{"id":4363,"date":"2020-06-02T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=4363"},"modified":"2021-01-14T12:40:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T12:40:24","slug":"the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-health-and-wellbeing-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-health-and-wellbeing-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Health and Wellbeing Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0<em>The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0<\/em>by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-an-introduction\/\">You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go Brambling and Cook Up a Bramble Treat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CfE Es and Os\u00a0 HWB 0-35a\/HWB 1-35a<\/p>\n<p>Autumn (the setting for the story) is the perfect time to go bramble (blackberry) picking.\u00a0 Choose a favourite recipe of your own or try out something from the suggestions here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutkids.org.uk\/2017\/09\/blackberry-recipes.html\">All About Kids &#8211; Blackberry Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At other times of the year, choose a different fruit.\u00a0 Keep a calendar of when fruits are available from growers in Scotland and encourage children to begin to think about seasonality and where our food comes from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assessing and Managing Risk &#8211; Plan an Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CfE Es and Os\u00a0 HWB 0 -16a\/1-16a<\/p>\n<p>Even very young children should be involved in planning activities and assessing and managing risk.<\/p>\n<p>If you can, plan a trip to nearby woodland (within the school grounds or beyond) or simply an\u00a0 activity outdoors in the space you have.<\/p>\n<p>Part of your plan should include a very simple Risk Assessment &#8211; list of possible problems or challenges and how to avoid them. Ask the children to identify potential problems (crossing roads, jaggy things, falling, tripping \u2026) and ask them for suggestions for how to avoid these problems.\u00a0\u00a0Make a list of the problems and\u00a0 suggestions for avoiding them.\u00a0 You can write this down using just a few words and phrases.\u00a0 You could add simple illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>You can use your Risk Assessment as a quick reminder the next time you go on this particular trip or activity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods Go Brambling and Cook Up a Bramble Treat CfE Es and Os\u00a0 HWB 0-35a\/HWB 1-35a Autumn (the setting for the story) is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-health-and-wellbeing-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Health and Wellbeing Activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4363"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6635,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4363\/revisions\/6635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}