🌷Spring has sprung?🌷

I hope that this bright sunny weather continues as it has just made going outside in the woods so much more fun when the signs of spring are all around! We have blossom flowering in the school grounds and daffodils in full bloom and suddenly the birds are all around looking for grubs and bugs not to mention the longer hours of daylight! It just feels like change is in the air.

It was a pleasant surprise to find this den in the woods! Another Forest  Schools group must have built it.

Risk taking or wellie cleaning as I call it!

At the newly discovered and named "Diagno Falls"

Some more risk taking but also team work as they worked hard to help and encourage each other to have a go on the rope swing,

We had a fantastic afternoon at Forest School-the children had the chance to explore the acres of land and instead of being a traditional walk, some role playing and imaginative games were added to liven things up. Auchnacraig became the hiding ground of the notorious bunch of bandits known for their cunning and hiding skills. Apologies to any dog walkers who got caught up in the middle of our fun!

During the walk, we looked at Scots Pine trees, Yew trees and Silver Birch and shared our knowledge of them; wondered how a pretty large goldfish ended up floating belly-up in the frog pond-a real life whodunnit! Also we looked at landmarks and tried to use observation skills to find our way around unfamiliar territory as well as plenty of energetic fun and games too! To finish it off we had a couple of quiet minutes lying back and watching the tree tops while listening to the birdsong and watching our feathered friends fly about. It was indeed a fantastic afternoon and here's to many more like them!