At Allerton CE Primary we are fortunate to have extensive grounds around the school, and this year my role is lead Forest School sessions with our Year 1 children. I take groups of children into our woodland area for planned sessions that enable the children to engage and explore the natural environment. 

These are the activities so far:

We explored our woodland area to find 6 natural objects. We looked carefully to see what we had found and then played a memory game ( Kim’s game)

We found evergreen leaves and punched shapes in the leaves using a decorative hole punches.

We self register on our evergreen tree by hanging our own small log decoration on the tree.

Our best sessions are when it’s raining! We have waterproof trousers and jackets to wear and a canopy over the log seats.

This week we searched for tree seeds and planted up pots, ready for germination in the spring. We went on seed gathering hunt, and spotted lots of berries too.