This week the children took their time to head into the forest and helped to point out some of their forest school rules to one another. The children discussed how to walk down hills safely and then chose which route they would like to take. Some children bent their knees and walked straight down the hill, others side stepped whilst the remainder of the children shuffled down the hill on their bottom.

As we approached the ‘spooky steps’, the children remembered how to stay safe and decided to walk on the inside of the path. Well remembered safety rules by the forest schoolers! We then headed into our forest school site where the children sat on the hill for lunch. As we enjoyed our food, Tara spotted something moving in the bushes below us. What could it have been? We all sat quietly, waiting to see what it could be and to our surprise we spotted a small deer closely followed by a larger deer. They happily skipped past us and up onto the hill. The children and our grown up Hannah were so excited to see a deer so closely.

After lunch we decided to explore the space a little further and discovered a den. The children then decided they wanted to create their own den. Ted led the way and the den quickly began to take shape. The children worked together to move the sticks around to create the structure. Some sticks were even too heavy for the grown ups but with a little team work, we were able to move everything into the correct place.