Foxes were very keen to get out to Forests School this week, they helped to carry everything needed down to the new Forest School area. Once there they recapped on the ways to be safe around the fire, making sure that they always go round the outside of the
logs.
Some children helped to the lay the fire, placing the larger sticks at the bottom working their way up to small twigs at the top. Then using a flint and steel they practiced their fire lighting, some found this tricky but were determined to keep trying until they had succeeded “look, I did it”. While the fire was warming up the children peeled some apples, they placed these in a pan on the fire and added blackberries and some sugar then boiling it to make jam. They then took it in turns to toast bread, then covering it in jam before eating it. This was enjoyed by all as many came up for second and even thirds.
Foxes worked well together to move some timber from the top of the school field down to Forest School, they did this with one child at each end of the wooden plank. While moving the wood they found a toad, once everyone had looked at him he was carefully placed into the pond garden.
There was lots of creating happening in the mud kitchen. The children foraged for blackberries adding them to a bucket of water before finding stick to crush it all together, they said they were making their blackberry water.
Using secateurs a group of children started to tackle some of the brambles within our new Forest School area. Making sure to wear gloves they cut their way through almost all the way to the fence, great work Foxes!
Today’s session was finished by the class taking it in turns to listen to each other share what they had done today that they had never tried before:
“making jam on a fire”
“peeling an apple”
“making toast on a fire”
