10/11/2008<BR>
Volunteering 69, Forest Schools - St Michaels Bowthorpe, The cold, wet weather meant that the teacher chose to stay in the Barn under cover, so the Forest School was almost a normal lesson in style. The teacher did not stand back. FS leader, E, was somewhat undermined<BR>
 18 children and two TAs made 

dream catchers

 using twigs and string supplied, but decorated with artifacts found during a brief run around a meadow outside. E supplemented this with a collection of sea-shells<BR>
 The children paired off and the dc session was interrupted for each pair to count the rings of a log-slice, which was given to the class by E<BR>
 The teacher later announced that only one child had got the count 

right

! This is not how an FS leader would have dealt with the diverging results!, We made plasticene animals, and the children were asked to describe what they had made. Some had made sharks and flounders, the teacher showed a very negative response 

they are not local creatures

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 As Whitlingham is a disused gravel quarry, we often find shells of marine creatures.