Today we were out at Muiravonside Country Park, learning responsible firelighting and cooking in the countryside. A lot of what we did is from the Forest School Curriculum, condensed into shorter sessions. Patrick was responsible, safe, sensible and concentrated well whilst supervising the fire. We left ‘No Trace’ of where we had been. We used Kelly Kettles, which have a chimney effect and boil a pint of water in 4-5mins, they use small wooden sticks, pine needles cones etc. We could not find Scots Pines needles, which are very tasty when steeped, for Tea they have more vitamin C than oranges.

We also built some survival shelters, which was done in teams. Shelter building involves thinking about Numeracy – triangulation and the structural stability. We ran out of time and the class have asked to do more Bushcraft/Forest School sessions.