LKS2 – Tools – Forest School

Today pupils in LKS2 got to explore the range of tools we have in Forest School. After learning their names and purpose, children were given a safety talk and demonstration before being able to choose which ones to practice with. Pupils could choose from bow saws, whittling knives, secateurs, loppers, palm drills, gimlets, hand augers and bill hooks. They experimented with different types of wood and sticks to understand which tool was suited to the task they wanted to perform. This exploration of the tools helped them understand and develop their knowledge of what tool was the correct one for what they wanted but also understanding purpose and outcomes. This knowledge will be put to the test over the coming weeks as we aim to craft an Ancient Egyptian ‘shaduf’ which dates back to 3,000 BCE. It was a hand-operated irrigation tool used to lift water from a source (like the River Nile) to higher ground or irrigation canals which enabled the Ancient Egyptians to thrive along the banks of the Nile. 

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