It was a hot day today at Forest School, but we were well prepared with plenty of extra water and our lovely shaded site helped to keep us cool.

We started our session by exploring the site to see if anything had changed since last week. We were shocked to discover that something had eaten our spinach and lettuce! The children had lots of ideas about who our mystery visitor might have been. We also found some exciting new growth in our planting beds, our pumpkins have started to sprout! We were all so excited to see the tiny shoots appearing.

After our site walk, we planned our day and got started on the jobs we had chosen. One group worked together to build new shelves for our shed, another group planted more seeds because the children decided they would like to grow flowers to make our site look even prettier, and the final group watered all of our plants, which were looking very dry in the warm weather.

As everyone was busy working, Tara spotted a familiar truck arriving. It was the "Bark Man," as the children call him! He arrived with a tipper full of bark chippings that we were going to use to cover our pathways. The children were fascinated as they watched him pour out the enormous pile of bark. All the excitement left everyone feeling tired and thirsty, so we stopped for a well earned lunch.

After lunch, we were refreshed and ready to get back to work. Our first job was to prepare our new fire circle using logs. Once this was complete, the children were eager to spread the bark, even though it wasn't part of our original plan. They quickly grabbed wheelbarrows and trowels and worked brilliantly together as a team. It wasn't long before we had covered the entire area, and it looks amazing!

We have had such a productive day and we cannot wait for Forest School next week and are so excited to use our wonderful new area for fire week!