Stanton St QuintinPrimary School

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Forest School

Welcome to Forest School pages. We hope you enjoy looking and reading about our Forest School experiences. 

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  • Predator Tracks Prey

    Published 08/06/23

    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.

     

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  • First steps to mastering knots

    Published 25/04/23

    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!

     

     

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  • Magic Porridge

    Published 19/04/23

    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!

     

     

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  • Eggs -citing Forest School

    Published 27/03/23

    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!

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  • Celebrating Earth Day

    Published 23/03/23

    This week we have been celebrating Earth Day. We shared the story 'I Love Earth' by Todd Parr and chatted about all the things that we love about our earth and what we can do to help keep it wonderful.

    Then what better way to celebrate Earth Day than with mud cakes, making moss footballs, climbing trees, looking for worms and getting creative with nature...

      

      

      

      

     

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  • Teamwork

    Published 19/03/23

    We had an exhilarating time in the woods today, with a focus on collaboration, knots and fun!

    The children were split into four teams and went away to think of a Team Name and create a picture to represent their team outside their den...

    We had Team Snake...

    Team Pro...

    Team Wild 

    And Team Badger

     

    Then it was time to work on tactics and play Capture the Flag!

     

     

     

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