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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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      Winter jobs
      Katy
      • Feb 5
      • 1 min

      Winter jobs

      Our volunteer session was very productive- we took a load of thornless gooseberry cutting. Hopefully, if they take, we will have plenty...
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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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      Chilly after school
      Katy
      • Jan 21
      • 1 min

      Chilly after school

      We had plenty of work to do in this week’s after school session -which is how we like it, as it’s pretty cold after the sun has gone...
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      Frosty, foggy days…
      Katy
      • Jan 15
      • 1 min

      Frosty, foggy days…

      We had a huge pile of bark chippings to move at the allotment, which we were very glad of as it kept us warm!
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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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      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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      Autumn art!
      Katy
      • Nov 5, 2021
      • 1 min

      Autumn art!

      We’re going to be doing a series of wire sculpture sessions in our home education art group, and we started off creating trees!
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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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      New exhibition for Air Arts
      Katy
      • Sep 14, 2021
      • 1 min

      New exhibition for Air Arts

      We have been collaborating with Air Arts at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) for a number of years, exhibiting work as...
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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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