This week, we headed into forest school and were keen to explore the old pond area. Now dried up, this space provides excellent opportunities for balancing and negotiating pathways through the many stones which lie there. One of the children found a beautiful shell. She was intrigued by her find and wondered why there was nothing living inside. What kind of creature could it have been and where could it have gone?

The children wanted to explore the vast space around them and see how far they could go. As the area is flat, the children were able to spread themselves out and discover the freedom our forest school provides.

We headed into a denser part of forest school where we discovered a huge variety of mushrooms. We even spotted red ones! We wondered who might eat or even live under the mushrooms. Tales of fairies and magic began to appear in our thinking. The children were fascinated by the different sizes, shapes and colours. We wanted to view the mushrooms from different angles so some children lay on the floor whilst others bent their heads down and looked underneath. Roll on next week when we plan to venture deeper into the woods to explore.