Year 8 from Moreton cut and prepare wood to make fires. They used a bow saw, hand saw, loppers, shears and secateurs#challenge #Johnmuiraward Miss Ross AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 brave the sleet and cold condition to explore Smestow Brook. They found ants, spiders, slugs, worm, wood lice, snails, insect larvae and a large unnamed beetle like centipede. it#challenge#johnmuiraward Miss Ross Moreton Forest AldersleyHighSchool Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 challenge themselves on a big hunt. Like in the Australian jungle dare they suck them into a pooter ? They found beetles, worms, snails, ants, spiders, slugs and wood lice#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross

Year 8 Moreton learning how to safely use tools in the forest#challenge AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Year 8 from Moreton use a variety of tools to collect wood ready to make fires and cook in the forest next week#challengesuccessful #Johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Pendeford Mill Miss Ross Moreton Forest

Year 7 from Moreton explore Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve for the first time. They found bees, horses, sheep, peacocks, cows, bulls, mallards, moorhens, owl and heron nests and badger sets#challenge #johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 8 using a variety of tools to prepare wood for next week’s fires#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Just making a cuppa with @TeamMoreton8 🔥☕️

One of the peacocks at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 build their classrooms in the forest#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

More Moreton year 7 classrooms#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool @more Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Last week’s wood chopping brings a dividend of dry wood for Moreton year 8 fires. Anyone for hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows?#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 8 make fires to toast marshmallows and make hot chocolate, not a bad way to spend a Monday afternoon#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 build their woodland classrooms at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve#challenge#johnmuiraward Moreton Forest AldersleyHighSchool Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 use trust to navigate around the forest. They also use their other senses to recognise different types of trees#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year celebrate their last lesson in the forest before Christmas by roasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate especially as it was so cold#challenge#johnmuiraward Moreton Forest AldersleyHighSchool Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 8 set off to find the finish of a 2 mile walk in the local countryside unaccompanied using only a map#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross

Moreton year 7 put their trust in a partner to guide them around Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve blindfolded and be able to identify trees from touch, smell and taste alone#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Moreton year 7 build some awesome animal shelters at Pendeford Mill. Let’s hope they get used#challenge#johnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill

Great teamwork by year 7 at Moreton building an awesome shelter at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve. They used techniques to build an A frame shelter and extended it using Lean to techniques#challengeJohnmuiraward AldersleyHighSchool Moreton Forest Miss Ross Pendeford Mill