This week saw a new group off to forest school. The children decided that as they are professional forest schoolers, that they would like to go on an adventure. We headed into forest school and came to a fork in the path. As usual, the children chose which way they would like to go and off we went. As we walked along the path, we spotted many squirrels playing in the trees. They all looked very happy as they jumped from branch to branch. We started to head down the path towards the river and on our way discovered the path was littered with leaves of all shapes and sizes. We began to pick up the leaves and look at all the differences and similarities. Some were big, some were small, others were pointed whilst others were wavy. We started to collect one of each. We then discovered the leaves came in all different colours and we talked about why that may be.

As we headed down the path, we met lots of friendly dogs and their owners. Of course, we showed the dogs how sensible we are by moving to the side of the path to let them through but not before giving a little wave to say hello!

As we moved on, we discovered lots of different objects on the floor. There were large sticks, flowers, seeds, seed cases and feathers. We decided to pick some up to explore. One of the feathers was huge but who could be the owner of the feather? On our adventure we came to a little bridge where the children carefully took it in turns to cross. Again, we met a very friendly dog who was very excited to be beside the water but the children remembered to stand to the side and allow the dog to pass. Well done forest schoolers!

We decided to have some lunch and just as we finished, the rain came down. We didn’t mind, we found a huge mound of earth which we enjoyed finding different ways to climb. We won’t let the rain dampen our spirits!