Our day starts at 8am where staff members greet children at our forest school site. Children will be signed in to Famly and our adventurous day begins. Our site has a wooded area with a log circle where we will gather at the beginning of the day to cook our porridge and have our morning circle time. After breakfast the children will take part in a guided activity such as tool work, den building or nature inspired arts and crafts. We will then gather back in our log circle to prepare and eat our healthy hot lunch at 11.30am.
In the afternoon we will have another guided forest school activity such as gathering wood to make a fire before roasting some marshmallows or cooking bread over the fire. The children will then have time to free play climbing trees, swinging on our rope swing or hammock or playing group games in the woods. We also have a permanent mud kitchen for children to cook up delicious recipes and the occasional magic potion!
At 4.30pm we have our hot tea together on site which is often something healthy and warming such as stew, pasta or curry. This gathering provides an opportunity for an afternoon circle time to show off any tool work creations, read a story or sing a song to round off our day. We will always have a chat and handover with parents to discuss their child's day before signing children out on the Famly where you will get an update on your child's day.