What another beautiful day we had this week at Forest School! This week our focus was all about fire. And what a fire packed day we had!
Some of our activities included visiting the Town of Blue Mountains Fire Station and discussing fire basics. Then with high anticipation our students had the chance to BUILD and LIGHT their own fires. Yes! You read that right. It was a great day for productive play, imagination and skill building.
Check out our photos below and you’ll see everything we did in just one day!
After observing our worms for two weeks we decided to release them into our compost area and our bug hotels.
In the morning we thought we would mix it up and say what we are thankful for during our smudging ceremony.
Freeplay is an activity that happens throughout our days and today we found a bunch of hunters trying to catch a dangerous Jaguar. Oh yeah, not everyone wanted to capture this animal. There were some who wanted to protect her. But not to worry…no animals were harmed.
Sit spots are moments where we reflect on our day. All aspects are covered from what we have learned, how things made us feel or just writing down our favourite part of the day. It is when the students take time for themselves while giving thanks to nature.
Thank you to the Fire Chief Prevention Officer Duncan Rydall for showing us around Station #1 today. We got to see and learn all about the trucks (the kids even got to sit in them). There were lots of questions answered and we shared our fire safety rules. What a great experience!
What are we holding in our hands you ask? Our kids started their fire knowledge by understanding what a fire needs to survive (heat, fuel and oxygen) along with different types of fuel (tinder, kindling and logs). It was then time to create our fire bundles that will help start our fires!
It was a great experience for our kids to light their fires with matches, lighters, flint and steel. Comfort zones were challenged today and now when it comes to fire we have braver students!
This task was challenging for some of our students. Creating a fire and lighting them was harder for some students but taught us great lessons. We learned what not to do, what natural material to use, where to build a fire, what we would do differently and what things we would keep the same. This is a skill we are going to build upon on a weekly basis.
Congratulations to our students who received the fire bead (3 in total), and 7 well deserved wisdom stickers!
NEXT WEEK: FIELD TRIP– We will exploring the natural rock formations of Metcalf Rock!
Things your child will need – extra clothes, winter hat and warm gloves.
Things we will provide – helmet, headlamp and harness.
Thanks for stopping by,
Krista
Bonus picture! Check out this worm.