Moreton Forest

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Moreton year 7 build some awesome animal shelters at Pendeford Mill. Let’s hope they get used#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Moreton year 7 use trust to navigate around the forest. They also use their other senses to recognise different types of trees#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @MoretonForest @AldersleyHighSc @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Moreton year 7 build their woodland classrooms at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve#challenge#johnmuiraward @MoretonForest @AldersleyHighSc @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Moreton year 8 make fires to toast marshmallows and make hot chocolate, not a bad way to spend a Monday afternoon#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

More Moreton year 7 classrooms#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @more @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

One of the peacocks at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Moreton year 7 build their classrooms in the forest#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

Just making a cuppa with @TeamMoreton8 🔥☕️

Moreton year 8 using a variety of tools to prepare wood for next week’s fires#challenge#johnmuiraward @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @AldersleyHighSc @PendefordMill @MissCJRoss @MoretonForest

Year 8 Moreton learning how to safely use tools in the forest#challenge @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss @PendefordMill

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 @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @MissCJRoss

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 @MissCJRoss @MoretonForest @AldersleyHighSc @PendefordMill

Year 8 from Moreton cut and prepare wood to make fires. They used a bow saw, hand saw, loppers, shears and secateurs#challenge #Johnmuiraward @MissCJRoss @AldersleyHighSc @MoretonForest @PendefordMill