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Category: Food

From little seeds grow mighty trees

by Fall Fun, Food, Thornbury, TreesPosted on No Comments

Hello again! This week our focus was on trees. Some of the different types that we discovered were Red Oak, Paper Birch, Sugar Maple and White Ash. This naturally led to a discussion as to what trees offer us and to our environment. The kids discovered that providing oxygen, syrup, paper, firewood and helping wildlife …

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Having a Blast on the Beaver River!

by Fish, Food, Paddling, Thornbury, WaterPosted on No Comments

Hello again! Today was a day was full of discovery, learning new skills, team building exercises and an abundance of wildlife to see.  This included; birds, turtles, fish, crayfish, beavers, frogs, cows and Canadian Geese. We were pleased to welcome our Collingwood Forest School for the paddling day as they were going to join us. …

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Our Fall Harvest!

by Fall Fun, Fire Building, Food, FSFNS Blog, Past StoriesPosted on No Comments

Hey Folks, With the autumn looming this week we celebrated our “Fall Harvest” at Forest School.  The whole day revolved around harvesting food, working as a community and sharing a meal together. We searched the property and to our pleasant surprise were able to not only uncover a few awesome pear trees, but also some …

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