Session Six

Well today was the day, we have been so lucky with the weather and finally we had a wet session.  On top of it being wet it was also windy (not great for putting up a tarp shelter) and getting dark and it seemed to take ages to leave the dry warm hall to go outside.As it was our last session before Christmas we had a cook out and a final activity that would leave a mark on the Forest School site.  After a quick round of the animal name game it was straight into clay self portraits on the larger of our trees.  Some did one face, others could not be stopped and would like to still be out there now plastering the trees with clay faces.

While Helen cooked the veggie sausages and boiled the kettle I got picked to be the seeker again for Hide and Seek which becomes quite hard in the poor light of a wet December afternoon, you would be amazed at the number of hiding places around the playing field within sight of the Forest School site that there are!

With the rain coming down, we all sat around the fire eating hot dogs and drinking hot chocolate with the group telling us want they had enjoyed about Forest School this term and coming up with ideas for next term.


We finished the session with marshmallows toasted over the embers of the last fire of the year.