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Hackness and Wykeham Church of England Schools' Federation
‘Living, learning and growing in God's World’
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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!
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)
