With the lovely winter frost weather and soon to be beautiful spring and summer weather it is important to remember the benefits, opportunities, resilience, fun and life skills we can learn during outdoor learning and forest schools. We can cook, build, make, create, think differently, find results in different ways, enjoy success and failure equally and grow as young individuals. Below is a short video to highlight some pupil work just before last years National Outdoor Learning Day.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

With college off today the purple group had a fantastic opportunity to embark on the forest schools programme. We looked into things that catch fire and things that don’t (leaves and mud). We cleared all the dry leaves from our “ring of fire”. We learned that we never step in the “ring of fire” unless with the teacher and we only walk around it. Then when ready we prepared, cooked and ate some popcorn in the forest building life and learning skills and resilience to problems we need to tackle. Well done everyone.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

The Yellow group had a great time building a hammock at forest schools. This creates a fantastic relaxation and sensory area for pupils to enjoy during lessons. The first sign of success is failure as we can see from John falling off the hammock.

The Orange Group have been having fun making some Scottish Shortbread last week! Well done everyone!

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

What a Wednesday! Firstly the orange group cooked up some delicious home made burgers and fries and then made some lovely pancakes over the fire in Barons Haugh…..well done everyone keep up the hard work.

This special remake of a memorable scene from a well known American sit com and British pop group. Took many hours of focus, determination, Hollywood drama skills and emotion.  A production full of A-list Bothwellpark legends. Filmed, directed and pictured by our very own Spielberg…. Stephen Irvine. (Allow to run through once to prevent buffering of movie)

Amazing performances from all pupils learning every beat and note of the legendary song “We Will Rock You”

What an amazing time had by everyone with “4 Reel” & Sam playing some Scottish music on a variety of instruments and then at the end all of the young people getting a go. Thanks to Firpark Primary and Clydeveiw Primary for joining us to….. we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Lunch clubs getting back into full swing in 2019….@ Bothwellpark Team Work Makes The Dream Work

So much fun and learning at Forest Schools making popcorn from fresh kernels.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.