{"id":24288,"date":"2023-05-18T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=24288"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:03:17","slug":"our-outdoor-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/05\/18\/our-outdoor-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Outdoor Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s outdoor classroom day today! To celebrate, we thought we would share what we were learning in our Forest \u201cclassroom\u201d today!<\/p>\n

Our new skill today was whittling sticks. Whittling is a fun and creative way to introduce knife skills and is done by using a sharp object such as a knife, or in our case a peeler, \u00a0to carve wood. Using our knowledge, understanding and experience we have gained from our woodwork bench, we were able to transfer and apply these skills to our Forest classroom! We demonstrated this by listening carefully to safety instructions for using our \u201cpeelers\u201d. It was very important to remember not to touch the \u201cshiny metal bit\u201d so that \u201cwe don\u2019t cut our fingers\u201d, and to hold the peeler \u201cby the handle at the bottom\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was important to remember to keep a safe distance round us which we called our blood bubble! We decided it would be safer to take the peeler along the stick away from us \u201cso we don\u2019t cut our fingers\u201d. Lots of wood came off and we could see \u201cthe stick change colour\u201d.
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While we were having snack under our shelter, we decided that we could use our sticks to \u201ccook marshmallows on the fire\u201d for our last week of Forest School next week.<\/p>\n

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During our time in our Forest \u201cclassroom\u201d, \u00a0we have learned so many new skills. Each week we have grown in confidence and developed our gross and fine motor skills through a wide range of activities. It has been so much fun to make new friends and to work as a group and support each other\u2019s learning.<\/p>\n

By exploring different outdoor environments and engaging in energetic physical play, we have developed our movement and co-ordination skills and can now climb and balance on trees with confidence!
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\nIt was so much fun in our Forest classroom today and we can\u2019t wait to see what we will learn next week!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best classroom and the richest cupboard is roofed only by the sky\u201d (McMillan, 1925)<\/p>\n

Article 15 you have the right to be with friends. Article 28 you have the right to an education.<\/p>\n

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