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      Sunshiny after school
      Katy
      • Apr 30
      • 1 min

      Sunshiny after school

      Lovely weather, and we’re still marvelling that it’s light until the end of our session! New energy for creating different sorts of dens,...
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      Potions!
      Katy
      • Apr 5
      • 1 min

      Potions!

      Much cooler and quite overcast this afternoon, but there’s was lots of potion making! We have lots of herbs on the plot, and the mint is...
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      Allotment jobs
      Katy
      • Mar 29
      • 1 min

      Allotment jobs

      Probably the last of the really warm weather for a while, so at our after school session we did some work on the allotment- weeding,...
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      Woodland springtime
      Katy
      • Mar 29
      • 1 min

      Woodland springtime

      Forest school was chillier than the last week has been, but the celandines and wood anemones are out, along with wild garlic. The...
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      Loving the sunshine!
      Katy
      • Mar 26
      • 1 min

      Loving the sunshine!

      ‘What would you like to do first?’ ’Painting!’ Our small group this week were very keen to get out the watercolours! They then made a...
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      Mother’s Day, and making camp!
      Katy
      • Mar 23
      • 1 min

      Mother’s Day, and making camp!

      We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...
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      Derby University students’ visit
      Katy
      • Mar 15
      • 1 min

      Derby University students’ visit

      We had a visit from a group of students from Derby university, who were interested in alternative settings for education. We used bowsaws...
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      Beautiful allotment afternoon!
      Katy
      • Mar 15
      • 1 min

      Beautiful allotment afternoon!

      What a change in the weather- we hope it lasts for a while! Definitely time for outdoors reading and painting, and we did a few gardening...
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      Woodland pancakes!
      Katy
      • Mar 8
      • 1 min

      Woodland pancakes!

      Forest school sessions haven’t been able to happen much this year, due to the weather! So many storms and high winds- but luckily,...
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      Stars and pizza!
      Katy
      • Feb 5
      • 1 min

      Stars and pizza!

      One of the lovely things about winter after-school sessions is being able to see the stars. We sometimes use a free star chart app to...
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      Is it getting warmer..?
      Katy
      • Jan 30
      • 1 min

      Is it getting warmer..?

      Our after school session definitely felt spring-like…not only was it (a bit) warmer, but there was lots of birdsong. We had one indoor...
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      First forest school of the year!
      Katy
      • Jan 12
      • 1 min

      First forest school of the year!

      It was a lovely bright, mild winters day, perfect for our first gathering after Christmas! The streams were high and fast, and sounded...
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      Last forest school session of the year!
      Katy
      • Jan 9
      • 1 min

      Last forest school session of the year!

      We had a huge pan of pumpkin soup (using a monster pumpkin given to us from one of the Crow Wood allotment neighbours!), plus hot mulled...
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      Loving autumn forest school😍
      Katy
      • Nov 9, 2021
      • 1 min

      Loving autumn forest school😍

      A bit of a chilly day in the woods, and we took the lightweight fire bowl, plus a rucksack with all our essentials, for an adventure walk...
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      After school…
      Katy
      • Nov 9, 2021
      • 1 min

      After school…

      We will carry on with our after school sessions even as the nights are drawing in. We have fab lights in the greenhouse, which makes it a...
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      Goodbye to the beans!
      Katy
      • Oct 6, 2021
      • 1 min

      Goodbye to the beans!

      They’ve been amazing, not least because they made such lovely, magical leafy archways everywhere, but today we decided the runner beans...
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      Still feels like summer!
      Katy
      • Sep 15, 2021
      • 0 min

      Still feels like summer!

      This week’s after school session was so lovely and warm- we thought that autumn had come to stay, but apparently not! Delicious dinner of...
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      Outdoor cooking
      Katy
      • Sep 12, 2021
      • 1 min

      Outdoor cooking

      The beginning of September and it’s been so hot! We cooked our first after school tea out in the shade, and moved the seating outside...
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      New term!
      Katy
      • Sep 11, 2021
      • 1 min

      New term!

      Our after school sessions are about to start, but on this last summer session, we tried our first sweet corn, as well as making wooden...
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      More bramble cooking
      Katy
      • Aug 30, 2021
      • 1 min

      More bramble cooking

      Our thornless brambles aren’t very sweet (although great for crumbles), but the brambles in the hedge, in full sun, are amazing! We tried...
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