Tree-mendous time for kids and their parents

Tree-mendous time for kids and their parents

Mums and dads will today (May 22) get to see what their kids have been up to in the woods.

Pupils from Braehead Nursery School in Aberdeen have spent the last six weeks taking part in a forest school – a scheme which uses woodlands as a teaching resource.

Braehead is the first nursery school in the city to take part in the initiative which has been run by the University of Aberdeen's Natural History Centre.

The four-year-olds have been spending Thursday mornings in Kinta Valley – a small piece of woodland which is part of the Science and Technology Park at the Bridge of Don.

The youngsters have enjoyed a variety of outdoor activities which include identifying plants and hunting for minibeasts in the undergrowth.

They have also seen plenty of woodland wildlife including Roe Deer which have become accustomed to the weekly visits.

Today the sessions end with a 'forest party' where parents and friends of the Braehead Forest School are invited to join the class in their forest activities.

The children will also get the chance to show their visitors the areas they have been exploring over the last few weeks.

Sandra Bisset, Education Assistant at the University of Aberdeen's Natural History Centre, has been running the forest school.

She said: "The children have had an absolutely wonderful time in the woods. The little ones love being outdoors and even on the wet days they were keen to get outside.

"As well as having great fun our forest pupils have learnt a lot about the outdoors.

"I think our visitors will be impressed by what they see as our forest school has been a tremendous success."

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