On Wednesday 7th May, one of the Fairyland Trust's medieval tents, complete with bunting, magically appeared in the beautiful nature area of Holt Community Primary School. Reception class, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 all joined the Wand Makers, Caitlin and Vicky, for wand making workshops throughout the day. The classes each learned about the story of the first Wand Maker and created some beautiful wands from native tree species to take home.
The children learned about folklore of native tree species and also heard about how these species are important for all sorts of animals, from creepy crawlies to birds and mammals - the Wand Makers were impressed with how much the children took on board. After the final wand making session was complete, Year 2 and 3 joined the Wand Makers for a nature walk and to search for some of the tree species from their workshops. The children searched for familiar plants (daisies, grass, bluebells, ivy) and learned folk lore and nature facts about not-so-familiar ones (rowan, cowslips, ragwort). The Wand Makers were again impressed, the children had really listened to the story and information in the workshops earlier and were able to appreciate that the sticks of their wands came from trees that they often walked past without noticing.
The nature walk finished next to a huge hawthorn coming into bloom as it is the Fairy Queen's favourite tree and everyone sent some fairy spirits (dandelion seeds) off into the sky to spread some magic with their wishes.
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