Newsletter 2 - 1.10.21
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Learning Outdoors...<br />
The past two weeks have seen lots of action happening in our forest school area.<br />
In KS1, the children have explored the story of Blow Your Nose Big Bad Wolf, where<br />
the wolf has accidentally sneezed and knocked down the houses of the little pigs.<br />
The children discovered that the wolf had actually met lots of other animals and also<br />
sneezed their houses down too so they had to use natural resources to create mini<br />
dens to keep the animals warm and dry. Year 2 had the extra challenge of having to<br />
create tripod shelters.<br />
Years 3, 4 and 5 been learning how to make small fires, working out what works and<br />
what not to do in the process. Of course this was followed by toasting marshmallows<br />
and making smores. We have been really impressed with their determination and persistence,<br />
especially as the fire steels can be very tricky to get used to using.<br />
Year 6 have been learning to use a range of tools including bow saws, mallets, splitters<br />
and whittling knives. Some children chose to whittle their own butter knives using<br />
the whittling knives - there were some impressive first attempts. Others chose to<br />
put their skills to the test by using all of the tools to make their very own mallet.