Return walk after an afternoon’s work in Sanquhar Community Woods.

Today pupils from P5 and P6 began their weekly visits to Sanquhar Woods .  They will be working towards gaining their John Muir Discovery Award.  Pupils showed respect as they entered the woodland home of birds, insects and animals.  First task of the session was for pupils to come up with ideas about how to stay safe in the woods.  With safety in mind, they went off in pairs to explore.  Finally they went to find a ‘special place’ to sit all by themselves.  As the photographs show, pupils were very engrossed in explaining the features of their special place and how they felt.  On their return pupils described they felt happy, relaxed, secure and peaceful about being sat in their own wild space.  We were very lucky to have such a beautiful afternoon and thanks to the parents who helped out.