Examples of Activities
The following examples may give you an idea of the wide range of activities possible during a visit to
The Bridge Mill
Bude Infant School visited us on three days during their Arts Week.
This is what they did:
Weaving with willow and found natural materials
Sketching the landscape
Collecting patterns/digital photography
Collages using found materials
Collecting textures/bark rubbing
A colours of the rainbow scavenger hunt
Fibres, yarns, spinning and knitting in “The story of a woolly jumper
Looking at natural dyes and dyeing
as well as finding natural pigments (in berries, flower petals and the soil) to make pictures, and digging natural clay from the field to make pots
A week to remember!
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Holsworthy Primary School (Years 5 and 6) visited during their Science Week to look at how mills and waterwheels worked and to test some waterwheels they had made in school.
Although it was a rather wet day, the children didn't mind at all!
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Shebbear Primary School KS2 came dressed as Vikings!
Cooking on an open fire
Plant medicines viking style!
The story of Beowulf
Building with wattle and daub
Viking dyes and the story of a woolly tunic!
Grinding wheat with a rotary quern
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Bridgerule School KS2 made a study of the River Tamar
Stratton KS2 children spent a creative morning by the river writing poems
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Roots of the trees River cat, Tall trees together
Brown and green, Some jet, some white, The ash and the oak
Claws dipping into the water, Hunting the blind and velvet moles, Beastly, two headed
Dinosaur. Watching Standing guard
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Highampton School KS2 visited during their environmental awareness week
Making minibeasts from natural materials without using sellotape or glue!
The winners of the "Greenest Lunch" competition
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Pyworthy Primary School made a film of the River Tamar and set it to music
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Woolsery Primary School visited when the ducks were nesting
The children made their own nests
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St Giles on the Heath after school environment club came to the mill to study and date the hedges
Measuring the hedge and counting the species
Finding out about hedge laying and coppicing
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After their farm walk the Teenage Holiday Club (Special Needs) cooked sausages for lunch then enjoyed a camp-fire sing-song
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Holsworthy Family Workshop made bears on sticks before going off round the farm on a bear hunt
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We enjoy exploring other stories too:
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Marhamchurch pre-school enjoyed the story of the Five Little Pigs and the big bad wolf
The Five Little Pigs Building a house of straw Building a house of sticks
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in! Wilf, the big bad wolf!
Into Mr MacGregor’s garden
The little hen and the grains of wheat
Where is the troll hiding?
Once we even found a Gruffalo!
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Stratton Primary School reception class visit nearly every year in September to find out about the Little Red Hen at the mill
The Red Hen Rap (in the rain)!
Off to meet the other animals in the story
Is the miller in?
Grinding the wheat for the Little Red Hen!
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Many of the schools that visit in the summer like to explore the fields
Looking for minibeasts Hiding in the grass......................and rushes
Rolling down the hill
Scavenger hunt
Picking buttercups ................does Jetsam like butter?
and the ponds
Searching for tiny froglets
Improvised play!
What have we caught?
Large toad!
Toadspawn
Brownies Wildlife Explorer badge
Tadpoles
The animals are popular with all ages
Marhamchurch School made scarecrows
Bookings are being taken for 2024.
Don't hesitate to ring Katie on 01288 382803 if there is something in particular you would like to do on a visit to the Bridge Mill.
We like every visit to be different!
Here are some more examples
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They measured the depth and flow of the water, played "Poohsticks" and had a lovely paddly time
Highampton school visited when they were
studying the Tudors
Marhamchurch Brownies enjoyed cooking marshmallows on a campfire
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Can you see any bears?
The Launceston Memory Cafe visited in the summer, and after walking around the gardens and looking at the mill they enjoyed a cream tea.
