Arrows, Elder and Anime

Today, Oak group's Forest School session took place on the school site. This gave them  the opportunity to explore the resources available in the school grounds. At the end of the school field is an elder tree that has been uprooted. Manhoor and Laiba took advantage of this to make some elder bead bracelets. The pith inside elder branches is very soft and spongy allowing it to be easily hollowed out. They used secateurs to cut small lengths of branch and threaded them on to coloured wire.

The grounds maintenance contractors had pruned some of the trees in the Children's Centre this morning leaving behind an enticing pile of branches. Reece, Faham and Atif made use of this to create some bow and arrows.

In class, the children have been learning about bridge construction. Anesu and Abisha chose to use the den building posts and some ropes to create a series of rather wobbly rope bridges. They challenged each other to see who could hang on the longest.

Michael has been learning how to draw Anime characters. He chose to use marker pens give our log pile a delightfully expressive Anime makeover.

Mohammed used the afternoon to practice using a range of tools including a bow saw, loppers and secateurs to cut lengths of wood.