Forest Schools

Forest School takes place in the woods behind Hackness Village Hall and occasionally on the school field. These sessions are run by Mrs Harrison (teacher) and Mrs Collinson who are both Forest and Beach School trained. We believe all our children should have access to the outdoors as part of their development, fostering a relationship between the environment and learning.

We run these sessions in all weathers so make sure your child has appropriate clothing and footwear with them!

Summer 2025 - Sycamore - 14th July - ‘What the Oak Tree Sees’ (tracking), Cooking Over the Fire, The Animal Guyz (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

Summer 2025 - Sycamore - 23rd June - ‘Together a Forest’ and 5 to Survive (The Animal Guyz - give nature a home at home)

Summer 2025 - Sycamore - 16th June - Orienteering (earthquakes and volcanoes facts), Tree Identification and 5 to Survive (The Animal Guyz - provide a water source for nature)

Summer 2025 - Sycamore - 9th June - Soil and 5 to Survive (The Animal Guyz - drive less and flowers for the bees)

Summer 2025 - Sycamore - 2nd June - Fossils!

Summer 2025 - Beech - 20th May - Stick Pyramids (tool use), Egyptian Honey Water (kelly kettle), Clay Hieroglyphic Pendants, Fire Strikers

Summer 2025 - Beech - 13th May - Plant Identification and Ancient Egyptian Death Masks

Summer 2025 - Beech - 6th May - Perfumes for the Tombs, Treasures and Hieroglyphics

Summer 2025 - Beech - 29th April - Ankh, Pharaoh Staff, Eye of Horus and Ra

Summer 2025 - Beech - 22nd April - Ancient Egypt Orienteering and Miniature Shadufs

Spring 2025 - Willow - 2nd April - Easter (Easter Story Eggs, Toasting Hot Cross Buns and Easter Colour Hunt)

Spring 2025 - Willow - 24th March - Round Robin - Towers and Maps; Tarp Shelter and Tea; Flowers, Trees and Fire Strikers

Spring 2025 - Willow - 17th March - Round Robin- Towers and Maps; Tarp Shelter, Tea and Whittling; Flowers, Trees and Fire Strikers

Spring 2025 - Willow - 10th March - Round Robin - Towers and Maps; Tarp Shelter, Tea and Whittling; Flowers, Trees and Fire Strikers

Spring 2025 - Willow - 3rd March - Ash Wednesday and Lent

Spring 2025 - Willow - 24th February - Seasons, Time, Measuring and Shapes

Spring 2025 - Sycamore - 10th February - Anglo-Saxon Mushroom Soup and Leaf Parachutes

Spring 2025 - Sycamore - 3rd February - See-Saws and Anglo-Saxon Longships

Spring 2025 - Sycamore - 27th January - Anglo-Saxon Gods (Toasting Hot-Cross Buns; Lucky Charm Necklaces; Shields)

Spring 2025 - Sycamore - 20th January - Anglo-Saxon Artefacts and Runes

Spring 2025 - Sycamore - 13th January - Forces and Friction Experiment; Den Building and Apex Tarp Shelter

Autumn 2024 - Beech - 9th December - Christmas Stars and Popcorn

Autumn 2024 - Beech - 2nd December - World Wars (Morse Code Messages; WW2 Planes; Bunkers)

Autumn 2024 - Beech - 25th November - The Human Skeleton and Hot Chocolates to Warm Our Bones!

Autumn 2024 - Beech - 18th November - Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Autumn 2024 - Beech - 11th November - Fylingdales Moor Visit (looking at the rural landscape and investigating rocks and soils)

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 14th October - London’s Burning (fire triangle), Whittling Sticks and Cooking Bread like Thomas Farriner the Baker

London’s Burning!

A lot of excitement watching the fire start at Thomas Farriner’s (the baker’s) house and then slowly spread to the other houses!

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 7th October - Miniature London Houses, 1666 Characters, Putting Out the Fire with Different Materials

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 30th September - Making Natural Paints and Clay Hedgehogs with Pine Cones and Pine Needles

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 23rd September - Cooking Porridge over the Fire and Making Porridge Oats Playdough (Using Kelly Kettles for the hot water)

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 16th September - Changing Properties of Materials and Woodland Porridge

Autumn 2024 - Willow - 9th September - Magic Corridor (spotting objects and their materials) and Properties of Materials

Summer 2024 - 8th July - Y6 Hackness and Wykeham Forest School Day - Spiders’ Webs; Whittling; Tea and S’mores; Blindfold Game; Shelter Building; Forest Games

Summer 2024 - Sycamore - 1st July - Orienteering (Roman Numerals); Natural Perfumes; Forest Games

Summer 2024 - Sycamore - 24th June - Part 2 - Leaf Identification and Leaf Art; Fire Lighting; Mud Painting with Natural Paintbrushes; Stick People (knot tying)

Summer 2024 - Sycamore - 17th June - Leaf Identification and Leaf Art; Fire Lighting; Mud Painting with Natural Paintbrushes; Stick People (knot tying)

Summer 2024 - Sycamore - 10th June - Mud Hedgehogs, Hedgehog Houses and Toffee Apples

Summer 2024 - Beech - 20th May - Ancient Greeks (Vases, Coins, Poseidon’s Trident and Necklaces)

Summer 2024 - Beech - 13th May - Whittling; Toasting Marshmallows; Woodland Rulers; Weighing Scales; Deciduous vs Evergreen Chart

Summer 2024 - Beech - 29th April - Litter Picking (Our Environment and the 3Rs), How Water is Transported in Plants, Tree Identification and Bark Rubbings

Summer 2024 - Beech - 22nd April - Flower Parts and What a Plant Needs to Grow

Summer 2024 - Beech - 15th April - Flowering Plants and Tree Identification

Spring 2024 - Willow - 18th March - Easter Story, Easter Gardens and Easter Hot Chocolates

Spring 2024 - Willow - 11th March - Clay Leaves, Bud Identification, Deciduous and Evergreen, Wild Flowers, Measuring Saplings

Spring 2024 - Willow - 4th March - Plant life Cycle

Spring 2024 - Willow - 26th February - Planting Beanstalks; Planting Bulbs; Making Giant Grass and Cress Heads; Willow Roots and Obstacle Courses

Spring 2024 - Willow - 19th Feb - Beanstalk Soup; Growing Beans in Bags; Hunting for Continents

Spring 2024 - Sycamore - 5th Feb - Tudor Soup and Elizabethan Naughty Cake; Henry vs. Richard Game; Elizabeth I Portraits

Spring 2024 - Sycamore - 29th Jan - Tudor Houses (working well together to create strong structures using different knots and tools)

Spring 2024 - Sycamore - 22nd January - Changes of Materials; Properties of Materials; Reversible and Irreversible Changes; and Knots

Spring 2024 - Sycamore - 15th January - Tudor Rose (natural paints), Tudor Scripture (quills) and Roman Numerals (tool use)

Autumn 2023 - Beech - 4th December - Christmas Trees and Chocolate Reindeers

Autumn 2023 - Beech - 27th November - Wet Sock Experiment, Using Loppers and Fire Strikers and Making Wreaths

Autumn 2023 - Beech - 20th November - The Water Cycle

Autumn 2023 - Beech - 13th November - Matter

Autumn 2023 - Beech - 6th November - River Study Trip

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 23rd October - NESW on a compass and Den Building

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 16th October - Testing Natural Materials (strongest - using hammers; waterproof - Little Green Riding Hood cloaks; floating - boats) and Making Traps for the Wolf

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 9th October - Marshmallow and strawberry toadstools, nature pictures, mud pictures and charcoal pictures.

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 2nd October - Fire (solid to liquid - melting chocolate and using fire strikers), making mud play-dough, self portraits and scavenger hunts!

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 25th September - Granny’s House and Properties of Materials

Autumn 2023 - Willow - 11th September - Magic Corridor (materials) and Picture Frames

Summer 2023 - Sycamore - 10th July - Stoupe Brow Moorland Walk - wildlife, map work (National Parks), geography of the coast, physical features of the North York Moors, sustainability issues, land use and habitat, human activity, Neolithic cup marks and Bronze Age burial mounds

Summer 2023 - Sycamore - 4th July - Toffee Apples (whittling and cooking), OS Maps and Forest Map Work

Summer 2023 - Sycamore - 26th June - Liquid Experiments (inc mud playdough)

Summer 2023 - Sycamore - 19th June - Parachutes (air resistance experiments)

Summer 2023 - Sycamore - 12th June - Friction and Force and Mouse Traps (tool use and knot tying)

Summer 2023 - Beech - 23rd May - Pentecost (dove chocolate nests, bird feeders, flame painting with natural paints, story sequencing and drama)

Summer 2023 - Beech - 16th May - Fossil Fuel Impacts, Renewable Energy Sources (solar, wind and hydropower) and Roman Gods

Summer 2023 - Beech - 9th May - Food Chains and Bridges

Summer 2023 - Beech - 2nd May - Tree Identification (leaves, seeds and buds), Leaf Classification, King Charles III Facts and Crowns

Summer 2023 - Beech - 25th April - Living Things and Their Habitats (woodland vertebrates and invertebrates)

Summer 2023 - Beech - 18th April - Identifying and Classifying Living Things and Playing the MRSGREN Game

Spring 2023 - Willow - 27th March - Easter Story (find the eggs to retell the story and then drama)

Spring 2023 - Willow - 20th March - Maths (measuring, time and shapes)

Spring 2023 - Willow - 13th March - Flowers, Towers, Tarp (and tea!) - Round Robin Session 3

The fire striker master!

Gets a spark every time 😃🔥

Spring 2023 - Willow - 6th March - Flowers, Towers, Tarp (and tea!) - Round Robin Session 2

Spring 2023 - Willow - 27th February - Flowers, Towers and Tarp (and tea!) - Round Robin Session 1

Spring 2023 - Willow - 20th February - Ash Wednesday (ash crosses), Lent (clay crown with thorns), Stick Crosses (knots), Stick Crown (structures)

Spring 2023 - Sycamore - 6th February - Viking Pea Soup, Viking Coins, Weaving and Printing

Spring 2023 - Sycamore - 30th Jan - Viking Longboats

Spring 2023 - Sycamore - 23rd Jan - Viking Amulets, Bows and Arrows and Bracelets

Spring 2023 - Sycamore - 16th January - Viking Shields and Runes

Spring 2023 - Sycamore - 9th January - Viking Longhouses and Tarp Shelters (practising knots)

Autumn 2022 - Beech - 28th November - Forest Maths (problem solving, lines of symmetry inc tool use, age of trees, circumference of trees, 2D shapes)

Autumn 2022 - Beech - 21st November - Human Skeleton

Autumn 2022 - Beech - 14th November - Remembrance Day (camp fire songs, tea and biscuits - Kelly Kettle, poppies)

Cooking Popcorn (firework sounds)

Autumn 2022 - Beech - 7th November - Guy Fawkes Facts (Orienteering), Firework Sounds (cooking popcorn) and Firework Paintings (natural paint brushes)

Autumn 2022 - Beech - 31st October - World War Planes, Bunkers and Morse Code

The Great Fire of London

Today (17th October 2022) the children watched their London houses burn on the fire. They discussed why it spread so quickly back in 1666 and how they tried to slow it down. The children then baked bread on the fire like Thomas Farriner, the baker.

Autumn 2022 - Willow - 17th October - The Great Fire of London, Whittling Sticks and Baking Bread

Autumn 2022 - Willow - 10th October - Building Stick Houses (Wattle and Daub) to Re-enact the Great Fire Of London

Autumn 2022 - Willow - 3rd October - Porridge Play Dough (Kelly Kettle), Natural Paints, Pine Cone and Clay Hedgehogs

Autumn 2022 - Willow - 26th September - Cooking Porridge (fire triangle), Changing Properties of Materials and Woodland Porridge

Autumn 2022 - Willow - 12th September - Magic Corridor (objects and their materials) and Magic Pots (properties of materials)

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 11th July - Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores; Food Chain Web; Marshmallows and Greek Vases

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 4th July - Human Digestive System and Human and Animal Teeth

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 27th June - Tree Identification and Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 13th June - Queen’s Jubilee

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 23rd May - Map Work and Famous UK and USA Landmarks (Geography, Art, DT, PSHCE)

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 16th May - USA and UK Woodland Animals and Trees (General Sherman)

Summer 2022 - Class 2 - 9th May - UK and USA Facts Orienteering (PSHCE, Geography, PE)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 28th March - Easter Story, Easter Gardens, Easter Hot Chocolates and Oxygen Tree Game (RE, Science, DT, Literacy, PSHCE)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 21st March - Flower Parts Orienteering and Mud Diagrams (Geography, Science, PSHCE)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 14th March - Parts of the Flower, Identifying Trees by their Buds and Clay Aliens (Art and Science)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 7th March - Alien Grass Heads, Planting for their Easter Gardens, Carrot Top Trees and Willow Roots (Science)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 28th February - Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday, Crosses for Ash Wednesday, Alien Flower Garden, Daffodil Bulbs (Science, RE, DT)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 14th February - Shelter Building, Heart Leaves, Lovely Views and Willow Hearts ( DT, PSHCE, Science)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 7th February - Rock Pools - transporting water using different objects and materials (Science, PE, PSHCE)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 31st January - Chocolate Orange Cakes, Clay Bowls and Prayers for the Willow Dome (Art, Dt, Science)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 24th January - Waterproof Fairy Houses and Story Sack (DT, PSHCE, Science, Literacy)

Spring 2022 - Class1 - 17th January - Scavenger Hunt (properties of materials) and Self Portraits (Science, Art, PSHCE)

Spring 2022 - Class 1 - 10th January - Magic Corridor (discussing and sorting materials, man-made, natural, camouflaged, transparent, reflective, opaque) and Picture Frames (Science, PSHCE, DT)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 29th November - Phases of the Moon, Moon-mallows (to make space-ship s'mores) and Moon Myths Around the Fire (Science, DT)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 22nd November - Scarborough's Star Disk, Constellations and Tides (Science, Art, PSHCE, Maths - looking at coordinates)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 15th November - The Solar System (Science, Art, PE, PSHCE)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 8th November - Aliens! (DT, Art, PSHCE)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 1st November - Rockets, space hot chocolate, popping popcorn on the fire, natural paintbrush firework/space pictures (Art, History, Science, DT, Maths)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 18th October - Leaf Identification and Maya Death Masks (History, Art, Science)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 11th October - Maya Gods (PSHCE, History, Geography, Art)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 4th October - Maya Hot Chocolate (cocoa, ground cinnamon and chilli powder) and Maya Drinking Cups (DT, PSHCE, Art, Fire Triangle)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 27th September - Maya Art Banners and Maya Ball Game Pitz (Art, History, PSHCE, PE)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 20th September - Maya Necklaces - drawing Maya glyphs in clay and cutting elder to make jade beads (Art, History)

Autumn 2021 - Class 3 - 13th September - The Maya World and Maya Numbers (DT, PSHCE, Maths, History)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 5th July - Pirate Hats and Walk the Plank (Art, PE, PSHCE)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 28th June - LAND AHOY, Pirate Boats (reciting poem), Human and Physical Features, Eye of the Ocean Necklaces (PSHCE, Art, Geography, Literacy)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 21st June - Treasure Maps and Treasure Hunt (Art, PE, PSHCE, Geography)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 14th June - Pirate Scavenger Hunt and Uk Seas and World Oceans (PE, Literacy, DT, Geography)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 7th June - Pirate Ships and Telescopes (PE, PSHCE, DT, Art)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 24th May - Westminster Abbey (DT, PSHCE)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 17th May - Self-portraits and tree and flower identification (DT, Art, Science)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 10th May - Queen's Coronation Forest Party (royal hot chocolates with golden sprinkles and warm crown bananas with chocolate buttons) and Class 1's Family Tree (Science - fire triangle, DT, History)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 26th April - 1950s Orienteering and Forest Flowers (PE, Geography, History, PSHCE, Science)

Summer 2021 - Class 1 - 19th April - Tour of Alistair's Woods, Mini Beast Hunt and Blindfold Game (PE, PSHCE, Science, Literacy - instructions and speaking and listening, Numeracy - position and direction)

Spring 2021 - Class 2 - 22nd March - Bread and Wine (grape juice) and Easter Orienteering (RE, DT, Science, PE, Geography, PSHCE)

Spring 2021 - Class 2 - 15th March - Bread and Wine (grape juice) and Easter Orienteering (RE, DT, Science, PE, Geography, PSHCE)

Spring 2021 - Class 2 - 8th March - Easter Cross, Easter Pictures and Blindfold Games (RE, PE, Art, knot tying, PSHCE, Literacy - instructions)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 14th December - Christmas Decorations and The Nativity (DT, Literacy, Drama, PSHCE, RE)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 7th December - Woodland Animals (facts and footprints); The Identity of Alistair's Woods (inc map work); The Woodland Figure (Science, PSHCE, Geography, Literacy)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 30th November - Personal Puppets and Leaf Identification (Art, DT, PSHCE, Science, PE)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 23rd November - Personal Puppets (Art, DT, PSHCE)

Anti - Bullying Week - Beach School - 16th November 2020

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Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 16th November - Anti-bullying, Human Body, Footprints in the Sand (RE/DT/PSHCE/Science)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 9th November - Self Portraits (Art/PSHCE)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 19th October - Tomb Raiders (Maths/PSHCE/History/PE)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 12th October - Pyramids (DT/PSHCE/History)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 5th October - Ancient Egyptian Shaduf (DT/PSHCE/History)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 28th September - Ancient Egyptian Orienteering (Geography, History, PE)

Autumn 2020 - Class 3 - 21st September - Hieroglyphs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water); Kelly Kettles; Four Corners (Art, History, Science - fire triangle, PE)

Hackness CE Primary School