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December 13, 2022Outdoor Learningby

5th class – Winter wonderland – 9th December 2022

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5th class – 2nd December 2022

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December 5, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

6th class – 2nd December 2022

Sit Spot poem – 6th class – I noticed… the quiet forest with only one bird going crazy I felt calm how tall and slanty the trees are the sun shining off the sea the smell of pine needles the sound of birds, the smell …
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December 1, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

5th class – 25th November 2022

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December 1, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

6th class – 25th November 2022

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December 1, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

6th class – Session 2 – knot at work

We’re busy learning skills to put up hammocks and rope bridges. There are many benefits to these types of activities. Forest school, and life in general, is not risk free. We are endangering ourselves by trying to make it so at time. It is important …
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November 30, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

2nd class Forest school Autumn 2022

2nd class got to explore Autumn directly after being in the Forest in the summer term in 1st class. Getting to experience the seasons is always interesting. They go looking for sticky backs (cleavers) to play sticky back tag with in Autumn and only find …
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November 30, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

Senior Infants Forest School Autumn 2022

Senior Infants had a wonderful time exploring Autumn on Killiney Hill.  Click on the photos below to get a flavour of what we got up to.  And make sure you look at Liz McMahon’s blog of the sessions on DLR Creativity in the Classroom | …
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November 30, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Rang a 5 – An chéad seisiún le chéile

(Click on any of the images to start the slideshow.) Risk and rope work Why are opportunities for risk and adventure essential for normal development in the early years?  Tim Gill (2007) identifies four arguments: We are introducing rope work to develop all of the …
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November 24, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Rang a 5 agus Rang a 6 sa choill

We’re delighted to be back in the forest with 5th and 6th class for these weeks before the end of the year. We’re learning new skills this block with lots of knot work and rope skills to learn including putting them away correctly (termed hanking). …
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