Below are a few examples of our regular activities:

 

• Playing games and using the woodland as inspiration for art and writing projects

 

• Using the woodland for numeracy – counting, sorting, measuring, estimating etc

 

• Simple investigation and exploration with minimal equipment, using natural materials as the learning resource

 

• Temporary shelters may be made with tarpaulins or woodland brash

 

• Using simple tools to whittle, do craft work and make jewellery

 

• Developing areas with logs for informal seating, and fire sites to demonstrate fire safety, construction and campfire cooking

 

• Simple rope and string work

 

• Looking at shape - leaf or stick matching and sorting

 

• Creating a woodland obstacle course and making woodland furniture using lashings

 

• Transporting a story from one place to another