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All set to go Linzi and Fiona took us through what we had to do! With hands cleaned and mouths at the ready we toasted our marshmallows carefully and went even further by creating Croissant Swirls with our Willow Skewers. Washing this down with water and juice we talked until it was time to leave, exhausted and content with another days Active Learning sitting behind us. Time for another adventure.....

Today we were very lucky to be able to visit another amazing organization where we could see exactly what it takes to look after, grow and create a green space! We were high in the hills or so it seemed to us with new friends at Watch Us Grow in Cumbernauld! We visited Tom and his team at Watch Us Grow to find inspiration for the Community Projects we are soon to embark on with our Friends at Springburn Park! We want to learn how to care for the environment and look after our own Green Spaces and we found that here was the perfect place to LEARN!!!

Looking around the garden and speaking to the Volunteers at Watch Us Grow was a great experience. We loved the MASSIVE Green House/ Learning Space where ideas and not only seeds were potted on and allowed to flourish! The pond was excellent and blended seamlessly into the garden. This made us think of our own pond at the college and the achievements we have made with this creating wild and sustainable habitats! We looked at the tools that they have been using and compared these to the tools that we have been using back at the college or at Pollok with Linzi and Fiona. Above all though we met likeminded people, people who loved to learning through 'DOING' and people who loved to Watch Things Grow!! We left with the name of this fantastic group in our minds and are more determined than ever with the help of our friends old and new to WATCH US GROW!!!!!

We started our day at the Arboretum in Pollok where with the help of Linzi and Fiona we planned to gather our art materials!! We looked for Shapes and Colours and Textures as we were impressed by the HUGE Red Woods and Spectacular Acers! Linzi and Fiona explained (told stories) to us about the different species of tree, how they live their lives and their importance! With our colours in hand and ideas in our minds we set off for the Poly Tunnel or as we like to call it sometimes....out studio!!!!! Oh and there was a trip to Hobbiton just for good measure!!!!

Once we got into 'Our Studio' it was time for work! We looked at the materials we had gathered and got to work placing the different materials in a variety of ways to create our art work! Oh and as you can see we weren't the only ones getting in on the Art Act, our brilliant Support Staff and even our Parents were Hooked!!!! Brilliant!!!

We added Clay to the materials that we had found and were challenged by Fiona and Linzi to create Nature Themed Art work with one condition - let our imaginations run 'WILD'!!

As our day came to an end we agreed that we had created some pretty cool stuff! The process had been pretty cool as well as we learned where our materials had come from, where they were going as they headed for the compost heap and WHY this is important! We learned that some of the Mums and Support staff like the songs from the Movie (Ghost) and laughed and learned all along the way!! As far as our Clay Art Nature exhibition goes....well why don't you judge for yourselves!!!!