Whittling ~ Knots ~ Trees

A strange combination you may think - my Amazon recommendations are going to be a huge jumble with the arrival of three books. Just need some time to explore them now...

Week one photos

I used a billhook to split these!

Our own pegged out fire - feeling proud

Kerry using the dragon's sneeze and pixie pillow

long continuous blows to feed the fire with oxygen

Becky all wrapped up and chilling in the hammock

aiming for the hoop

Recapping our learning

splitting using a billhook

pan pizza on the fire

tying up tarps

My bow saw tool talk

shelter success

tinder and kindling collections

At last...

The time was right for me as changes within my year group and the new curriculum opened the door into the outside.

Through persistence of a colleague, Becky, we were booked on to our Level 3 Forest School Practitioner training: without having to pay for ourselves or complete during school holidays.

It all seemed to happen so fast but we were starting our journey to having a Forest School within our school grounds.