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Autumn Treasures at Sherwood Pines Our Reception Class took their first educational visit recently. The children visited Sherwood Pines Forest, where they learned all about the forest and its inhabitants. In the morning the children engaged in some woodland art. The group worked together to make a big picture of a tree, using materials foraged form the forest such as twigs, pine needles, pine cones, leaves, tree bark and pebbles. It was a great joint effort and forest floor made a perfect canvas. The children also learned about the many inhabitants of the forest and why the forest is such an important place for wildlife. Of course the primary function of Sherwood Pines Forest is to produce wood; it is a managed forest and the children also learned about the vast variety of uses that the wood produced has. After lunch the children went on a “treasure hunt”, collecting a wide variety of objects from the forest to bring back to school. Autumn is a wonderful time to be in the forest as so much is changing and the colours seem to be at their best at this time of year. They also observed the habitats of some of the smaller inhabitants of the forest such as spiders, millipedes and ladybirds; hopefully not too many made the journey back to Estfeld with us. A school trip for the younger pupils is never complete without a visit to the play park and this was the perfect end to the day. There were many tired arms and legs and heavy eyes on the return coach journey, with just enough time for a snooze. What an exciting and busy day! T 32 32
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