Pear Class week 3 fire

What a wonderful Forest School morning we had with Year 1 today! The blue sky and gentle breeze made it the perfect day to be outdoors.

On our walk down, the children searched for firewood, learning how to spot the perfect “spaghetti sticks” and “pencil sticks” — with the all-important snap that means it’s ready for the fire. Around the fire circle, we checked in with our nature names, played a game, and talked about the fire triangle before sorting our wood into neat piles.

This week was full of hands-on fun:

🌳 Relaxing in the woodland hammock

🌰 Using palm drills to make holes in conkers

🪚 Learning how to safely use a bow saw to cut hazel wood, then decorating and turning them into necklaces

🦔 Chatting about hedgehogs and hibernation, before making little clay and thistle hedgehogs

🪢 Building a zip wire for soft toys with overhand knots

🌲 Some children even challenged themselves with safe tree climbing!

We ended the morning with hot chocolate and biscuits by the fire. The children learned how to kneel safely in the “respect position,” before carefully placing a stick on the flames. Finally, we talked about the importance of putting the fire out before heading back up to class.