Our penultimate ZOOM - because we are opening Kinda Forest School in JULY! At least that's what we hope depending on Government Guidelines. We asked you if you wanted to get back to forest school, and everyone said YES. Ryan said he wanted to MOVE TO FOREST SCHOOL. He was going to transport his den… Continue reading June Zoom Hornbeam
It was a delightfully intimate group this week, only 7 of us, with 3 of the faithful tribe, Brook, Toby and Ryan. We missed Rachelle and Sue. Ryan presented us with an immediate quandary. He had boiled rosemary and found it had a physical reaction of bubbling. Mell and Rachel were mystified. To make a… Continue reading June Zoom – Beech
Jess and her sister Amy have got 2 horses on loan to be lawn mowers for their lawn. They are entering them for an online horse competition, being judged on cutest companion. Will you take photographs we asked, and you can share screens next week (a skill we know Jess has) and show us any… Continue reading June Zoom – Elder
With Mell aka Flora, Rachelle, Megan and Rachel with Leon on Zoom control, we had a small tribe visiting the woods on Zoom today, but boy had they been busy. Toby had created the Cave Game, loosly based on Minefield, which required resources or was it 3 sauces (Brown, Tomato and Bread?) 5 caves in… Continue reading May Zoom – Ash and Elderflower
The two Rachelles and Sue and the dogs, were under the Bender. Why? Because we were talking HAZEL this week. The International Space Wagon was there to provide power to our speaker (thank you solar) which was connected through blue tooth to the computer to give us surround sound - SO WE COULD HEAR YOU… Continue reading May Zoom – Hazel
Stick go round developed the theme of 10 different things to do with a trampoline which included sleep in it or under it, and Eloise was evidently keeping her baby ducklings under it, may be a place for chickens too? Tris's Lamborghini, Leon's 21st birthday, Lauri and Flyn have been books and making butter (Cream,… Continue reading Lockdown Zoom – Trampolines, Hawthorn, healing, Piza base printing
Two articals about outdoor learning here Can Forest School help heel refugee children? Scotland views outdoor learning as a way of reopening schoools
What a full day. With combined Monday and Wednesday's tribes, we welcomed back Leon to see us all, and in the woods with Mell and the 2 Rachel(les) were Megan (on tech) and Sue on collage art. Keeping our distances in our 5 acres, we had a plan! Stick go round was full. Star wars,… Continue reading Lockdown Zoom (May 6), Oaks, Galls, collage, bark rubbing
With Mell and the Two Rachel(les) in the wood (keeping socially distanced), and Meg and Sue on Zoom duty, we held our 2nd wood zoom gathering of the tribe from their homes for "Kinda Interactive TV". In our opening circle we passed around the talking stick to find out what everyone had been up too.… Continue reading Lockdown Zoom (April 29) Wellbeing, tree art, Oak catkins
With Lorna and Rachel with Gina zooming in, we welcomed the young tribe this Monday, our 2nd Zooming experience direct from Kaliwood - we are learning, and there is much to learn. We had a computer in the woods today, so we could see the zoomers arriving on a larger than mobile screen. Rowan was… Continue reading Lockdown, zooming Monday – worms and listening to trees grow
Kinda Elders in the woods 