Forest Schools Photo Diary - Days 4 & 5

Mallet making using a bill hook

Using bramble to make string

Firing up the kelly kettle for a brew!

Cooking cake in orange halves on the fire...

... and the finished results - yum!

Bed for the night

Making artists charcoal on the fire

Continuing to practise fire lighting

Getting to know a tree - the all seeing eye!

Exploring trees - a squirrels eye view

Forest Schools Photo Diary - Day Three

Learning to tie a timber hitch

Using our newly learning hitches and lashing to build a tripod

Using King Alfred Cakes to start a fire

Glowing King Alfred Cake

Forest Schools Photo Diary - Day Two

Graham and Isabel using a bow saw the Forest School Way

Using lashing and weaving to make a woodland talisman

Using that bow sawing to make a lovely woodland medallion

Practising the fire skills from yesterday

Making woodland bread to cook on the fire!

Forest Schools Photo Diary - Day One

Putting up a tarp shelter

Making a home for an alien friend

Making a fire using the V-lay technique

What goes into a good fire lighting kit...

Inspired by Mark Hearld

And here is the finished work of art for the Mark Hearld display at Potteric Carr. I still need to add some interactive elements such as asking how many animals they can spot in the picture. It's too promote a competition to give away a signed copy of First Book of Nature.