Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School

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Rabbits

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This school year we will be working on our Silver Birch Tree wild passport levels.

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Forest School 2023-2024

3rd July 2024

26th June 2024

In Forest School today rabbit class had the opportunity to use the pulley sets again, building on from their experience last week, they created some very impressive multi-pulley systems and explored other ways these could be used. Rabbit class especially enjoyed playing at the water table today as the weather has been so warm, they created lots of different teas, brews and bubbly mixtures. Rabbits have also been busy building some fantastic structures using bricks and wood, the perfect place to observe different insect species and learn about the different types of ladybirds and beetles that can be found around our site.

19th June 2024

In today’s Forest School, rabbit class had the opportunity to continue their weaving activity from the previous week. Rabbits explored the new pulley sets, discovering how to use these around our site safely and the different ways they could be used. The children created some ingenious pulley systems, from an up and down pulley that carried a jug upwards, to a super fast miniature zip-line between two trees, the whole class enjoyed exploring these new resources and thinking about the ways these could be adapted for next week. Rabbits also built some impressive insect homes and enjoyed some mindful time painting and drawing.

12th June 2024

Rabbit class had the opportunity to paint some bees and ladybirds onto wooden disks which will soon be used to decorate our school entrance way. Rabbits also enjoyed some weaving activities, creating teepee structures and weaving coloured wool in patterns around the supporting sticks. They were also able to try some happazome, the Japanese art of leaf printing, to create some beautiful animal faces using the different leaves and flowers they found around our site. Rabbits also created some fantastic dens and mixed up some mud kitchen cakes and soups.

5th June 2024

In Forest School today, rabbit class enjoyed creating lots of shelters and we were very impressed with the speed that rabbits got these dens set up! Rabbits also created nature concoctions in our potion area and played in the mud kitchen as well as enjoying some nature painting in our quiet area.

7th February 2024

In Forest School today Rabbit class used clay to create an item of their choice, the children created some absolutely beautiful pieces from pots and faces to a tea cup with a bird sitting on it! Rabbits also challenged themselves to create items with sticks and string and they made some fantastic items to play with. They also enjoyed the nature potion station and exploring the woodland area for different insects.

31st January 2024

In today’s Forest School session, Rabbit class painted some log slice halves to create some beautiful wooden robins. They also used clay to create tree faces, pressing the clay into the tree trunk and adding natural parts to create the different facial features. Rabbits also enjoyed building shelters with the den kits, working hard in teams to build their dens together.

24th January 2024

Rabbit class were challenged to make shelters with the den kits today, the children showed amazing perseverance in creating these in the wind, producing some fantastic shelters of all different shapes and sizes. They then had lots of fun decorating and playing in their dens. Rabbits also played team games and enjoyed a lovely hot chocolate together.

17th January 2024

Rabbit class continued their Forest School focusing on birds again today, this included playing a bird themed version of the four-corners game and creating birds nests. Rabbits explored our Forest School area searching for insects and spent some time creating homes for them. The children also used saws to begin making their wooden birds which we are all very excited to see once they’re decorated. Our session was finished with a lovely warm hot chocolate with smiles all around!

10th January 2024

Rabbit class have had an excellent morning at Forest School, today’s session focused on birds in preparation for the RSPB Big Schools’ Bird Watch 2024. Rabbit class learnt to identify different bird species using bird ID books and our lovely Forest School soft toy birds. They also created images of birds on the ground using sticks and natural objects, as well as making some fantastic birds nests. Rabbit class also played a class game of ‘birds and worms’.

Our past Forest School sessions

13th July 2023

Rabbit class enjoyed tracking the life cycle of the butterfly in cabbage bed today. They found eggs, caterpillars and butterflies. They also refurbished the mini pond that some of the Year 6 children had built by adding a larger pond area.

29th June 2023

This morning Rabbit class enjoyed discovering which insects live in the mystical garden at this time of the year, they learnt all about the life cycle of a ladybird and found lots of examples of the various stages of this in our trees, much to their excitement! They counted all the different types of insects they could see and had a go at trying to catch butterflies in our wildflower meadow. Rabbits also created lots of different perfumes, potions and teas in our potion area, using flower petals and water to create different coloured mixtures which they shared with each other, creating a little shop area for them.

15th June 2023

27th March 2023

For Rabbits last session the children had lots of fun in the glorious sunshine. They finished their class room rabbits showing that they all belonged in rabbit class, the children showed great perseverance with this- especially when it came to using the palm drills. The children impressed us with their den building skills and planting efforts.

13th March 2023

Today, due to the high winds Rabbit class had to move their Forest School session indoors. The children had fun progressing with their wooden rabbits (although realised that hammering indoors was much louder than when outside) We used palm drills to make holes for our dowel joint so we could attach our rabbit ears to our head.

The Children showed off their den building skills by erecting a tipi shelter using a set of instructions and team work they were able to build with huge success.

The children were also challenged to make a kite. This was an unsupported and timed challenge. The children really flourished, coping well with success and able to adapt and change things that didn’t work so well.

6th March 2023

Today Rabbit class started work on making wooden rabbits. The children made ears from felt and dowel so that

we could use a dowel joint to attach to our rabbit head. For the head we used a hard wood. We hammered nails in for the eyes and a strong wood glue to attach whiskers and noses.

27th February 2023

This week during their Forest school session Rabbit class were challenged to make clay coasters using only natural items as their tools and created some beautiful artwork.

Some of the class helped weed the flower bed that will become our new wild flower boarder. The group learnt how to use different gardening tools and identify different plants. We talked about the need to clear the bed so that our new bee bombs and wild flower seeds can be planted.

A small group also helped repair the chicken nesting box. First, they had to remove the handle. Then they helped replace the old felt and then cover with a grass top. Finally, using screwdrivers, I bit of strength and determination put the handle back on. Lavender and Daisy (our school chickens) think it looks fantastic.