Willow class were very excited to be going to the woods for their forest school adventure this afternoon and we set off with a stop at the croft for a quick game of keeper of the keys.
As we walked the rest of the way to forest school the children collected may different coloured autumn leaves with comments including: “I found a spotty one”!
We talked about how the leaves had changed colour and fallen from the trees and that this is how they knew we were in autumn.
When we arrived at forest school we sat around the fire circle, reminding ourselves of how to safe around the fire but also that we do not pick and eat anything at forest school as it can us poorly.
A few of the children stayed to help build and light the fire. They stacked to firewood largest at the bottom to smaller twigs at the top. They then persevered in using a striker to light a piece of cotton wool to add to the fire. Once the fire was roaring the children came in small groups to toast a marshmallow, which we placed between two biscuits ready to be eaten. The class also enjoyed a mug of hot chocolate “so yummy”.
There was some great free play by the class today, some choosing to swing in the hammock and others practicing their balancing on the slack line. A team of children worked together to remove some logs that were blocking the water from flowing in the ditch, using spades, trowels and their hands!
We had some rather muddy children by the end of the session, but great team work Willow Class!
We finished the session by telling each other what we had enjoyed about forest school today which included: “playing in the ditch” and “the s’mores”
