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A student helper came up with this nice idea. A bit of art work on a winter afternoon. They were hung in the greenhouse later.

Outdoor learning group got to fill a section for the Shiell St Community Garden Bug Boat. cardboard and sticks were used to fill the section. Later we got to visit Shiell St and see the section we created in place in the boat.

A glorious sunny afternoon for bashing leaves and being creative. A really nice activity that the whole group enjoyed

25th April. The pictures say it all really. We had enjoyed this activity at forest school some time ago. I reminded them of the idea and provided an old sheet and a hammer. They did the rest without any further help from me taking turns and cooperating beautifully.

1st May. Another wooded area close to home. We walked round to drop off shopping for friends who would be vulnerable to the virus and are unable to shop online. Not far from their house are Midgey Gill woods. The children and I had walked up home from town through these woods a couple of times in the past. We had never spent much time exploring and Jon had not been in them. So this seemed a perfect opportunity for a Mayday woodland wander in more woods within walking distance of our house. The woods were so green and vibrant and we saw bluebells. Amazing to have these woods raising up from the edge of town.

3rd May. After seeing bluebells in Midgey Gill woods I messaged a friend to ask if they were out in Hawkeswood. Our friends live within walking distance of Hawkeswood. Indeed that is where we met them for the first time. They have been visiting what they call "The Magic Woods" for over 30 years. Our friend said they had been there recently and the bluebells were out! Each year when we visit these woods at this time I am blown away by their beauty. The woods do seem magical. Like an idyllic fairyland. They smell amazing too. We had had weeks of sunshine and no rain. The stream which had formed a waterfall down from the adjacent field was now completely dry. More blue in the woods was what we took to be a Blackbird egg. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/05/identify-eggshells/

On our walks we often noticed on the rocks there is lichen. I think the yellowie orange lichen is crustose lichen; this means it grows like a crust. And the light grey one might be squamulose lichen it forms a leaf like scale. By Tom Macmillan