This week our forest school week was one of favourites – fire week! The children were extremely excited to be cooking their lunch on the fire. We had already decided we would cook pizza with a range of toppings and pancakes with chocolate and strawberries.

When we arrived, everyone took their seats in the fire circle and we talked about how we would get the fire started. Some children suggested rubbing sticks together so we gave it a go but sadly this didn’t work. We thought again and decided to add matches and some tinder to our sticks. It did work this time and we built the most amazing fire. We talked about fire safety and how to move around the fire and what to do if smoke went into our eyes. The children, as always, were fire safety professionals and knew exactly how to stay safe.

After pizza and pancakes, we found we had some spare time to get busy on our allotment. We have been preparing beds for our seedlings to be planted and decided to tackle the biggest bed of all! The children (and grown-ups) worked tirelessly to get as many weeds out as possible. It was a tricky job but the preschoolers were amazing. They even spotted some minibeasts along the way. Soon it was time to head back to nursery on our new minibus which was the topic of conversation all the way back to nursery.