Today’s session was a bit of a rollercoaster ride with highs and lows.  We started in the school hall as we needed to sit down and talk about behaviour at FS as there is a small disruptive element who keeps pushing the boundaries and behaviour has been slipping over the last couple of sessions.  FS operates an open door policy, which means we will do our best never to exclude anyone, we work on trust, you gain it and you lose it, but you can always gain it again.

Once outside in the fresh air we had three new fire builders putting together the tipi of sticks ready to boil the kettle while everyone else collected wood for next week.  With the kettle over fire and the boys divided the hot chocolate powder between the cups ready for snack time. 

To enhance the FS site we planted primroses along the entrance to the Forest School as one child called them ‘leading lights to bring everyone into our special area’.  It is interesting how the group are gaining a real sense of ownership of the site, as they worry about the rest of the school damaging their hard work.

Last week we decided to play games this week and I said I would teach the group a new game but when it came down to it only a handful wanted to play.  The group divided up some going off to build a new den, some to play hide and seek and some to kick about in the leaves.  This is great though, we are all about being child led and we plan activities but sometimes the group have different ideas. By the time the session was drawing to a close most of the group were back together playing hide and seek. We finished the session inspecting the new den with as many of the group as possible hiding inside.