Saturday Club. We made wreaths out of leaves and berries as well as making some drawings that you can see on our website. We played cammouflage and looked for small branches to whittle to bake our bread. It was cold but sunny and bright.
Dec 7, 2011
DECEMBER 2012
Saturday Club. We made wreaths out of leaves and berries as well as making some drawings that you can see on our website. We played cammouflage and looked for small branches to whittle to bake our bread. It was cold but sunny and bright.
Dec 2, 2011
AUGUST 2011
I ran some forest school sessions at Newhailes house for the green scene in September with many different schools. The children made some lovely minibeasts.
July 2011
Today we had sun and no rain. We made a fire and had snack round it. We made a den for our clay minibeasts and then made one big den to see if we could make it waterproof. Iwas the rain and everyone came out pretty dry so that was impressive!
We were very fortunate to have Kirsty to help us today who comes with a lot of experience of working in outdoor settings.
Yesterday I watched a lovely clip from the secret garden in Fife. A full time nursery which uses local woods.
Other links which are very interesting and give good ideas for you to use in the woods with your children are nature detectives.
If you or your school fancies planting trees you can get some free trees from the woodland trust.
July 2011
We made dens and clay mini beasts as well as singing songs and reading poetry under our tarp in the rain. We enjoyed the Jabberwocky and the rain sound song as we made some lovely stuff from clay and pieces from the woods.
We learnt about squirrels diets, and how old trees are if you count the rings on a tree stump. we found left overs from squirrels munching pine cones and used them to decorate our hamsters and animals.
We listened to different birds and learnt how to stay safe round a camp fire. we also got to bake our own bread and eat it carefully with honey. Best of all we met new people and went off hunting for insects and wild flowers.