Art sessions…
You can see our talented young artists’ work on the Crow Wood Facebook page, but here’s a quick summary of the sessions before Christmas!...
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Katy
Nov 9, 20211 min read
Loving autumn forest school😍
A bit of a chilly day in the woods, and we took the lightweight fire bowl, plus a rucksack with all our essentials, for an adventure walk...
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Katy
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Autumn art!
We’re going to be doing a series of wire sculpture sessions in our home education art group, and we started off creating trees!
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Katy
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Home ed art sessions
We had a fabulous start to this term’s art sessions at the allotment! We used elderberries as the basis for watercolour paint, which was...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Introduction to carving
Our next art project is more 3D work. Over lockdown, our online art sessions concentrated on painting and drawing, so it's good to get...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
More mosaics
After spending a few sessions using tesserae to make mosaics, we've gone a bit more industrial now, and are using pebbles and cement! The...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Summery Forest school
If ever proof were needed about how much we NEED TREES...then being in the woods on a really hot day just proves it! Trees not only...
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Katy
May 16, 20211 min read
Home ed art group
Our in-person sessions at the allotment have started! We’re doing a series of workshops using two different ways of creating mosaics- the...
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Katy
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Spending time in woodland
Our second session of forest school this year was a bit colder than the first, as the sun stayed behind the clouds. The trees are still...
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Katy
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Forest Schools sessions start after 3 months away!
It was a beautiful afternoon to have the first of our forest school sessions since mid-December. The group is slightly smaller than...
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Katy
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Activity: Paper marbling
Our art sessions for home educating children have moved onlin, due to the current lockdown, and we’re try out all sorts of practical...
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Katy
Jan 12, 20211 min read
Project: Christmas tree whisk
If you had a real, cut Christmas tree, or you’ve been pruning a fir tree (but NOT leylandii or yew!!), then this is a lovely project to...
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Katy
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Recipe: Forest-school-at-home jalebi
We were going to be doing some cooking at forest school this week, but all that's on hold of course! So we thought we'd share the recipe...
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Katy
Dec 23, 20201 min read
News: Festive forest school!
Our final session before Christmas consisted of re-building the dam at Clay Cove, some whittling projects, and hot dogs! And lots of...
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Katy
Dec 22, 20201 min read
News: Edible making
Our final home education art sessions before Christmas were sculpture-based...but using fondant icing and marzipan. Not only good to eat,...
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Katy
Dec 14, 20201 min read
News: Forest School crafting
There’s been plenty of rain...so it was muddy and excitingly slippery in the woods! As well as a bit of teacake-toasting, we were making...
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Katy
Dec 13, 20201 min read
News: Its definitely Christmas!
For the last two sessions before Christmas we will be all-out Christmas crafting... This week, it was making beautiful 3D paper stars-...
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Katy
Dec 10, 20201 min read
News: Forest school camp fire on a cold day...
Despite our new camp being a quite sparse (the other camp is just far too muddy!), we are adapting well! And most importantly, the camp...
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Katy
Dec 9, 20201 min read
News: It's starting to feel just a bit Christmassy...
Our willow baskets are on hold - time for a quick diversion into Christmas wreaths! Some of our home education students have worked with...
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Katy
Dec 4, 20201 min read
News: Forest school cooking
We’ve been looking at different foraged foods over the last few weeks- walnuts, quinces, and this week, apples. We learnt a bit about...
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