Forest Schools

P4 Forest School: Aerial View (With Stranmillis PGCE Students)

P4 had a special Forest School lesson today as they displayed what we do to a group of Stranmillis PGCE Students accompanied by Mrs McClelland. As P4 have been looking at maps in both their 'Life in the Recent Past' and 'Polar Region' topics, it got us talking about birds eye and aerial views. The children, after completing a perimeter walk of the school, had to design an aerial view of the school grounds using only the materials around them.

Each group had a chance to talk about what they made and were questioned by their classmates, encouraging using cross curricular skills and many of the thinking skills and personal capabilities as outlined in the NI Curriculum.

The children also spoke with the visiting students and were great ambassadors for Waringstown Primary School. We're very proud of how well they listened and behaved.

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P4 Forest School 2024: Bearings

As our P4s have been learning about compass points and bearings in the classroom, today in Forest School they had to write down the directions to find specific items. Using clip boards, the children worked in groups to create the easiest route to a specific item. After a short time, the groups switched clip boards and had to follow the bearings that different group had written out, to make sure they were correct.

The children enjoyed taking their learning outside.

 

P4 Forest School: Shelters

This week in Forest School P4 were given the challenge to make shelters. In groups they had to build shelters using only two sheets of tarpaulin, some clothes pegs and a few bamboo sticks. They were also allowed to use whatever they could find around them, including trees, branches and the fence.

The children all worked very well in their groups and it was interesting to hear of the different problems each group encountered when designing their shelter.

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