LKS2 – Fire Making – Forest School

Today in Forest School LkS2 progressed their learning in fire making from last week. We learnt how Stone Age people used flint to make fire and we had a go at rubbing flint together and giving it a smell! We were amazed to find we could smell fire and smoke coming from the flint. We then learnt how to use new flint and steels and discussed and critiqued Mr Gamble’s fire lays, highlighting things he had done well and things he could have improved. Next, working in groups, teams had to combine their knowledge of fire lays, how to construct them and how to create a spark using flint and steel to start their own fires whilst managing their, and each other’s, risk at all time by observing the safety rules discussed. When reviewing and reflecting on the session, pupils were able to describe successes and what had brought about it whilst also pinpointing where things went wrong, articulating reasons for failures and what they’d do differently next time. Well done LKS2!

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