Happy 2021!

Hi All!
Welcome back :-)
Please read my letter under the school website tab
"Our Classes - Forest School Class."
(Or please read it to your child)

I'll be uploading posts here every week with activities, thoughts and news.

I hope you've had fun Christmas and Solstice celebrations, did anyone see the giant amazing rare Christmas star conjunction on the solstice when the stars of Jupiter and Saturn appeared to join and form one incredibly bright star!? Let me know!!! Amazing!

I'm sorry you couldn't be back yet, but make the most of it!  We can all be hibernating bears, animals, mice etc. What other hibernating animals can you think of? Which hibernating animal are you and why? Let me know in the comments!
Sometimes I might feel like a ladybird, bumblebee, othertimes a bear, but mostly I've been feeling like an overwintering seed, ready to sprout in the spring and flower in the summer. I haven't been on this blog for a while and it was so fun just now looking back at all the beautiful flowers and vegetables we grew last year!

I have a big treat coming your way soon in the form of many fun photos of your forest school adventures last term which I'll be uploading as soon as I can get over my technical hiccups! :-)

In the mean time, your task for this week is to go on an adventure outside (where did you go, what was it like? Tell me in the comments.) On this adventure I'd like you to find yourself a VERY special smallish stick. You can forage along the way for lovely things to decorate your stick with. Collect any feathers or nice seeds, cones, anything natural and interesting or pretty you can find. You might find some colourful string, thread or wool to decorate it with. Make the stick nice and clean so it can be bought inside.
This stick is a very special gift for your family to honour and respect. It is a talking stick! So - as you well know, the rules are, the person holding it is the only person allowed to talk at that time. Take an arranged time each day, eg at the start or end of a meal, when you're with your family, to pass the stick around the table or circle and each take it in turns to say something while you have the stick. Pick a theme like we do at forest school, it could be to do with what you're happy or sad about, a funny story to share, a dream, a worry, a story, something amazing about nature - YOU can be the creator and curator of the talking stick adventures.

Have fun! Let me know your experiences in the comments, I'd love to hear! Send me pictures of your talking sticks or describe them. Can you even find out or work out what kind of wood yours is made of? You might even choose a particular tree and respectfully cut a talking stick, carefully with a parent and the right tool (only with their permission of course) what can you find out about that particular tree or wood? Can't wait to hear all your stories and experience and if anyone has any other great things to tell me or wonderful nature expereiences you've had over Christmas, then please do, you can use the comments box below.
Have a good week! Stay safe and stay well, get fresh air and time in nature every day :-)