This week I have been doing the first part of my Forest School Leader training. I spent three days this week doing a mixture of classroom and outdoor activities including a day in the woods at a local Forest School site. And it was my birthday during these days!
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First job was to put up a shelter, using rope and knots we had learnt the day before
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Then we had an "ice breaker" activity...we were given an egg and had to devise a carrier from natural materials so the egg could be thrown around without breaking. Here is ours..a piece of Wellingtonia trunk with a hollow for the egg, packed with moss, mud and then covered with bark from a Silver Birch, pegged into place with Elder pins....
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And it WORKED!!
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We did various craft activities, practicing safe hand tool use
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and then after lunch round a large campfire, we split into groups and practiced making a small fire of our own and extinguishing it properly and safely..
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Our final task was to make a stock fence out of gathered fallen wood. Here I am sharpening the stakes
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and banging in the posts!
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The finished fence!
It was very muddy underfoot as we have had some torrential rain around here in the last few days BUT it was really interesting, I learned a lot and had good fun as well. I have further academic and practical sessions over the next few months to come.
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And then we left the wood as we had found it...
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