With gust of wind of up to 54 miles an hour forecast we took shelter in the school hall for safety this week. We started by coming up with some Forest School values for which points will be awarded by the group. The person with the most points would get a reward at the end of term. The group came up with some good suggestions such as respect for each other and the environment, supporting each other, and trying and not giving up. It is great to see how the group have taken on the Olympic values they learned back in the summer.
To get everyone working together we did some cooperative juggling, we started with one ball. You play by standing in a circle and the first person shouts out the name of someone opposite them and then throws the ball. The ball then zigzags across the circle until it comes back to the first person to throw it. Once we had worked out the pattern we introduced more and more balls until there were balls flying in all directions across the circle.
With some energy burnt off we got down to making some jam jar lanterns to light up the den when we do get back outside. First thing we had to do was put a handle onto the jar, using wire we twisted it around the neck of the jar and then we took a loop over the top and attached it on the opposite side. Using glass felt tips we drew designs on our jars, there were some diverse scenes marked out from Christmas and Hanukkah, abstract to monster eyes. The designs were filled in with glass paint and then set to dry but before we left them we put night lights in the lanterns and turned out the light so we could see how they are going to work in the den.
After we had finished our hot chocolate I demonstrated the Mexican craft of ojo de dios or God’s eye. You take two sticks and tie a clove hitch to one and then making a cross you then wrap the string around each point of the cross working out from the middle. We are going to make some of these to decorate the den in preparation for the upcoming winter festivals.
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