{"id":145,"date":"2012-03-20T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=145"},"modified":"2012-06-13T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T12:40:44","slug":"kilchrenan-primary-forest-school-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Kilchrenan Primary Forest School Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The woods have been our classroom for 7 months now. We started our Forest School venture in August and have explored there weekly, bar a few weeks when things got a bit hectic with the Christmas play. You know how it is!
\nThere are 12 of us, 10 pupils (P1-P6) and 2 members of staff, although we\u2019ve also had 7 different visitors, including our Education Scotland inspector and Miss Teen Argyll (Galaxy)!
\nPriority is safety and comfort. The pupils are becoming proficient at putting up a tarpaulin shelter, using timber hitch and tension knots. They\u2019re also pretty good at retrieving it from the trees on windy days! Teamwork is essential and they know their roles.<\/p>\n

A typical day includes group work, creative tasks, sharing times, physical activities, time and space on our own and fun. We\u2019ve had tree gymnastics, Forest Footy, Woodland Masterchef and a charcoal woodland gallery. There are twig stars hanging in the trees, an archaeological dig and mini houses created for the Little Folk. However it did take Teddy to come and find the Sneeze Dragon!<\/p>\n

There are new things to be discovered every week. We\u2019ll keep you posted and hopefully inspire you to \u2018go down to the woods today\u2019 or tell us about your adventures.<\/p>\n

Finally a few comments from the pupils;<\/p>\n

\u2018I made a book. \u2018Secret Teddy\u2019s Adventure\u2019\u2019 P1<\/p>\n

\u2018I like collecting beech nuts in the bucket\u2019 P1<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s fun. We look at trees and leaves. We make wood shelters, play tig in the forest and have magic spots.\u2019 P5<\/p>\n

\u2018We build objects and carve wooden pegs. We also create shelters and put up tarpaulins. At the end of the day we sometimes have a fire or boil water for hot chocolate with a storm kettle. It\u2019s absolutely awesome\u2019 P6
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