Today at forest school we were very excited to see how our woodland has changed due to the recent storms. We thought about how we could keep ourselves and our friends safe by carefully assessing the area. We talked about what our site may look like and the children suggested we may find fallen trees and branches. The children are well versed in risk assessment and were quick to point out lots of sticks and branches lying on the ground. We managed to move some of the branches which were lying across the path in order to allow our trolley through. As we reached our site, we realised that the storm had done some damage and we were correct, there was indeed lots of leaves and branches littering the ground. This made us a little sad but we thought about what we could use the sticks for before deciding to move onto another site for the day.

We headed back out of our site and onto the forest school path. We came to a fork in the path where we talked about which way we should head for the day. We discussed together the way we would decide which way to go and the children decided a vote would work. The children stood beside the path they wanted to follow and then we counted. There were 7 children on one side and 5 on the other so we had decided which way to go. Off we went until we found a stream with some rather strange foam in it. Why was there foam in the stream? We walked further upstream to find out what was going on. One of the children spotted the orange stream (a famous landmark for our forest schoolers) and suggested that may be where the foam was coming from.

We then stumbled across a lovely area beside the stream to eat lunch and listen to the birds singing. What a wonderful forest school day!