Forest School

At St. Margaret's we seek to engage the children in a broad range of learning experiences throughout their time with us. On a Friday morning, one year group take part in a forest school session run by Mrs Norris in Berwickhall woods. Each academic year, school years 2, 4, 6 and reception are given the opportunity to take part in a 10-week forest school course. This means children will attend forest school for 40 sessions during their time with us. Each session is approximately 3 hours long. In forest schools children learn teamwork skills, life skills such as fire-lighting and building, have a chance to encounter the awe and wonder of the natural world and have an amazing and fun learning experience as well!

Week 5

In this Forest School session the children learnt all about the different uses and benefits of stinging nettles and were very keen on the idea of making nettle soup!

The children enjoyed playing on the rope bridge and swing as well as playing 'Hey Mister Crocodile'

Next week we are going to learn all about different types of nests and have a go at making one!