We talked as a group about the rules that we have at forest school to keep up safe, they were all very good at remembering them.
We then headed out to start our session with a game of Foxes and Rabbits; we had some very fast Rabbits making it a tough job for the Foxes to catch them.
Some of the children worked to clear the fire pit of cut grass in preparation for our fire. They then worked together, to gather up fire wood and laid the fire ready. Some children then used a striker to light some cotton wool to add to our fire; with some great perseverance they were successful. They then cored many apples, sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar and wrapped them in foil. These were then placed on the fire to cook. The result was very popular with many coming back for seconds.
Foxes worked really well together to make some tarpaulin shelters. Working out where was best to use rope and where was best to use pegs. They then hid inside their dens while a bowl of water was thrown over it to see how waterproof it was. Their dens were pretty waterproof; however their lookout towers (trees next to their dens) were not so waterproof so we did end up with some very soggy children.
Some beautiful paper Ladybirds were created and placed on a stick of willow so that they could be flown around the field.
We finished off the session by sitting round the fire circle telling each other what we had enjoyed at Forest School today.
“I liked getting wet”
“I liked the apples”
“Helping to make the fire”
