Knighton Church in Wales Primary School
Caru Duw, Caru Pawb, Caru Dysgu
We used a Timber Hitch knot and Taut-line Hitch knot to tie the rope to the tree (using instructions to help us!). Some pupils used a knife to make our own tent pegs, and others then built the shelter! Great team-work! Given the weather we needed the shelter and out waterproofs, not that the pupils cared- as demonstrated by their faces at the end of the session!
Great work by all the year 3 children that attended our Forest School session today. It was a challenge finding dry fuel for our fire, but the children were an absolute credit and worked well as a team to ensure we had a healthy treat at the end of the session. Da iawn!
Year 3 enjoyed their forest school session. They displayed fantastic skills of resilience, perseverance and worked well together as a team.
Roedd hi’n oer iawn, ond cawson ni hwyl! It was very cold but we had fun!
Children have enjoyed building and fire lighting.
The children have been fantastic using tools to make wooden necklaces.
We couldn’t believe how easy it was to make charcoal! We were keen to get drawing with it the next day!
Toni and Hels from Branching Out visited us again, this time we were lighting fires. All children showed great perseverance in trying to get the fires started. Despite it being June we all appreciated the warmth from the fires and even more than that, we loved the toasted marshmallows! We also made our own charcoal which we are excited to create some art work with!
Today our class has been lucky enough to work with Toni and Hels in a Forest School session.
We used a pruning saw a to cut a branch of a hazel tree to create a rope ladder. Others created dens whilst waiting. Lots of skills were developed, including resilience, team-work, communication and empathy.
During our final session the children enjoyed ligthing a camfire. After a safety discussion children were asked to collect a variety of tinder and kindling for their fire.
We then began to prepare our fire.
Once our fire was lit we started to prepare our marshmallows ready to toast whilst also fuelling our fire to keep it lit!
