Reception go to Forest School!

Reception children enjoyed a fabulous trip to Croxteth Park earlier this week and experienced the fantastic ‘Forest School’ led by Julie and her team at ‘Nature to Nurture’. Great fun was had by all as we developed our skills in den building and whittling (or wood carving!) with potato peelers! Mallets were used to explore the Japanese art of ‘Hapa Zome’ as we bashed flowers and herbs to create patterns and discover wonderful scents and smells, and the trees created a perfect canvas on which to sculpt scary faces with clay and a range of natural materials. The highlight of the session was most definitely melting marshmallows over the camp fire and squishing them between biscuits to make delicious s’mores! Bark rubbing, leaf collecting and pine cone gathering all enhanced a wonderful day, and ensured we had some very tired children on our return to school!