BYCForest Schools

Forest School activities at Blaenycwm Primary in Brynmawr🔴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌳🍂🍃🌸 🐞 🐜 🐛 🔥

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Always looking for what we can find and what finds us 👀🫶🏼🪶🐞🐝🐛🕸️. #WeLoveForestSchools #OL #OutdoorLearning

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Dosbarth Glas 🔵enjoyed an afternoon of celebrating World Earth day yesterday by making natural worlds in teams and having the best time exploring and risk taking in the sunshine 🌳🌎🪵. @worldearthday @Ignite_UP @Muddyfaces @EcoSchoolsWales #WorldEarthDay #OutdoorLearning #OL

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Just because we’ve been quiet doesn’t mean we haven’t been exploring in our BIG wide world 🪵🌳🌎Posts of what we’ve been up to will follow 🫶🏼🔴. #ForestSchools #OutdoorLearning #OL

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Great use of our super deep puddles from the rain we had
Last week used by a little boy in year 1 for problem solving and risk taking. Look at his fantastic balance 🌳🪵🌎☔️ @Muddyfaces @OutdoorCoachUK #ForestSchools #OL

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A short video clip speaks volumes🌳🪵🌎🫶🏼Problem solving ✔️ Teamwork ✔️ Risk Taking ✔️ and most importantly happy smiling faces 🥰. #ForestSchoolsFun @OutdoorCoachUK @Muddyfaces #healthyconfidentlearners

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Another belated post pending⏳… we enjoyed celebrating ‘Shwmae Day’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐉👋outdoors. We collected red autumnal treasures, chalked happy faces in pairs and played 🪵🌳🌎. Just look at our smiling faces 🤩 @ShwmaeSumae #outdoorlearning #ShwmaeSumae25 #forestschools

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We’ve been quiet for a while but it’s only because we’ve been so busy in the great outdoors 🍃🌳🌎. We have been making natural poppies to celebrate Remembrance Day 💂🏻‍♀️🔴🫶🏼 and as always exploring our Forest Schools field. @PoppyLegion #RemembranceDay

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We’d like to day a ‘BIG’ diolch from Dosbarth Glas🔵👏🏻 to Mary and Rachel from @CaerphillyHog for a very informative visit yesterday regarding hedgehogs in our local area 🌳🌎🦔. We’ll be sure to pass on the facts we’ve learned🫶🏼. #hedgehogs #wildlife

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The best video of a few of our year 2 pupils risk taking, working together whilst having so much fun 🌳🪵🌎💪🏻🤩 @Muddyfaces @OutdoorCoachUK @BGEco_Education #forestschools #teamwork #healthyconfidentindividuals

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Blwyddyn 1 & 2 enjoyed learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and taking care of our potatoes 💦🌱🥔🌞🦋 @BGEco_Education @EcoSchoolsWales @STEMLearningUK @ThriveApproach #growyourown

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We were so lucky to participate in a Forest Schools session in Sirhowy Valley Woods during the summer 🌞. A big thank you to Mrs Targett for organising the visit and a BIGGER thank you to Monika and Suzie who made the experience worthwhile👏🏻 @BGEco_Education @BeckyEco_Ed #OL

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We took Forest Schools to our after school club ‘Hip Hop Star Club’⭐️ and enjoyed exploring our Forest School field and making a tasty treat on the campfire 🔥🪵🌳 @PlayWales #afterschoolclub #forestschool #wellbeing @Muddyfaces

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Our lovely year 6 pupils did a great job before leaving us of a summer colour hunt in different areas of our School grounds being mindful of what nature we picked and here are the results 🥁🌈 #healthyconfidentindividuals

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Our Nursery children in Dosbarth Enfys 🌈 enjoyed a butterfly session int he great outdoors before finishing for the summer. Keeping safe and enjoying our green space at 3 and 4 years old is something us staff are very proud of 🌳🪵🫶🏼🌞🔥 @Muddyfaces @EcoSchoolsWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Scent making within the beautiful world around us ❤️🪵🌳🌸🌿with a sprinkle of literacy 🪄label making and speaking about why we named them what we did 🤩. Take us back to the glorious summer weather please 🌞. @Muddyfaces @OutdoorCoachUK @EcoSchoolsWales #OL

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“Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the wider world but THEMSELVES-Stephen Moss” #treeclimbing #exploring 🪵🌳🙂🥰🌿🌸🪱 @OutdoorCoachUK @ForestSchoolsUK

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We were so lucky to find so much wildlife living in both our Forest School field and pond at Blaenycwm during the summer and feel so grateful to have the grounds we have 🥰🫶🏼🙌🏻🌳🪵🌸🌼🌿☘️ @WTSWW @BBCSpringwatch #ethicalinformedcitizens #welovenature

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Dosbarth Glas loved whittling sticks using peelers. They kept themselves and their friends super safe whilst enjoying being free in the great outdoors 🌳. They also enjoyed a tree climb. Look at how brave they are 🫶🏼 #safetyfirst #risktaking #healthyconfidentindividuals

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Dosbarth Gwyrdd loved tree climbing and exploring in our Forest School field 🪵🌳🌎🫶🏼 From making mud pies to risk taking to bug hunting. All in an afternoon 😍 #healthyconfidentindividuals “To climb a tree us to discover a new world”

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Dosbarth Melyn enjoyed a stick hunt to help make bubbles wands. They had the best time and showed great perseverance to make bubbles too 🫧 🫶🏼 They also loved making and naming perfumes whilst our field was “in Bloom”
🌞🌼🌸🪻🌍💧#healthyconfidentindividuals #ForestSchools #OL