
* Weekly Activities - Natural Clay Coasters *
This week we made natural clay coasters using wildflowers and weeds such as dandelions, buttercups and daisies.
Link to our weekly blog: https://bit.ly/3KRsU2e
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* Weekly Activities - Natural Clay Coasters *
This week we made natural clay coasters using wildflowers and weeds such as dandelions, buttercups and daisies.
Link to our weekly blog: https://bit.ly/3KRsU2e
* Weekly Activities - Space and Constellations *
We made our own constellations after watching a video and reading about space, the universe, our solar system and constellations.
Link to our space blog: https://bit.ly/3z1zxwl
* Weekly Activities - Oshibana *
This week we did some flower pressing or 'Oshibana'... the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements.
Link to our oshibana post: https://bit.ly/4c3zdLE
* Weekly Activities - Web Weaving *
The children cut discs of wood from a thick log. They either drilled holes in their discs or hammered in small nails. They then wove wool around to make shapes of their choosing.
Link to our web weaving post: https://bit.ly/3Vd91IM
* Weekly Activities - Making Perfume *
This week's activity was about using our 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, smell, sight). We used some herbs, flowers and leaves to make a perfume recipe. We crushed, mixed, sieved and poured the mixture into jars that we could take home.
Link to our 'smelly' blog: https://bit.ly/4ajIfCP
* Weekly Activities - Wooden Mallet *
We made wooden mallets just like Little Rabbit Foo Foo uses in our book of the week...
Link to blog post: https://bit.ly/3WzvEbB
* Weekly Activities - Land Art *
See what the children made from common things found scattered around the forest floor...
Link to blog post: https://bit.ly/4a0JvKU
* Weekly Activities - Hedgehog Home Part 1 *
Hedgehogs are now classed as 'vulnerable to extinction' so we thought we would help by building them a home to give them shelter, protection and where they could look after their hoglets (baby hedgehogs).
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/3TvcaCZ
* Weekly Activities - Percussion Sticks *
Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy so we decided to make percussion sticks this week.
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/3P2jS4Y
* Weekly Activities - Bird Feeders *
To help out our feathered friends when food can be difficult for them to find at this time of year, we made 3 different types of bird feeders that the children could take home to hang up.
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/3umAI7A
* Weekly Activity - Christmas Wreaths *
Weekly Activities w/c 04/12/2023. Continuing with our Christmas theme, we made Christmas wreaths that the children could take home and hang up.
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/41BtxV9
* Weekly Activity - Candle Decorations *
As Christmas draws ever closer we chose to make a candle decoration that the children could take home. We specifically wanted to add a candle as the centrepiece as apart from making the decoration look very pretty, candles play a significant role in many religions, especially around Christmas.
Read our Christmassy blog to find out more: https://bit.ly/3tbpBha
* Weekly Activity - Leaf Baskets *
We got messy and sticky this week by making delicate leaf baskets that the children could (carefully!) take home.
Read our messy blog to find out more: https://bit.ly/4anfhDF
WE WON GOLD!!!
* Weekly Activity - Magic Wands *
This week we made our own individual wands and used them to make a group magic potion in a 'cauldron'. This was a lovely exercise that saw all the children working together to gather ingredients for the spell... iggety, ziggety, zaggety, ZOOM!
Read our magical blog to find out more: https://bit.ly/3MTsmui
* Weekly Activity - Painting Poppies *
We talked about bonfire night (weekend previous) and Remembrance day (weekend after) and made poppy necklaces that the children could take home. We also made a large poppy-inspired wreath that all the children hand a hand in making 😉
Take a look at our blog for more info: https://bit.ly/3QF5IXn
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* Weekly Activities - Wind Chimes/Decorations *
Now that the seasons are changing we wanted to embrace the autumn wind by making wind chimes and decorations that the children could take home to hang up and watch blow about.
Take a look at our blog for more info: https://bit.ly/3ZYRdC9
* Weekly Activities - Conker Crafts *
To make the most of the last conkers of the season, we set about doing some conker crafts with the children. Some wanted to make caterpillars, whilst others made spiders or wreaths.
Take a look at our blog for more info: https://bit.ly/3FeEAJC
* Weekly Activity - Flags of the World *
To celebrate the diversity between different countries, cultures and traditions our activity this week was making flags from either the children's home country or associated country. We then read, looked at pictures and talked about the similarities and differences between each country.
Blog: https://bit.ly/46fhVc3
Friluftsliv!
The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself
* Weekly Activity - Sand Decorations *
Teaching, challenging and encouraging a child's creative side is an essential part of their developmental growth. We used various shapes, patterns and textures for this week's activity to get their creative minds thinking and exploring the different options... plus it was messy and fun!
Blog: https://bit.ly/459f1UC
* Weekly Activities - All About Me *
This week the children learnt about themselves and their friends. We made life size drawings and talked about likes and dislikes. We compared features and talked about what makes us the same and what makes us different from each other.
Some of the answers were very surprising!
Read about it on our blog: https://bit.ly/3PxBWV4
*** Weekly Activities ***
'Wild Things' Mud Faces
1. Mix up some mud
2. Use your hands & press a ball of mud onto a tree
3. Stick on some leaves, stones and twigs for the face
4. Messy fun accomplished!
Link to our muddy blog: https://bit.ly/3PIglKj
* THE WOODLAND NURSERY PRESENTED WITH PEARSON NATIONAL TEACHING SILVER AWARD 2023 BY MAYOR OF ROYAL GREENWICH *
The Woodland Nursery has been selected from thousands of nominations to win a Pearson National Teaching Silver Award. The Woodland Nursery was presented with the Silver Award for 'Early Years Team of the Year' for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of the children they work with every day.
They have also been shortlisted to win one of just 16 Gold Awards, which will be announced and celebrated at a gala ceremony in London on 25 November and televised on the BBC, with winners showcased on The One Show.
https://www.teachingawards.com/award-winner/the-woodland-nursery/
*** Weekly Activities ***
Making a Bird's Nest
We used clay or wet mud to mould a bird's nest into shape and added twigs, leaves, wool and petals.
We went on a nature walk to try and spot some real nests high up in the trees and talked about which birds use open nests.
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/42DhbKY
*** Weekly Activities W/C 01/05 ***
Flower/Foliage Crowns and Mini Maypoles
Maypole dancing is a tradition on May Day. It is believed to have started in Roman Britain around 2,000 years ago, when soldiers celebrated the arrival of spring by dancing around decorated trees thanking their goddess Flora. These days dancers weave ribbons around a pole rather than a tree. So to celebrate and welcome the spring, we made some flower/foliage crowns and our very own mini maypoles to dance with.
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/3J4VrAT
*** Weekly Activities ***
WIND CHIMES & THREADING
We used various techniques to make our wind chimes including threading. Like so many seemingly simple activities we do at Forest School, there is a huge amount of learning and development that is going on behind the scenes.
Threading for example has the following benefits:- Fine Motor Control; Bilateral Coordination; Colour Recognition; Visual Perception; Hand-Eye Coordination; Early Maths Skills; Concentration and Perseverance; Creativity and Language.
Amazing huh?
Link to our blog: https://bit.ly/43zwuoW
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