Hello and welcome to our weekly Forest School blog. Mrs Jesse and I wanted you all to continue enjoying the beautiful world around us, whether just in your garden or out on a walk with your family.

Each Friday look out for fun things to do over the weekend and share them with your parents.

Being outdoors during the Springtime is magical!

Explore your garden to discover what lives there.

What type of birds do you see and hear?

What insects can you find?

Do you have any Spring flowers?

What is wriggling in the grass?

Make a maze for a Woodlice

Use Lego bricks to make a maze that has a T-junction. Put in some woodlice (be very gentle picking them up, it’s best to scoop them onto a spoon) and let them wander around. Add a brick to make them turn right, then let them choose. What do most of them do? Go right or left?

If you’d like to start a project that you can add to each week or when you have a free moment, why not create a nature journal? You can ask yourself, “What is happening outdoors where I live?” You can be outdoors or inside looking out. Watch a cloud, plant, bird or animal. Note down its appearance, behaviour, surroundings. Use all your senses. Write what you see, hear and smell. Include sketches, photos, leaves, feathers and flowers.

If you find something you can’t identify, note down where it is – shade, sun, sandy soil, rich earth – in your journal and take a photo. Use your notes and the picture to help you identify it in a book or online.

Spotter sheets to use while out on a walk.

https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/images/Downloads/spotters/signsofspring1.pdf

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/media/48350/blossom-and-catkin-id-sheet.pdf

https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/images/Downloads/spotters/yellow%20springtime%20flowers.pdf