Our final week of forest school was upon us, and we were extremely excited for fire week! The children listened beautifully as Diane explained the rules of fire week, to ensure we all understood and were able to keep ourselves and friends safe. We watched in awe and wonder as Diane began laying the structure for the fire, learning some new words such as kindling, tinder, flint, and steel! The children showed their amazing understanding of the rules as they kindly reminded Kirsten, Lisa and Tara of the safety rules as they moved around the fire circle. The children listened carefully to the fire and enjoyed a quiet moment as we could hear the snap, crackle and pop of the flames against the wood. Sitting around the fire we all enjoyed some open fire cooked pizza before finishing off with some chocolate covered pancakes with strawberries! What a treat, and it was super delicious!

Once the fire was out and the allotment became a safe space again, the children all helped Lisa and Tara to fill up their buckets with some bark from our recent delivery and transport it back into our allotment. This was very tiring work, so we took regular water breaks as well as ending our day with a relaxing sit in the sunshine, working together to pull out some weeds amongst our beautiful purple flowers.