This week we had already decided that we were going to search for the swing. Joseph recalled that he was sure it was on a hill beside some very large trees. We decided to head to our original forest school site to see if we could find it. On the way, we came across a rather large obstacle – a swamp! The swamp was huge and we all agreed we would need to find a safer way to cross. We found a fallen tree which lay across the entire swamped area. Could we negotiate the tree in order to cross it and find the swing? We decided to give it a try. It was very tricky but Joseph and William were on hand to help their friends get across safely. Once across we were astounded by the sea of bluebells that littered the hill. Hugh thought it should be called ‘Bluebell Hill’. It certainly lived up to its name.

Off we went up the hill and amazingly we found the swing. Unfortunately, all that was left was a piece of rope attached to a branch. Joseph was devastated. All of this time spent looked for the swing and eventually we had found it and it was broken. Undefeated he decided to look for the other part of the swing. We scoured the hills until we eventually found it. Joseph was delighted, he immediately tied it to the branch and the children enjoyed using it as a hand swing. It was lots of fun swinging!

We wanted to explore all this new site had to offer and we found a hole which was filled with branches. Some of the children thought it looked like a snake pit! As we moved in and out the branches we discovered another huge hill. We managed to move down and around to observe the entirety of our forest school site. It was breath-taking to see how large our forest school site actually is. We could see our swamped area, the hills, the meadow and our base.

We decided to walk down the hills and see what we could find. We spotted lots of rabbit holes, a fire pit and some bricks. William and Gabriel began to build a wall whilst other children began to dig holes with sticks. Sadly, our day came to an end. But lots to look forward to next week as it is fire week! What shall we cook on our fire? After a busy day, we sat on our minibus and chatted about what we might want to cook on our fire. Everyone was in agreement, chocolate orange cake!