Scholar Green Primary School
Forest School Progression Model 2019-20
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2
3
Knowledge
Shelter and Art
To know what materials to use to build a
shelter for a mouse
To know what makes a good shelter for
a mouse.
Fire and Drama/Music
To know how to be safe around the fire
area.
To know some campfire songs
Water and Nature
To know the names of different insects
Shelter and Art
To know how to tie some knots
To know the name of some knots
Fire and Drama/Music
To know what a fuel is.
To know how to identify some fuels.
Water and Nature
To know that we need water to survive.
To know why we need water to survive.
To know how water helps plants to
survive.
Shelter and Art
To know how to use sticks as shelter
frames.
Fire and Drama/Music
Skills
Vocabulary
Shelter and Art
To build a shelter for a mouse
To create a leaf collage
To use a trowel
Fire and Drama/Music
To cook marshmallows safely.
To sing campfire songs
Water and Nature
To collect rain water
To identify different insects
Shelter
Materials
Safety
Fire
Campfire
Song
Trowel
Shelter and Art
To tie a variety of knots
To use a rope
To create plant rubbing
Fire and Drama/Music
To cook bread twists
To act out an age appropriate story
Water and Nature
To explain why we need water
To sweep for bugs
As above plus:
Rope
Knots
Bread twists
Survive
Rubbing
Shelter and Art
To use sticks as shelter frames
To print using leaves
To use a mallet
As above plus:
Mallet
Dutch Oven
Fire Striker
To know how to put fuel on the fire
To know how to use a fire striker
Water and Nature
To know how to make a pitfall trap
To know how to make a bug hotel
4
Shelter and Art
To know different styles of shelter
To know how to make furniture for a
shelter.
Fire and Drama/Music
To understand the fire triangle (oxygen,
heat, fuel)
Water and Nature
To know how to make an underwater
viewer
5
Shelter and Art
To know how to use tarps to create a
shelter.
To know how to use tarps to create a
teepee
Fire and Drama/Music
To know different tinders
To know how to build different styles of
fire
Water and Nature
To know the name of certain plants
To know the name of certain trees
Fire and Drama/Music
To cook using a Dutch Oven
To use fire strikers
To create a musical instrument
Water and Nature
To make pitfall traps
To make bug hotels
Shelter and Art
To create a variety of different, natural
shelters
To create furniture
Fire and Drama/Music
To boil water
To make a hot drink
To create a variety of musical instruments
Water and Nature
To go pond dipping
To make and use underwater viewers
Shelter and Art
To create a lattice wall
To create a tepee
To begin to use tarps
Fire and Drama/Music
To use mud ovens
To tell your own campfire story
Water and Nature
To identify certain plants
To identify certain trees
Fuel
Pitfall
As above plus:
Fire triangle
Oxygen
Heat
Underwater viewer
As above plus:
Tepee
Lattice wall
Silver Birch tree
Beech tree
Chestnut tree
Ash tree
Willow tree
6
Shelter and Art
To know how to use tarps for different
types of shelter.
To know how to use a hammock.
To know how to make a mud hut.
Fire and Drama/Music
To understand how to make fire using
friction
Water and Nature
To know how to make a bow drill
To know how to create charcoal pencils
Shelter and Art
To use advanced tarpology
To use hammocks
To begin to make mud huts
Fire and Drama/Music
To use a bow drill
To create charcoal pencils
To create a story through drama
Water and Nature
To identify certain animals
To identify certain birds
As above plus:
Tarpology
Bow drill
Blackbird
Hummingbird
Robin
Pigeon
Blackbird
Goldfinch