making tree huts with Primary 3

The pupils showed an interest in walking along the paths of Tiddesley Woods where they enjoyed finding the biggest sticks they could with one pupil saying "this is my walking stick". The pupils had a competition to see who could find the tallest stick with one explaining the height of their's as "I have found a stick which is nearly as tall as me". 

As we were walking we found a forest woodland area where the teacher explained to the pupils what they were going to make and then separated them into two groups with the encouragement to work as a team for the completion of a tree hut.

The pupils worked together to find big and little sticks as they helped one another by two pupils carrying the stick both at each end and placing it onto the big trees which were their base. The pupils communicate between each other in a positive way as they selected who was going to find the sticks and who was going to create the shape of the tree hut while also acknowledging who was struggling and offering a helping hand saying "would you like to help me go around the forest to look for really tall sticks". 

As the pupils were starting to finish off their tree hut's they all gathered together in one big group to see which team would be the winner. After the pupils played a couple games of tracker where one pupil said "let's hide in the huts we have just made they won't see us in there".