A little less sunny this week, but still dry and mild for our second session. We also got a lot less muddy and lots of fun was had again. We learnt a few methods to attach our string to our tarpaulin, and the tarpaulin to a tree. The children were shown how to create a ‘larks head’ and a ‘timber hitch’. The finished results were a lot more successful this week but still proved hard work for the children, particularly working as a team.
As promised, we also had a small fire. The children learnt the safety expectations when fires are to be made in forest school and they also learnt about the ‘fire triangle’. We discussed the varying thicknesses of sticks needed to build up the fire, too. They really enjoyed munching a biscuit, watching it come together, and helping to add sticks to keep the fire fueled and burning.
The children were all very keen to have a go with a flint and steel to create sparks, it can be a tricky skill, but many of them were able to get the sparks going, well done!
Mrs Gray has taken on board their requests for next week and is looking forward to it already!