What an amazing forest school visit we have had. Our day began with the discovery of some animal prints on the woodland path. We wondered if they had been made by reindeer or possibly an elephant. We followed the prints until we arrived onto our site but unfortunately there was no sign of reindeer or elephants. We chatted about the day ahead and what we would like to do. We began to set up our camp as usual and made plans. Some children wanted to continue den building whilst others wanted to climb trees so off we went to start our morning.
Whilst adding to our den, we heard the sound of running water. Felix thought it may be a waterfall so we decided to investigate. We stooped down low to crawl under a branch and stamped down some brambles to find the source of the water. There was a stream running close by but it was quite deep so we talked about keeping ourselves and our friends safe. We wondered if we should take the safer route or the more adventurous route. The children obviously chose the more adventurous route and wow it really was! We meandered our way along the stream, dodging swamps, balancing along the streams edge and moving over and under the branches which stuck out across our path. We are true explorers!
We then headed to our site where we ate a delicious lunch. As we ate we talked about our morning and what we would like to do that afternoon. Some children wanted to climb the trees whilst others wanted to explore the ‘adventurous trail’ once again. We headed back to the gap behind our den, under the branch and past the brambles to the stream. The route was now a little wetter and a lot muddier but still we persevered and made our way upstream. We had walked a little further than the morning route and needed to get back to our camp. We thought about crossing the river but it was quite a wide stream at this point. Tara jumped down onto a small piece of earth at the side of the stream and helped support the children to jump across to the other side. They all thought this was great fun and luckily no one got wet! We walked up the hill, through the trees and back to our site and ended our day playing in our den and pretending to be grumpy old owls and ladybirds!
