First aid kit will travel
Forest School in action
sometimes it just happens
Last week in a session i was sat tapping nails into the log. I frequently offer this log for learners to hammer nails as a physical activity. Once I tapped I started weaving to see if anyone wanted to join. One child sat and I offered, no they replied, “I cannot think of anything to do” ok I replied “can I sit and chat with you?” they asked, of course I replied. The learner then started to tell me where they wanted the threads to go and directed my play.
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Hertfordshire First Aid course
Looking back on last week’s #forestschool#paediatric#firstaid in #Hertfordshire as I prep for this week’s course in #somerset. Always good fun and to get some positive feedback validating your hard-working approach is nice.
Working on the clients patch allows them to look at it in different view as we build scenarios highlighting the topography, possible risks and sometimes difficultly in reacting to keep yourself safe too. Often leading to reviews of practice, first aid provision and equipment in the kit and welfare supplies.
Using a variety of approaches, games, screens, scenarios, discussions, groups, and practice we try to meet learners needs.
Rocket Stove
I decided to try and be a little more sustainable during my sessions with regard to hot water and rather than leaving a kettle boiling for hours and fires being kept alive all day I opted to try a rocket stove. This was instigated at the Forest School Association conference last year with a discussion on sustainability and then cemented by @chriswholeland who I saw had recently bought one too.
It had been on my mind prior to both those events but perhaps I just needed the nudge. The Anevay Horizon stove supplied by @bearandbearstore was delivered the next day to my surprise, thanks! So this weekend in the spring sunshine I thought I will get a brew on.
It arrived with the some kindling and slowburning compressed wood rounds and even some matches. all i need for the cup of tea. with @eagleproducts kettle from @raymears_woodlore i was away. The first burn was nice and easy and he kettle was soon steaming. the lighting was easy moving in and out of the wind with the cage was easy too and no heat transfer so controlling the burn was simple. The slow burning block was too slow for the kettle and only needed and handful of dry wood to boil about 700ml of water in good time.
Yes its bulky but no weight to it really and if it requires less wood to heat water, yet to try cooking over it, then all in all a good buy. with the ease of lighting seems to be a hit. I will compare to a kelly kettle for timing but the stability of this wide base I think will make it easier to use too.
Forest School Adventure: Deciphering Woodland Sprites’ Treasure Maps
We had a visit from the pesky woodland sprites to #Forestschool a couple of weeks ago. They had watched the children having fun over previous sessions.
The sprites had left their footprint on the trees around the site where they been sat quietly watching.
I arrived on site to find a box in the fire circle which contain a note from the sprites written in their native tongue of leaves and clay.
They had taken some of our favourite play items and hidden them around the site and we had to decipher the maps and work out where the swings and ropes had been hidden. As the children shouted ‘X marks the spot’ off they went to find our missing equipment.
