We have had so much rain this week but we had great fun splodging around in the mud throughout the wood – even the Robin made a brief visit to see what we were all doing. 😊
We continued to learn
about different types of leaves this week looking at lobed, serrated and smooth
leaves. We went around Robin Wood identifying
the different types of leaves from the range of trees in the wood – dog wood,
willow, copper birch had smooth leaves; wild cherry, rowan, Silver birch and
hazel had serrated leaves; oak and field maple had lobed leaves.
After we found these different types of leaves, we then got busy doing a variety of crafts and enjoying the digging pit which was very, very muddy and wet but great fun!
Mrs Waddell taught us how to tie a special
knot (a round and two half hitches) to the trees using the rope to help make
our dens better - some amazing dens. We continued to have great fun with the
tubes and pipes creating more ramps using water all the way down to the digging
area. The free choice of crafts resulted in some lovely items being made - many
linked to Pudsey Bear.
After we finished our hot chocolate, snack and biscuit, we all contributed to a piece of natural art. As it is ‘Children in need’, we made a big Pudsey bear using yellow leaves, sticks and conkers.
