Earthwhisperer Outdoor Learning

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A delight to explore #emotionalawareness with Year 5 @pembridgehallschool

Listening to sap rising in the silver birch trees

‘A cross stick’ to introduce acrostic poems to 60 Year 4 children yesterday. They got it! A sensory adventure in as inspiration for poetry!

Just after sunrise ... isn't the world beautiful?

A day in the woods with 60 happy children building shelters, making fires and telling stories about our new forest friends. Say hello to Philomena…

Foraged fire cider. So enjoyed making this botanical tonic - let’s see if it keeps me well through the winter! Foraged ingredients include: rosehips, hawthorn berries, birch poly pore, rosemary and sage. With the addition of star anise, peppercorns, root ginger, garlic cloves. All steeped in apple cider vinegar.

The green ‘islands’ on these beech leaves each have a wiggly line running through them. The wiggle is made by the larva of a moth which lives inside the leaf and delays the onset of autumn by helping the leaf produce a hormone to keep it green. In this way the larva prolongs its stay inside its tiny home until its ready to pop out and live its life in the big wide world!

Oak apple galls grow on oak trees. Inside each one is a tiny wasp larva. Feeling happy to have found these beauties!

Lovely day learning all about autumn with Pimlico Primary and Churchill Gardens Primary Academy. All children sent home with their own treasure box filled to the brim!

Amazing morning with pupils from North West London Jewish Day School. Boundless energy and enthusiasm! (Them, not me - I put my feet up afterwards with a nice cup of tea ;)

Welcome Spring, we’ve been waiting for you. Happy equinox y’all!