Our final week at forest school was ‘fire week’. This is a very exciting week for everyone as we prepare and cook all of our lunch and snacks on the fire. We discussed what type of foods we would want to cook and chocolate cake was a definite favourite. The children also wanted pizzas and marshmallows as well as pancakes with melted chocolate and strawberries. Yummy!

The weather wasn’t great but that wasn’t going to stop us. We talked about how to be safe around a fire and what we would need. Lisa made a small tripod fire and then we added more and more wood until we had a roaring fire to cook on. We made chocolate orange cakes by scooping out the contents of oranges and pouring in a chocolate cake mixture as well as making our own pizzas. The children chose their own toppings and these warmed us up on a cold, wet day. We were not going to let the torrential rain stop us, we kept our fire going and fired up the Kelly kettle for some hot chocolate to keep us warm. After filling our tummies, we headed to the shed for a quiet story whilst we got ready to head back to nursery.

Our final week at forest school was a cold, wet one but that did not dampen our spirits. Forest school is always a firm favourite amongst the children and staff. A super end to our forest school time!