We had a catch up. Eloise had been to Wales where she bought back some beautiful slate, Mell to Durham, Rachel to Germany (where for 5 days philosophers talked around one question: Under what circumstances is it right to disagree?) Mell spoke of the current Extinction Rebellion taking place around the UK, and of the… Continue reading KFS April After Easter
Mondays tribe continue to adventure, play, experiment, working things out about themselves, learning new tricks, bursting with wonderful thoughts, and observing the world around them. It is a joy to be amongst them. Only this week they discovered Lion's eggs, although it was observed that they would probably be bigger if they were lions eggs… Continue reading KFS Mondays in March
It's Equinox! After learning that Jack and Ave have been on a march in Norwich about Climate Change, Mell thinks that Kinda Forest School should join in with the Children's March on Climate Change - Halesworth watch out! With her DRUM, Mell welcomes in each compass point Shredded Wheat (North South East West). After doing… Continue reading KFS 2019 Wednesday March Equinox
Rotation 1 - the earth rotates to give us day and night Rotation 2 - the earth rotates around our sun The Tilt The tilt of the earth is 23% and this give us our seasons Equator, in the centre, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere. Summer in Australia is winter in the UK Equinox Equinox comes… Continue reading Equinox and Solstice March 21
In order to get the treasure, we had to find the map. In order to find the map we had to find a number of things around the Name Tree. Like a piece of red. A rough texture. But we found all, and the bendy bough of hazel came down for us, and we fond… Continue reading KFS Monday Tribe – fire and treasure finding
On a very wet day (unusually wet these dry days), Jim rocked up with his trailer full of robust hurdles. These are generous gifts from Michael (Imison) who gifted them after a couple of visits to our burgeoning forest school project last Autumn. 'What do you need', he asked Mell. Hurdles she said, to protect… Continue reading 2019 Hurdles arrived
Spring in the air, in the raising sap, budding hazel, hawthorn, and definitely springing tribe. Jasbir and Kiren visited up and taught Elouise the four directions in Hindi. Ave and Molly played it. Making dens.Playing rough and tumble. With Gabriel making the den.Gathering woodchip. Mable and Rosie and Elouise made a tightrope, tested out.Even tried… Continue reading 2019KFS – Wednesday 6th March – springy
It was Gina's birthday, so we had a cake (baked in our Dutch oven) and a box to hit to get out the surprise - a Pinata. In tools the Apprentice's made toadstools and mushrooms. Lewin bought along his mini bike, which was immediately popular, and it rocked around with the tricycle with different tribe… Continue reading 2019KFS – Wednesday Feb 27
It started with looking at the stuff found out of the pond 3 years back which were on the old electrical cable table also dug out of the ponds when dregged: Old boots, an old frying pan probably used by the Americans (it was big!) when they were stationed here during the war), and some… Continue reading 2018 Archeology and Evidence
Kinda Elders in the woods 