Crumlin Integrated Primary School, Crumlin, Co. Antrim

Creative Cairns: Learning Through Nature

5th May 2026

P3 took advantage of the beautiful weather to enjoy their Forest Schools programme in the Discovery Garden 🌿☀️

We explored building stone cairns – man-made towers of natural stones, often used as landmarks or memorials. This activity encouraged a wide range of skills including balance, sorting, understanding shape and size, as well as developing both gross and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and concentration.

The children did brilliantly! Many successfully built cairns 5 stones high, with some even challenging themselves to reach 7 stones. Others showed fantastic creativity by adding their own artistic touches and decorations.

A wonderful session full of teamwork, focus, and imagination – well done, P3! 🌟