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Today Mr Gault's P4 class had an art lesson in Forest School. In pairs, they tied together sticks to create a wooden frame. Then, with string, the 'warped' and 'wefted' the string, which was they filled with different forest debris they found on the ground. The children were told to D.N.A in their pairs...that is to DISCUSS, NEGOTIATE and then AGREE on how to create their piece.
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Today all the Primary 4 children worked together at Forest School. The session started off with everyone listening to part of the story of Hansel and Gretel read out by Miss McAnearney. Then the children had to get into groups and decide on which character everybody would be. Once that was done, the groups had a chance to act out a scene. This was followed up by 'hot seating' each of the characters. The conclusion saw some of the children, in their roles, get hot seated by various members of P4. It was fantastic to see the children get so into their drama activities and into their characters.
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Today in Forest School the two P4 classes switched activities from last week, with one class taking part in maths challenges and the others doing a bug hunt.
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In Forest School this week Primary 4 did numerous activities. One activity was bug hunting. This started off with some pupils hiding 'woollen worms.' Then other pupils had to hunt for these 'woollen worms' as well as real bugs. Some bugs that were found included millipedes, centipedes and woodlice.
Another group of pupils carried out a whole school litter pick using the litter grabbers provided by the Council. Five bin liners of rubbish were cleared up.
Miss McAnearney's class carried out a range of maths investigations outside. It was a great day to be outside with the mild weather.
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On our first Monday back after the Easter break P4 got outside for some Forest School work. One class worked on coordinates, and worked in groups to map read. The other class spend time den building, creating dens for different forest animals.
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Today both Primary Four reversed the lessons carried out in our last Forest School Session. P4McA looked at estimation and measurement while P4G created and re-enacted scenes from Little Red Riding Hood.
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P4 braved the elements and got out for another Forest School session on their first day back after Storm Emma. Today, two sessions took place, with one class working on estimation and measurement, and the other class taking part in a story telling art lesson.
The class working on measurement had to estimate and measure different areas of our Forest School base. They used different types of measuring tapes, metre sticks, trundle wheels and non-standard units of measurement such as their own feet to estimate and then measure different lengths.
The class working on story telling listening to a Forest Based story, and then had to create scenes from the story which were then explained to the rest of the class.
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Today in Forest School we wrapped up warm (as it was 1 degree) and took part in a Scavenger Hunt. The children worked in pairs to find something prickly, something smooth, something shiny, something waxy, something round and something bendy. After this, the pairs joined together into groups of six and created a picture of a forest animal. Listening to the children explain their pictures was very interesting and brought up things such as "resources we used" and "aerial or birdseye view." Although cold, the children enjoyed being outside once again.
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Today saw the start of Forest School for our current P4 children. We went on a full perimeter walk of the school and then got into groups to create a 2D or 3D image how we viewed the school. The boys and girls were only allowed to use the materials they found lying around our wooded area to create their pieces.
Thankfully, the weather was kind to us and nobody got too wet!
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We are delighted to be involved in the Forest School project again this year which is managed by the Northern Ireland Forest School Association (NIFSA).Forest School is an exciting and innovative outdoor educational experience that has been shown to be hugely beneficial to all those taking part.
P4 will be involved in numerous Forest School sessions once again. These sessions are all outside and might include den building, camouflage games and exploring nature. For further information please visit the NIFSA website on www.forestschoolawards.org and www.nifsa.org.uk
Why not get involved yourself with Forest Schools by joining the Forest School Family programme. Register on-line, carry out 6 activities in your local Park with your children and you will receive a personalised certificate for your family. You will be given ideas on what you can do and no experience or expensive equipment is required.
Visit https://www.forestschoolawards.org/cgi-bin/main.cgi?page=Family Zone;vat=1504168921
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Today in Forest School we linked in our current WAU topic of 'Journeys.' The children, in groups, had to create a picture illustrating one or more of the modes of transport that we have studied. It was fantastic to see the groups work together in their creations, but the best part was listening to each group describe what they had created and the decision making that their group had made during the session.
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