Today at forest school the children wanted to further explore the mushrooms and fungus growing in our woodland. We headed off to the dried up pond area and found an array of different mushrooms. We used our seek app to identify them. Some had some very strange names. We also needed to have a discussion about our forest school rules as one of our grown-ups decided to touch one of the mushrooms (don’t worry, the children were on hand to explain to her how we do things at forest school). The children know our forest school promises and are able to support others with them. For the remainder of the day, the children supported the grown-up with our promises. Even grown-ups need some help sometimes!

The children were intrigued to think that our forest may be filled with fairies who live under the mushrooms. One child thought the biggest mushroom had a door underneath. What an amazing imagination!

The afternoon continued with mushroom searches and the best construction of a den we have ever attempted! Team work makes the dream work! We sat under the shelter eating our lunch all snug and warm as the rain fell around us. What a magical day!