This week the children were keen to get onto our forest school site as quickly as possible to check if their den was still there. Some children were adamant the den would be gone but others were excited to continue working on it. Emilia had planned to decorate the den with leaves and make it look very pretty. We walked into our site and to our amazement, the den was still there exactly as we had left it! Emilia, Lottie and Iona got straight to work decorating their den with leaves. They carefully pushed the leaves onto the edge of the sticks and branches they had used to create their den. The varying Autumn coloured leaves made the den look truly beautiful!

Some of the other children had chosen to add to the den by balancing sticks vertically and horizontally. It was quite tricky as the ground was very uneven but with a little perseverance the children managed to make a rather exceptional den! Eventually the children all clambered inside for a group photo. Not only have the children worked really hard creating their den, they have also developed their communication skills through team work and compromise but also their physical skills in balancing, negotiating the woodland terrain and climbing skills to name a few.