Duke's Forest School

Y3/4 built their own versions of the shaduf, including a counter-balance to make lifting the water easier.

What do coats do when left to themselves? They start playing by themselves.

Y3/4 building platforms so the could sleep when the Nile floods it’s banks. All the group could lie down on this in “comfort”, apparently.

Now Y5/6 know they have oxygen and can collect water on this strange planet the hunt is on for food. We found all sorts bugs and grubs to eat. In the end we had marshmallows, I was amazed at how many children were disappointed to be having marshmallows.

I never thought a colander would be so effective for collecting water. The children were very resourceful and some even managed to stay dry (I might have made that last bit up).

The winning team managed to get the ‘boulder’ to roll nearly 7 metres, cunningly using the slight slope in part of the woods.

Year3&4 made square based pyramids to start their topic on ancient Egypt.

As part of their topic on space this term year 5 & 6 are lost in space and have just crash landed on a strange planet a long long way from Earth. Will they survive? Only time will tell.

How about a flying car that turns into a mole vehicle that tunnels through the ground?

Once finished the children flew to France (as they were studying France in class).