Bruntsfield Primary School Summer Fete

Edinburgh Woodcraft used the Powerpod for a little self-promotion at the Bruntsfield Primary School Fete on Saturday 2nd June. Although there are 3 groups meeting here (it was five only a couple of years ago) the organisation could do with a higher profile.

Placed in the corner next to the big red fire engine seemed to be a good location and although we did see a lot of pupils, the bulk of the attendees preferred to be down in the courtyards "beating the goalie" and eating the food. When the big red fire engine was called away to attend an emergency we were able to display our environmental snakes and ladders games which proved popular with the younger children. This has been proved to be an excellent activity put together by Liz Hall. Edinburgh Woodcraft wish her well on her five weeks global teacher expedition to Malawi. You can donate to the charity here.




As the fete was only on for three hours (and we did arrive a little late) the trailer was not fully displayed. The workshops on offer were the PV cells and wind, and of course the bike generator which was ably supervised by Bryn from the Siver Birch Pioneers - with the number of children sitting on this we need to get some means of measuring the power produced - it would be a good measure of how many people we interacted with!

At the end of the day there were several new names on the contact list and Edinburgh Woodcraft had, it was hoped made some impact with the families who came to see the Powerpod. We made enough noise anyway.

Many thanks to all the helpers Charles, Fiona, Liz, Ian, Bryn, and Sara.