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Whitewater CE Primary School

Forest School Blog

Find out what we are doing each week on this page

January 2023

  • 28/01/23

    Toad in the hole?

    This week’s session focussed mainly around campfire cooking.  The children chose a hazel stick and whittled the end to remove the bark then wrapped dough around and cooked over the fire.  We tried out our skillet frying pan and cooked some yummy sausages to place inside the damper br...
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  • 22/01/23

    Blue skies again

    This week’s session took a different turn. The children were very excited by the new log swing that we have added and all ran to have first go!  Planning and trial and error went on with trying to create a zip wire between a tree and a sculpture and although it wasn’t strong...
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  • 22/01/23

    Forest School Returns

    After the Christmas break we have a new group of children ready for the Forest School challenge!  At the coldest time of the year, this group of Years 4-6 have embraced our sessions with huge enthusiasm and well and truly encapsulating Forest School Principle 3 – “Forest School aims...
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