 Happy Earth Day! @Muddyfaces @Lea_Forest_HT @teach_outdoors @ElvyCurious @landartforkids @beeoutdoors9 @ForestSchoolFun

T’was great to welcome @ysubcharity out to us. The kids were amazing & got stuck in lighting fires, sawing, planting, hammering, creating, climbing and swinging around. So many laughs and happy faces 😊 @Muddyfaces @FsCuriosity @Lea_Forest_HT @teach_outdoors @ForestSchoolFun

It’s been a busy weekend of sawing - but so worth it to hear the kids squeals as they ran outside, ‘It’s a pirate ship!!’ The water system was popular, as they adjusted the tubes and guttering on the handmade frames to make the water flow @Muddyfaces @StreatleySch @FsCuriosity

Great excitement @BrizePrimary today, as we discovered a dinosaur nest🦖Lots of talk about how to help the dinosaurs hatch. We also made Hapazome 🦕 flags, tree cookies, skeletons and @Muddyfaces clay dinosaur footprints @StreatleySch @ElvyCurious @landartforkids @FloraSCooper

A muddy-handed robin - excellent festive art.

🐾 We are collaborating with @florisbooks this month and we are giving away a copy of the beautifully illustrated Gerda Muller book 'Whose Footprints Are These?' For a chance to win like and re-tweet. Closing date - MN 10th Dec. Winners will be DM on 11th Dec

We have been loving the #Christmas theme at #forestschool Every year, we get new ideas where the children can explore using new tools and express their creativity using nature. Love it!💚🎄@Muddyfaces @StreatleySch @Lea_Forest_HT @ElvyCurious @ForestSchoolFun

@Muddyfaces @StreatleySch @FsCuriosity @ElvyCurious @Lea_Forest_HT Of course 😊

@ForestSchoolFun @StreatleySch @FsCuriosity @ElvyCurious @Lea_Forest_HT Your blackberry ink pic is wonderful - may we add it to our blackberry inspirations page? (with credit to you of course) muddyfaces.co.uk/activities/wha…

We have been back in school this week and loving it! We had a go at leaf silhouettes using blackberry ink, Hapazome and fox tree cookies with bark leaves 😊💚 @Muddyfaces @StreatleySch @FsCuriosity @ElvyCurious @Lea_Forest_HT @ForestSchoolFun

Good luck to the Lionesses today #WorldCupFinal #makinghistory @ForestSchoolFun

Buttercup Hapazome, pinecone bees, honey cake - just some of our 🐝 themed activities…Did you know that bees have 5 eyes? This was just one of the facts we talked about yesterday alongside the lifecycle of a bee and pollination. @Muddyfaces @Lea_Forest_HT @ForestSchoolFun

The theme of the day was, The Coronation; the kids got stuck in creating our natural Hapazome bunting & our joint commemorative plaque. Those that wanted to, sawed and decorated tree cookies…others went bug hunting, hung out in the hammocks and made mud cakes fit for a King!

A super busy (but super lovely) day out in the woods using tools to make some cracking stuff for Easter!! Also plenty of time to swing and chill in our hammocks😊💚 @Muddyfaces @lilmuddyboots @OutdoorFamMag @OxOutdoors @R2gBanbury @forestimaginatn @ForestSchoolFun

Well, the rain did not dampen our spirits today @BrizePrimary Candles, paracord bracelets, rock painting and chicks were a hit…and our campfire hot cross bun bread and butter pudding got the 👍🏼👍🏼@StreatleySch @ElvyCurious @teach_outdoors @Muddyfaces @ForestSchoolFun

We’ve been trying out some natural dyes at #Forestschool. So far we’ve boiled onion skins and beetroot - but are going to be stoking up the fire for spinach, turmeric and red cabbage. Can’t wait to see the results at our Easter clubs @Muddyfaces @forestimaginatn @ForestSchoolFun

@StreatleySch @BrizePrimary @ElvyCurious @Muddyfaces @FsCuriosity @Lea_Forest_HT @LilyZunic @forestschoolkid And easier than people think!

Some #creativelearning this week @BrizePrimary #birds Wire birds required some #Perseverance @ElvyCurious @Muddyfaces @FsCuriosity @Lea_Forest_HT @StreatleySch @LilyZunic @forestschoolkid @ForestSchoolFun

Another fabulous opportunity for kids #TimDunlopMemorialGraduate today. Lots of training and skills learned. #chasingdreams #noponynoproblem #Bourtonvale @cocklebarrow @ponyracinggb @BRSNewmarket @PtPPonyracing

We had lots of fun @BrizePrimary this week; using chopsticks to pick up pebbles, painting Chinese numbers, using stencils and retelling ‘The Great Race’ around the campfire. Lots of chatter, new skills learned, knowledge fun shared @Muddyfaces @ElvyCurious @ForestSchoolFun

@MsB07302320 @HCPScolchester @Muddyfaces Awesome pics!

Arctic conditions at Forest School today but Y5 stayed warm investigating the amazing ice formations in the muddy, leafy woods. Look at the columns attached to the underside of muddy puddles! ⁦@HCPScolchester⁩ ⁦@Muddyfaces⁩ ⁦@ForestSchoolFun⁩