We normally do Forest School sessions whatever the weather but at -4 degrees celcius it was just too cold today for a normal session.

We went outside to the Forest School area to have a look at the new trees.  Whilst we were outside we heard a bird singing.  We looked up and saw it in the tree.  We watched it for a while so that we could identify when we went back inside.  When we checked we found out it was a song thrush.  This is really good news as these are declining in England.

We then had a walk around the school grounds to collect fire wood ready for a fire next session.  We are lucky to have some silver birch trees around school.  Silver birch bark and small branches are really good for camp fires.

We then came inside to warm up and carried on with our Forest School activities.

We used a potato peeler to peel the bark from branches.  Mrs Grant explained that it is easier to peel bark if the wood is freshly cut or green.  You can check this by scraping your finger nail on the branch to see if it is green underneath.

We then decorated our sticks.

We are hoping for warmer weather next week so that we can go back to normal.