Planting season is here.
We have had a very productive first week back at St Mary’s. We have been busy planting our wildflowers, beans, peas, lettuce, broccoli and turnips. Class One have also created some beautiful nature art whilst learning about dandelions.
We will remember them
In Forest school this week we have been talking about remembrance day and why we wear poppies.
We created our own poppies with autumnal leaves and made poppy seed balls.
A fantastic year at St Mary’s Forest School
As we have come to the end of another academic year it’s been lovely to look back at what we have accomplished over the past 12 months in St Mary’s Forest School.
It’s been my favourite year so far leading St Mary’s outdoor learning as the children have grown in confidence over the years and…
Potions in the woods
All the children at St Mary’s have been showing lot’s of creativity this week in Forest School. Class 2 have made clay mini beasts and Class 4 have made and decorated their own wooden medallions.
Class One had lot’s of fun investigating and exploring on Friday. They enjoyed colour mixing and…
Our butterflies have been released
We are extremely grateful to the St Mary’s PTA for buying us our caterpillars. All the children have been fascinated watching them grow from tiny caterpillars to forming their chrysalis then finally emerging into beautiful butterflies. Each class did a great job taking care of them and all 20 of…
Bowsaws, loppers and secateurs
We have been continuing to work with the tools in Forest School this week. The children have been fantastic with the bowsaw, loppers and secateurs. We also had some time to discuss how connecting with nature is a great way to practice mindfulness during children’s mental health…
Tools and trees
We are continuing to develop our Forest school site by planting more hedging which will also benefit the local wildlife. We have also been using the tools to tidy up our site and create a supply of different sized wood for future fires in our fire pit. The…
Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend
A big thank you to all the fantastic pupils at St Mary’s who helped us take part in the RSPB’s Big School Bird Watch today during their lunch hour. Their enthusiasm to take part was amazing and they used all our school values, a genuine Love for the outdoors! great Friendship by working together…
Learning about birds
We have continued our topic of birds this week in Forest School. Some classes have done so through craft by creating fantastic bird snappers and others have helped to feed the birds. Class 4 helped to add to our wildlife shelter log pile and store our felled tree wood under the treehouse to make…
Fun in the mud
This week we have continued to create bird feeders ready for the Big Garden Bird Watch at the end of the month. We have also helped to move deadwood from around the school field and placed it on our Forest school log pile which is helping to attract more wildlife to our site. Class One…
Bird Feeders
It’s been so lovely to see the children’s enthusiasm to get straight back into our outdoor learning this week.
At the end of January the RSPB will be launching the Big Garden Birdwatch so here at St Mary’s the children will be taking part in the Big School Bird Watch on the 27th. Over the next…
Tree planting
We have been working hard in Forest School over the last week planting our tree saplings that we gratefully received from the Woodland Trust. We have around 400 saplings that are being planted to create a large hedgeline around our Forest School site and the school grounds. Planting the hedging is…