Wildcraft – Minecraft in real life!

Published

by Susan

The girls and their friends went on a day in Delamere Forest put on by Forest Explorers with the theme of Minecraft. It was run by Ranger Pete who we did the Stone Age Day with and a navigation course.

Children over 8 didn’t need to be accompanied by an adult so I spent a peaceful four hours in the fabulous onsite cafe whilst the kids went off to have some fun. They had to complete various challenges all based on Minecraft and had to survive a visit from a monster. I’m totally clueless when it comes to Minecraft so I don’t fully understand what they did but their beaming smiles when they got back showed me that they’d enjoyed themselves and made some new friends too. The girls are keen to go on another session like this again as it got a firm 10/10.

Categories

Forest School | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester

You might also be interested to read…

Pendle Hill and Clitheroe Castle

A day of action and archaeology in deepest darkest Lancashire as we took the theme of Macbeth’s witches and ran with it all the way up Pendle Hill (well, not literally). The day before, in a rare bout of forward-planning, we spent part of the day making tasty goods for our picnic. Aggie made pasties ... Read more

Categories

History | Sports and exercise | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester

Down in the woods with Stone Age Pete

Since we’ve been looking at the Stone Age ready for our trip to Stonehenge, I was on the hunt for any interactive Stone Age days we could take part in. Forest Explorers at Delamere Forest very helpfully had several such sessions and so we went to spend the day with Stone Age Pete. Pete ran ... Read more

Categories

Forest School | History | Stone Age

Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons

We couldn't help but have an instant reaction to this immersive installation at Manchester's Aviva Studios, and very much enjoyed watching other people have a similar reaction to the works on display.

Categories

Art, Design and Technology | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester