Lilac Class were very keen to head to Forest School for their first session back after the summer, and during the walk to the wood, stopped on The Croft for a game of ‘Keeper of the Key’. The children took it in turns to sit in the middle protecting the keys and when another classmate stole them, they needed to run round and back to their seat before getting caught. They really enjoyed this game, with quite a few of the key thieves being caught!
Once in the woods the y sat round the fire circle and went through a few of the Forest School rules; the number they remembered was very impressive!
Some children chose to help with the building of the fire ready for lighting, big sticks at the bottom working up to smaller ones at the top.
Then they used a striker to light some cotton wool to add get the fire started.
Coring some apples, sprinkling them with cinnamon and sugar and wrapping them in foil was next, ready to place on the fire to cook.
There was lots of free play, with some great turn taking while balancing on the slack line, lots of digging and clearing in the ditch so that it is ready for the water to return, and the hammock was up so they took turns to swing one another.
The session ended with cinnamon apple tasting which was a big success, the plate was emptied “so yummy”!
