Bushcraft – Fire

Using a spark to generate a flame can require many attempts and a resilient approach.

Half day

Introduction and Fire Safety

Building and lighting a fire

Cooking over an open fire

Set in the ancient woodlands surrounding Biblins Campsite you will learn how to make a fire safely. Using a spark to generate a flame can require many attempts and a resilient approach. This activity can be related to the formation of new materials, Global Warming and our Stone Age ancestors.

Curriculum Links

listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peersexplain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda
late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, for example, Skara Brae
take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
how to predict, assess and manage risk in different situations
strategies for keeping safe in the local environment or unfamiliar places (rail, water, road) and firework safety; safe use of digital devices when out and about
to recognise reasons for rules and laws; consequences of not adhering to rules and laws
ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment in school and at home; how everyday choices can affect the environment (e.g. reducing, reusing, recycling; food choices)

using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts, including classroom discussion
make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding
plants making carbohydrates in their leaves by photosynthesis and gaining mineral nutrients and water from the soil via their roots.
the reactants in, and products of, photosynthesis, and a word summary for photosynthesis
the dependence of almost all life on Earth on the ability of photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and algae, to use sunlight in photosynthesis to build organic molecules that are an essential energy store and to maintain levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
the properties of the different states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) in terms of the particle model, including gas pressure
conservation of mass changes of state and chemical reactions
diffusion in terms of the particle model
chemical reactions as the rearrangement of atoms
combustion, thermal decomposition, oxidation and displacement reactions
the carbon cycle
the composition of the atmosphere
the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate
heating and thermal equilibrium: temperature difference between two objects leading to energy transfer from the hotter to the cooler one, through contact (conduction) or radiation; such transfers tending to reduce the temperature difference: use of insulators
the difference between chemical and physical changes
take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges and be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group

listening and responding in a variety of different contexts, both formal and informal, and evaluating content, viewpoints, evidence and aspects of presentation
life on Earth is dependent on photosynthesis in which green plants and algae trap light from the Sun to fix carbon dioxide and combine it with hydrogen from water to make organic compounds and oxygen
organic compounds are used as fuels in cellular respiration to allow the other chemical reactions necessary for lifethe chemicals in ecosystems are continually cycling through the natural world
stem cells in animals and meristems in plants
photosynthesis as the key process for food production and therefore biomass for life
how materials cycle through abiotic and biotic components of ecosystems
renewable and non-renewable energy sources used on Earth; changes in how these are used
take part in further outdoor and adventurous activities in a range of environments which present intellectual and physical challenges and which encourage pupils to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group
H22. ways to identify risk and manage personal safety in new social settings, workplaces, and environments, including online