Jonathan, Mandy and Hayley visited Danbury Outdoor Centre to listen and participate in a training session about how the Forest Schools initiative operates.
Forest School base |
Mandy and Hayley listen intently to how the children are organised. |
Weaving with natural materials and mirrors for canopy views. |
Crowns decorated with nature. Become the 'Earl of.....' |
Sticky backed card allows leaves, twigs and moss to be stuck to the outside. |
Just a piece of string? Give it a twist and add bits of nature between then the twists. |
Trays for collecting material and bug collecting pots. |
Small digging tools, trowels and forks |
Chain for marking a fire circle. |
Use the chain to mark out a fire circle. |
Children must learn the rules when establishing a fire circle. |
Mandy can't resist completing the nature weaving! |
Sorta finished! |
Building a fire |
Tinder and dry kindling makes for easy lighting. |
Fire lit, build the fire with gradually bigger pieces of wood. |
Cooked marshmallows on green sticks |
Two sieves allow you to make popcorn. |
Mandy really didn't want to leave the nature weaving frame, so here's a photo for posterity! |