A day of home school bushcraft lessons.

[fish]

The weather was warm and dry so todays home schooling was gonna be outside,so bags grabbed we headed out for the forest where a day of fire craft and shelter building was only interupted for plashing in the lake!

heres some pics:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9069643745_89467a163c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069643745/)
lunch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069643745/) by fishfish_01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/9228131@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5349/9069653879_37cea7824b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069653879/)
DSC04987shelter building lessons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069653879/) by fishfish_01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/9228131@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3677/9071895662_669b07a4ef.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9071895662/)
jacks shelter finished. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9071895662/) by fishfish_01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/9228131@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/9069677495_47b7fb6dcc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069677495/)
charlie enjoying his lesson. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9069677495/) by fishfish_01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/9228131@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/9071838194_a3b587d4c8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9071838194/)
great classroom! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/9071838194/) by fishfish_01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/9228131@N07/), on Flickr

the boys enjoyed it so much school didnt finish till 7pm! great day had,lots of knowledge absorbed,things crafted and memories made.job done.

thanks for looking.

[Silverback]

T^

[shepherd]

looks grand buddy.. bet the little ones had a blast

[luresalive]

T^

[Kernowek Scouser]

Looks grand fella
T^

[snowleopard]

Good for you!

[Tigger004]

Fabulous way to spend a Monday T^

[Sar-ian]

lucky bleeders, "A" levels in fun, thats my idea of schooling....:jumping-joy:

[fish]

lucky bleeders, "A" levels in fun, thats my idea of schooling....:jumping-joy:

sure is!

[BJ]

What a wonderful day, these memories you are creating will last them forever. T^

[Ehecatl]

Looks fantastic for pupils AND teacher!

M@

[palerider]

lucky bugger!! lol looks like yous all had a great time T^ that oven looks interesting

[butchthedog]

Just perfect......T^

[Wardy]

That's awesome loving the Dakota fire pit, more schools should have lessons/day/weekends like this I would have loved school if I'd been taught this kind of stuff. Nice one Justin thanks for sharing :)

[Ashley Cawley]

Brilliant to see them enjoying themselves in that way. Thanks for sharing photos.

I spent all of last week teaching fire skills to year eights on their camp, We covered man-made and natural tinders, Modern and primitive fire lighting techniques, They loved working on bow-drill kits in teams and we had great success.

Sadly I doubt that I will be able to share any photos due to overzealous laws, I might see if I can get some published on the school website.

[fish]

Brilliant to see them enjoying themselves in that way. Thanks for sharing photos.

I spent all of last week teaching fire skills to year eights on their camp, We covered man-made and natural tinders, Modern and primitive fire lighting techniques, They loved working on bow-drill kits in teams and we had great success.

Sadly I doubt that I will be able to share any photos due to overzealous laws, I might see if I can get some published on the school website.

no laws about photoing and showing pics of kids doing normal stuff mate.

[jus_young]

Data protection laws do not permit the showing of a child's photo without parental consent. I know this could lead to all kinds of technicalities and discussions but at the end of the day it just does not happen.

[ian c]

Wish my school was like that, being honest I could not wait to get out of my school so I could get out to the woods, go fishing ect but that was many years ago.

[fish]

Wish my school was like that, being honest I could not wait to get out of my school so I could get out to the woods, go fishing ect but that was many years ago.

being able to opt out of the poor uk education system is a great thing mate,my kids are way better educated by us,no government made 'party line ' to tell just honest truth and factsand we can instill good honest values too.

[snowleopard]

being able to opt out of the poor uk education system is a great thing mate,my kids are way better educated by us,no government made 'party line ' to tell just honest truth and factsand we can instill good honest values too.

After all, what they teach you depends on which party is in power..... T^