Forest School

At Hatherden, the children enjoy Forest School on Mondays, delivered by our Specialist Teacher from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Michelle.

• Thursday 12 May 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 9th May 2022 It was our hottest session of the year so far and we all enjoyed not needing our wellies and waterproofs!
• Tuesday 26 April 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 25th April 2022 The sun was shining on us for our return to school. We went on a walk around the field and Forest to notice any changes that were occurring in nature, and what was the same.
• Wednesday 6 April 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 4th April 2022 The weather has turned colder again, but that doesn’t stop the fun at Forest School!
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 28th March 2022 It was another beautiful day at Forest School. We have begun making mulch for our tree saplings to help keep them healthy and weed free. Any brown card or bark chips you have spare would help with this please.
• Tuesday 22 March 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 21st March 2022 We have had a fun, busy day planting tree saplings in the school grounds. The children each planted one and will soon be adding a plaque to remember a loved one.
• Tuesday 15 March 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 14th March 2022 Our Forest School area was full of sunshine and daffodils this week and we had lots of fun as always!
• Tuesday 15 March 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 7th March 2022 We carried on enjoying our mud play. Some children decided to paint their faces and we experimented by adding ingredients to our mud to make magic potions!
• Wednesday 2 March 2022 Forest School Monday 28th February 2022 It was lovely to return to school and see that the snowdrops were out to greet us, along with a few daffodils. Luckily the forest hadn't suffered from any storm damage.
• Thursday 10 February 2022 Forest School Monday 7th February 2022 You will see from the photos that lots of fun was had elsewhere whilst I supported the fire lighting, including den building, mapping, digging and exploring nature whilst blindfolded! I am convinced some of the children are going to reach Australia soon!
• Monday 7 February 2022 Forest School - By Lilly (Year 5) I love forest school because I feel calm, happy, relaxed and ready for the next session.
• Tuesday 1 February 2022 Forest School Blog - January 31st 2022 This week at Forest School we talked about the importance of trees and got to know our trees better.
• Thursday 27 January 2022 When I do Forest School - by Tilly When I do forest school, I feel lots of emotions: I feel freedom; I feel happy; I feel like a team; I feel messy; I feel strong; I feel achievement; I feel inspired; and most importantly, I feel me.
• Tuesday 25 January 2022 Forest School Blog - Monday 24th January 2022 At Forest School over the past few weeks we have had fun burying treasure and exploring map making. In preparation for the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch, we have been identifying our feathered friends, playing a game to learn about murmurations and making apple bird feeders to support our resident birds during the winter months. We have talked about how it feels to be hungry and appreciated how fortunate we are to have the food we are provided with. We are also preparing for fire lighting in a few weeks time. We have been learning about the types and sizes of wood we need to be successful. Next week we will be practising using the fire strikes and learning the rules to keep us all safe. We will learn how to tie a clove hitch knot and a square lashing to make a safe boundary in the fire pit area using branches.

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