Forest School BPS

Forest School at Blackrod Primary School 🐜🍃🐝🍂🐞🌿🦋🍁🐛

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Lowry_BPS tried out our new loppers this week and started to form our hedgerows for wildlife.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Kahlo_BPS spent the afternoon taking measurements of forest school for planning and making lists of our resident wildlife.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Milhazes_BPS finished off their forest school sessions with fire safety and marshmallows.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

Safe to say we are succeeding in our safe habitat creation. 😁😁

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Mahlangu_Bps learned how to use bow saws safely and create firewood for next weeks fire and marshmallow session.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Milhazes_BPS spent this weeks session planting hedgerows and checking our ever growing wildlife population.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Mahlangu_Bps had a session of tool skills, principals of working together and a game of how many can fit in a tree.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Milhazes_BPS spent forest school checking the new growth on our coppiced hedgerow and enjoying the space and freedom.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

We now have 2 viewing portholes installed around our pond so the children can get an excellent view through the fence.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Milhazes_BPS spent this weeks session building a shelter and checking in our resident tadpoles to see if they are thriving.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Kahlo_BPS got to grips with erecting a simple survival shelter using a tarp, rope and knots.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Mahlangu_Bps had an afternoon of removing invasive Sycamore seedlings from our forest to protect our biodiversity. (There was some time for play too).

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

Mahlangu returned to forest school this week and recovered their knife safety skills.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

A wet return for @Milhazes_BPS however it didn’t stop them from being creative and building dens and fairy gardens.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Kahlo_BPS returned to forest school this week. We removed the old tree guard and practiced our knife skills.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

It’s clear @VanGogh_BPS have had a great time at forest school this year and learned some valuable life skills. Well done.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@DaVinci_BPS had their last forest school session finish with a campfire and toasted marshmallows. Till next year…….

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@Ringgold_BPS finish their last forest school session with marshmallows and packing down the camps they had built.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@VanGogh_BPS have been asked to create something using skills and knowledge they have gained in forest school. They created lots of “bug hotels” as part of our environment project.

[Forest School BPS @ForestSchBPS]

@VanGogh_BPS spent their forest school looking at frogs and frogspawn this forest school. They have set up an aquarium to monitor their growth.