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Join us on a thrilling forest school diary entry where we learn to build bug houses. Follow our exploration of nature and teamwork as we discover the wonders of elder wood and create cozy homes for bugs.
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Getting ready Everybody is getting used to wearing their warm clothes on a Monday
Walking to forest school We walk in a sensible line to our Forest School
Our activity – bug houses We explore a different area to find some elder. When elder is cut more stems grow up from the cut
Boundary flags We set up our boundary flags. We have to stay inside them
Bug houses We pass around the elder – is there a smell, what does it feel like, is it soft or hard?
Bug houses Everybody is told how to use a potato peeler. We start taking the bark off the elder
Bug houses Working as a team was important today
Bug houses Then we use a tent peg to take out the pith in the middle of the elder
Bug houses We tie them all together and put them somewhere bugs might be
Bug houses Some great places to hide our bug houses
faces Mostly Happy faces but a few Sad faces because they did not have enough time or the team did not work well together