Over the course of this year all of our children have had the opportunity to work towards their Scottish Junior Forester Award. Through the award children have learned to identify and manage risk (eg where is it safe for us to play, what plants are dangerous or might hurt us), tree and plant ID (eg oak, sycamore, holly, wood sorrel, foxgloves), woodland habitats (making a bug hotel), woodland management (tree planting and felling), tool use (how to use tools safely and responsibly) and building things out of wood (dens, bug hotels).
We were very proud to be able to hand over certificates to some of our children today as evidence of all of their hard work and learning.

We would also like to thank “Woods” Katie and Amos Higgins for supporting our children’s learning and experiences in completing the award. We had such amazing times with them in the woods while they were working towards their Forest Leader qualifications.