This week we introduced a brand new group of children to our forest. We firstly chatted about how to stay safe in the woodland before deciding to go on an animal hunt. We careful tiptoed through the forest, stopping every now and then to listen to the sounds around us. We identified a wood pigeon’s coo and then spotted a large hole. Who could live there? We thought maybe a bear, a rabbit, a worm or a fox.

We headed deeper into the forest and into our usual site. We spotted some footprints on the floor. They were deer footprints - we were heading the right way! We stood quietly again and used our listening ears. We could hear crunching and cracking sounds all around but no sign of any animals. We headed down to the beautiful clear river and talked about what colours we could see. The children could see an array of different colours as they looked at the stones lying on the bottom of the river bed. Tara spoke to the children about the magical river which runs through our forest school and asked the children if they would like to visit. Of course, they were very excited to go. We soon arrived at the magical river. The children couldn’t believe their eyes, the river was orange! We also spotted some fairy homes growing on the ground but sadly there were no fairies at home today.

After lunch we headed down the path and along to a quiet and secluded spot where we began to collect lots of sticks to make houses and dens. The children worked together to create two different homes. They were amazingly creative, using bendy sticks as tools to hammer and create their homes. We are excited about heading back to the same spot next week to finish our house building.