This week at forest school, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and the children were excited to spend their day in the woodland. We enjoyed working in the sunshine until a strange noise silenced us. It was a strange, screeching sound. One of the children thought it may be a pterodactyl! Could you imagine? The children’s play soon changed to chasing dinosaur games which they thought was hilarious. The children planned to build themselves a fire which would act as their power source. Imaginative play was definitely the main interest all morning!
Some of the children enjoyed watching the butterflies whilst other decided to dig holes and make marks along the ground. We spotted lots of interesting items hiding in the grasses and bushes. One child found a snail shell whilst another found an interesting looking rock.
In the afternoon, we planned to find out where the shrieking sound had come from. We headed into our site and up the hill. We soon discovered a huge nest in the top of a very tall tree. The grownups knew who this nest belonged to but the children enjoyed trying to guess.
The nest belongs to a sparrowhawk which we have spotted several times however on this occasion the children thought the bird had gone to the seaside for some fish (because birds love fish you know!). In order to get back to our camp, the children had to practice all their balancing skills which they have developed over the last year. It was arms outstretched and bent knees as we walked down the bank. The children amazed us yet again as each and every one managed to walk down the embankment without falling or slipping (we can’t say the same for our preschool grownup Kirsten but she is still practicing her balancing skills).
