At Club wild we have been making the most of the treasures that autumn brings.
The beginning of September brought a bounty of hedgerow fruits. We made jam with the last of the wild raspberries and the first of the brambles along with plums and apples of the orchard and trees in the school grounds. Look out for our tasty jam on sale at the Christmas fayre.
The magnificent purple of the brambles that stained our fingers as we picked also gave us dye to have a go at natural tie-dyeing. We got dark greens from nettles and yellows from turmeric to dye our t-shirts and bags. What amazing colours and patterns.
September also brings seeds shaking, popping and floating. We have collected and dried wild flower seeds that can be sown next year.
October brings beautiful colours as the leaves change colour and fall to the ground. We learnt about this autumn leaf fall, called senescence. Leaves that we collected and pressed were arranged in a frame and hung in the dinner hall. When they catch the autumn sunshine the amazing range of colours shine through.
For Spooky Halloween, Mr Bones was created from collected twigs, as we learned about the different bones in our bodies.
Join us soon for more autumn adventures soon.
Club Wild, Mrs Young & Sarah-Jane
