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
Snow cold, fire going, tribe arriving, porridge on, Michael's huge spoon stirring. We are missing a few, down with seasonal colds and under the weather. Molly, Ben, Max Gabriel, we missed you. A riddle hunt began: 'I am about 80 years old. The gift left by many men (Americans?) has been the food for trees… Continue reading 2019KFS Home Ed Jan 30 – bottles and bats
We did so much this day.I must find my notes! With David and Gina joining us, we were well covered with diverse teaching and support. We ventured into the Park. Here's one image of our adventure, by the naming of trees. Oak, Hazel, Maple and Yew. When we returned we were welcomed with hot chocolate… Continue reading KFS2019 Home Ed
We began the Story of John Muir, introduced by Eloise. A Yorkshire man, with a very strict dad, who as a young lad emigrated to the US, followed his passion for wilderness and helped establish America's first National Park, Yellowstone National Park. Pheasant Cycle - grain in the gullet. Giblets added to Clarissa and burried… Continue reading KFS2019 Home Ed – Life Cycles and Tri cycles
It was a day of ANIMALS - a veritable ZOO First we found mouse and squirrel in the woods, swinging in a basket on a swing, snuggled up in leaves. Returning to base the tribe found that the Dragon food they prepared last week was missing from the oven. "Did the toothless dragon come?', they… Continue reading KFS2019 – Monday Tribe
Our first Saturday meeting was on a dull January day, in which the first thing we did was make a fire! (After being welcomed into the wood by Crow) . We explored. We explored our new Forest friends. We walked our boundary. We found Clarissa, the ponds and the old boots and ended up at… Continue reading KFS 2019 – Saturday January 12
Kinda Elders in the woods 