First, we went on a "Gruffalo Walk" through the woods. We talked about the different animals in the story and discussed how they survived in the wild.
We explored our senses while playing a variety of games. To start with we had to use our "looking" sense, just like the Gruffalo. Jenny had hidden some wriggly worms (wool) in part of the wood. In teams we worked together to see who could find the most worms, it was really tricky, we had to look really carefully. We couldn't find any of the brown or green worms as they were camouflaged!
Next, we used our hearing sense like the owl. We went on an owl walk around the woods. We had to be silent (a tricky task) and see what we could hear.
Then we used our "touching" sense. We took it in turns to put on a blind fold and feel different parts of the woodland area.
Our final job of the morning was to make a smelly potion. We filled up pots with as many things as we could find, the smellier the better! Then we added water and mixed it together.
"It smells like rotten eggs," said Gabi. "It's like smelly rubbish," said Alyssa. "Mine smells like old, stinky socks," said Alex. We left them outside in case the Gruffalo wanted to eat them!
In the afternoon we learned about what animals need to survive. We took some woodland animals (furry toys) for a walk in Longshawe estate. Our task was to make our animals a shelter. We had to work as a team, to build a den with the natural materials in the forest.
Have a look at the finished products! Can you spot the animals in their den?
We had a busy day and we were all very tired by the time the coach came! Thanks to Jenny and the Moorland team for a brilliant day!
