This week we headed straight to our forest site. As we walked along the path, Tara heard a rustling sound. We stopped and listened….. what was making the sound? Jen quietly tiptoed closer to the sound. She spotted something moving, something with four legs and a tail! To our amazement a large deer walked across the path and disappeared into the bushes. We could not believe our eyes. We had only just started to walk along the path to our site and already we had spotted one of the deers we share our beautiful woodland with. We headed further into the forest and quickly arrived onsite. We talked about how we could make our camp for the day. The children began by clearing away the sticks which were lying on the ground and then we placed an insulated tarpaulin onto the ground. This was where we would keep our kit, food and water bottles. Now, it was time to explore!

Once our camp was ready, Imogen decided she wanted to go on an adventure to find a Gruffalo. We headed off climbing over fallen logs, navigating holes in the ground and scrambling up the mountain. We sat at the top of the mountain and observed the vast space we have to explore. The children wanted to find a way back to camp without heading back the way we had come. We walked further along the path but the path stopped! We tried to go down the hill but it was too muddy! Imogen thought about how we could solve the problem and decided that the safest thing to do was to head back the way we had come. We all walked safely back to our camp and had a tasty lunch.

After lunch, Sky expressed she would like to create a ‘big house’. We looked for branches and logs to add to an existing house which children had previously made. The children worked together to move the branches to the desired place. Nye stayed with the house to take care of it. Some of the branches were extremely heavy but with our motto ‘team work makes the dream work’, we managed to get the job done in no time!