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...

We’re using special waxed paper to carefully cut out designs that will overlap and create gorgeous colours when the light is behind them....

Our young people were learning the safe use of tools this afternoon- in fact, they were using shears to clear nettle. They made the...

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,...

We’re making the most of the spring flowers, by preserving them to make chains of natural sun catchers. Using our wire-twisting skills...

Design and technology …with food! Our last session before Easter was a food design challenge, with construction and decoration elements....

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,...

Forest school was chillier than the last week has been, but the celandines and wood anemones are out, along with wild garlic. The...

‘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...

We were using the photography process of cyanotype print making today, which creates ‘blueprint’ images. I had already made the cyanotype...

We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...

Beautiful day at the allotment- we set up a camp in the wildflower area, and had a fabulous afternoon of crochet, and knitting! Very...

We had a visit from a group of students from Derby university, who were interested in alternative settings for education. We used bowsaws...

This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...

An interesting art session- we were talking about how craft can be used to protest and to raise awareness, big conversations! And we...

Forest school sessions haven’t been able to happen much this year, due to the weather! So many storms and high winds- but luckily,...

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...

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...

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...

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