Foxglove's Forest School Blog

24/11/23
A Fascinating & Fun Guy!
We were very lucky to be visited by the incredibly knowledgable and engaging Michael White. He is a wild food and self sufficiency expert and came to talk to us, in particular, about the marvellous world of mushrooms! We started with a game of delicious or deadly where we had to vote which p...
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17/11/23
Coming out of their shells
This week we learnt about the ancient art of pewter casting and each child had the opportunity to create a mould, melt the pewter over the campfire in the long spoon called the crucible and pour the molten metal into their mould to create a pewter shell. It took concentration, patience and accuracy...
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10/11/23
Village of Gold & Conker Weaving
Back in the woods and excited to reinstate their village that is 3 years in the making! The wood was a hive of activity as businesses got up and running, trading routes were established and laws involving currency and conduct were discussed. Those that needed to take a little time...
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