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      Fabulous kaleidoscopes!
      Katy
      • May 20
      • 1 min

      Fabulous kaleidoscopes!

      Something that’s been in my mind for a while, and today we finally got around to making our own kaleidoscopes from scratch. They seemed...
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      Steiner-inspired art
      Katy
      • May 14
      • 1 min

      Steiner-inspired art

      We’re using special waxed paper to carefully cut out designs that will overlap and create gorgeous colours when the light is behind them....
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      Wild wildflowers
      Katy
      • May 14
      • 1 min

      Wild wildflowers

      Our young people were learning the safe use of tools this afternoon- in fact, they were using shears to clear nettle. They made the...
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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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      Spring art
      Katy
      • Apr 30
      • 1 min

      Spring art

      We’re making the most of the spring flowers, by preserving them to make chains of natural sun catchers. Using our wire-twisting skills...
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      Edible Easter Art
      Katy
      • Apr 9
      • 1 min

      Edible Easter Art

      Design and technology …with food! Our last session before Easter was a food design challenge, with construction and decoration elements....
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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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      Art using the sunshine
      Katy
      • Mar 26
      • 1 min

      Art using the sunshine

      We were using the photography process of cyanotype print making today, which creates ‘blueprint’ images. I had already made the cyanotype...
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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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      Sunshine!
      Katy
      • Mar 19
      • 1 min

      Sunshine!

      Beautiful day at the allotment- we set up a camp in the wildflower area, and had a fabulous afternoon of crochet, and knitting! Very...
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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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      And we didn’t need the lights!
      Katy
      • Mar 8
      • 1 min

      And we didn’t need the lights!

      This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...
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      Craft and craftivism
      Katy
      • Mar 8
      • 1 min

      Craft and craftivism

      An interesting art session- we were talking about how craft can be used to protest and to raise awareness, big conversations! And we...
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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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      Final textile session of half term
      Katy
      • Feb 5
      • 1 min

      Final textile session of half term

      This is our last session at the plot before half term- although we do have a very special, off-site session in two weeks…😁 This week...
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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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      How to 3D your textiles!
      Katy
      • Jan 30
      • 1 min

      How to 3D your textiles!

      Our textile projects are developing nicely- this week, we were looking to create three-dimensionality. With a lovely pile of assorted...
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