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Exploring Woodlands

Weekly plan:

Week

 

 

   

Intent

(What you are trying to achieve?)

Implementation (What you are planning on doing?)

Impact

(What are your outcomes and how will they be measured?)

1

Exploring the Woods – Find the Base

The children should experience….

  • The boundaries of the site
  • The rules of forest school
  • The names of woodland trees

Introduction to woodland area/ forest school song

Practice safety games

Collecting activates

Safety talk

Meeting circle

Safety games

Camp fire/ snack

Story (stanleys sticks)

Free choice

  • I can say 1 thing about being safe at forest school
  • I can say 3 things about being safe at forest school

I can talk about being safe at forest school and say why.

2

Early Forest -  Textures and touches

Introduction at meeting place/song

Meet a tree

Rope mobiles

Soil painting

Free choice

I can use my senses safely

 

I can use and talk about my senses.

 

I can use and talk about my senses and tell others how.

3

Living things – Animals in the Wood

Introduction to woodland area/ forest school song

What lives in the woods

Footprint trails

Animal moves

Animal trackers

Picture frames

I can say 1 thing that lives in the woods

I can say 3 things that might live in the woods

I can say many things that live in the woods and say how I know.

4

Fantasy -  Survival/Fairies

Introduction to woodland area/ forest school song

Survival trail

Shelter building

Fairy discovery

Mud faces

Free choice

I can describe sounds that we might hear

I can say what something might look like

I can describe how imaginary things might feel like

5

Feeling comfortable – Special Places

Introduction to woodland area/ forest school song

 

I can follow 3 instructions with support

I can follow 3 instructions independently

I can follow 3 instructions and more.

6

Celebrations -  Sounds and celebrations

Tree face trail

Journey sticks

Whittling

Free choice

I can give directions to find a object with support

I  can give 3 directions to find an object

I can give instructions and amend them to find an object

7

Conclusion – The whole thing