This week at forest school the children were intrigued by the discovery of yet more acorns! But this time we noticed something a little different. Some of the acorns were beginning to sprout roots. We chatted about what that could mean and what could happen in the future. After identifying trees in the morning, the children were all aware that if we planted the little acorn, we may grow our very own oak tree. Now this would be an amazing experiment and so we took a couple back to nursery to see if we could grow one. The other children wanted to collect the acorns together in a pile for the squirrels. We had engaged in this activity in a previous week and when the children noticed the pile was gone, they believed the squirrels had taken them and they should repeat the activity, helping the squirrels in the process.

The rest of our day was spent exploring the terrain with climbing, running and jumping games. The children found a huge stone and immediately wanted to negotiate how to get up and down it. We also played some fun chasing games in the vast empty space which the children thought was hilarious!