Back to school!

Well I've had the most brilliant 5 weeks! I've met some amazing people and been very privileged to observe some great instructors and organisations at work. A huge 'thank you' to all those who have allowed me to visit, stay, take part in activities and have answered my numerous questions.

'Thank you'

Busy, busy......

Wednesday I was at Merrylands School working with small groups of Year 5 children doing a mapping task. Using pacing alone they managed to plot landmarks on their site with a high degree of accuracy. In the afternoon it was environmental work in the schools wild nature garden, the pupils had to find evidence of life........they found loads! They found evidence of everything from ants, snails, frogs, spiders, birds, wasps to cats and foxes. The pupils were also able to identify many of the plants that were growing there.
Today was a very early start, I arrived at Hilltop Junior School at 6.40am!! It was open morning at their school so I helped BJH convert a gazebo into a camouflaged outdoor learning area with 'Fred' asleep in a hammock out of the sun, we finished setting it up just as the first parents arrived at 9.30am. Throughout the morning we chatted to parents, children and staff about the outdoor learning programme which is based on survival skills and hearing how well it has been received by all. Well done BJH!