100 metre sprint and long jump practice in the yellow group. Working towards both the yellow group Olympics topic and Bothwellparks Mardi Gras sports day.

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Would you like a “smore”?

How can I have some more if I haven’t had anything yet?

No would you like a “smore”….a chocolatey marshmallow mess made with a campfire and some fun.

I’ll have one of them.

One roasted marshmallow sandwiched between 2 chocolate digestive biscuits.

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At circle time one of our pupils decided to do a special Makaton birthday wish for her sister.

Moving on with our outdoor foods and fun over the fire topic in outdoor learning and forest schools we progressed from simply roasting marshmallows to roasting them and using chocolate digestives as a sandwich to make a delicious and fun Smore.

Fire safety as always is at the forefront of our minds and we carefully put out and disposed of the fire when we were finished.

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Outdoor learning with fairy stories. The fairies left the yellow group a small night. The group only knew about this note from a phone call to John’s phone. He was left with measurements, directions and locations to help find the note. Using these instructions the yellow group managed to find the note which John read out. It told us we had destroyed their village with our big feet. And said we would have to follow the green orienteering trail to find doors to start building the homes and town again. All pupils enjoyed this lesson and are keen and ready for the follow up. To find the doors we had to explore the wilderness, in the brush, the streams, gorges and trenches but we managed to find all the doors.

The transferable skills this unit of ODL will teach us is how houses are build. What is involved in a home. What is in a home…ie washing etc, allowing us to transfer this story to home life skills like washing, ironing, cooking, dishes etc as the fairy village will have to function like this.

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Friday Club success in a number areas including safety with sharp and dangerous tools.

We learned of a new tool and its purpose in the shape of the chisel. We learned how to use it properly and cut a groove in our sliding mechanism to catch the sweets in our Candy Machine.

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This week some of our pupils visited Ponies Help Children. They are a charity based in North Lanarkshire who offer therapeutic services for children and young people. Our pupils enjoyed their visit and can’t until next time.

One of our pupils enjoys accessing the local community. I think a lot of fun has been had this week!

With OLHS sports day fast approaching the trampolines are occasionally dismantled and the high jump practice area set up. This presented the opportunity for a little change for the trampoline club pupils and staff and they all made the most of it by 100% excelling in high jump practice as our gallery of pictures shows……well done everyone.

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With a morning for of cooking with the yellow group in the kitchen. We felt it also important to learn that the kitchen is not the place to cook food. We started off with marshmallows today but will progress to a variety of different foods and possibly have a BBQ as well to highlight all differences and have fun while learning.

We also spent a lot of time learning of fire safety and the number one rule of never stepping into the “Ring of Fire” unless accompanied by a member of staff.

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