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title: "Forest School Fun: Timber hitch knot and kit shelters!"
url: "https://trawden.lancs.sch.uk/news/2021-04-30-forest-school-fun-timber-hitch-knot-and-kit-shelters"
school: "Trawden Forest Primary School"
---

# Forest School Fun: Timber hitch knot and kit shelters!

  ![Image of Forest School Fun: Timber hitch knot and kit shelters!](https://files.schudio.com/trawden-forest-primary-school-2/images/news/IMG_0160(1).JPG)  30 April 2021

After out Animal Antics run, we were busy creating kit shelters using tarps and a variety of other resources to ensure that our shelters were stable and useful. We learnt how to use a timber hitch knot and began to use it to hold up our wonderful structures.

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