This week we had a slight change to our forest school plan as we were very kindly donated some bark chippings from a local tree surgeon. This meant that they needed to be moved from the top of the hill at our allotment and carefully placed into a pile inside our allotment ready for the upcoming growing season. Luckily our allotment and forest school are very close to one another which meant we could help move the bark in the morning, have lunch and then explore forest school in the afternoon.

When we arrived the children were amazed to see a rather large pile of bark for us to move. We dropped all of our equipment off in our allotment and everyone grabbed a wheelbarrow or bucket and set to work. It was quite tricky walking up and down the hill and filling up all our wheelbarrows with the bark but as usually we all worked as a team and managed to get the bark inside before lunch. The children were remarkable in their efforts and kindly supported one another by helping to carry the buckets or helping their peers to move their wheelbarrows. As lunch time arrived, we were exhausted so decided to sit in our fire pit and eat some yummy food. Once we had all eaten, it was time to head into forest school.

We had some very weary legs but as usual the children were resilient and capable as they headed into the depths of the woodland looking for wildlife. We didn’t spot much this week but we did hear lots of tweeting. We can’t wait to head back to forest school for fire week. We have planned our lunch and pudding and it is a very special one!