Forest School

At this time of year it’s important to help feed the wildlife and P4/5 and P5/6 each ticked off another challenge for their RSPB award by making bird feeders. P4/5 added some brown onion and red onion sets to their raised bed too. Hot choc late was gratefully received by all today as it was rather chilly with the beautiful blue skies. We aren’t complaining though!

A new group of forest explorers and adventurers took to Auchnacraig woods today and made their first den using their newly acquired knot knowledge of a Figure of 8 knot. They also had a look at the diversity in the woodlands by framing a section of the ground and seeing how many plant species could be found there! It was an extremely enjoyable session and there was some fantastic sharing of knowledge. One of our young folk explained how trees communicate with each other.

We went out a dreich day and I don’t know who had more fun in the puddles: the children or Joanne! Never too old to play as demonstrated here! This group all had a go at using a hammer and nails safely.

Today was a shorter session than normal due to a change in my timetable this week. We looked at a couple of knots and the had a quick den building session. Good to see a class work so well together.  I am really looking forward to my Forest school block with them.

P2 smashed the “Paint Something You’d Find Outdoors” challenge-they had no paint nor brushes so they had to improvise and improvise they did! They earned their hot chocolate today!

Today was the day that the new hammers got taken outside for the first time and they proved to be popular with the nursery children!

Today the group made a mixture of lard and seeds which they packed into empty halved coconut shells and then they put them out on the trees in the school grounds. Within minutes a hungry coal tit appeared (identified correctly by the pupils) for a feed!