When you tell people that you run a Forest School club people instantly say ‘oh that’s children and knives, axes, saws and fires’ well today we got a little closer to the stereotype.
All those that wanted to, had a go at cutting wood with either a bow saw or Laplander saw this afternoon. We had our base for the wood store built by square lashing poles together and weaving rods in between them. The next task was to cut all the upright poles to the same length. We use a sawhorse when sawing wood, which is made from two poles, which are square lashed together then hammered into the ground.
The pole that is being cut is held in the sawhorse by a couple of buddies on the opposite side to where the cutting is being done. The person using the saw holds the pole on the same side as their buddies and draws the saw back three times to make a grove ready to cut into the wood.
Once the poles where ready, the hot chocolate drunk and the biscuits munched we took turns with the mallets to hammer the poles around the base of the wood store ready to weave the walls next week. We also worked on the den that we built last term which has been suffering with winter wind damage. The much improved den is now big enough for everyone!
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