The children made dens in the forest this week and talked about the qualities we need to have to be able to cooperate with our peers to build a den.

One of the groups made a den as well as a hammock and charged the others two pinecones to have a shot.

The children also learned how to pack away the den building resources carefully and neatly and put them away to be taken back to school.

We then played some forest games before heading home.

“I really liked building the den because it was fun to see what things would stick together and what wouldn’t and trying out different ways to build it.” Charlotte

“I thought it was really challenging but fun because I really like building dens.” Liam

“I liked making the dens because all the people I was working with had really good ideas.” Kloe

“I really liked building the dens because I found it really good working as a team. Our first den didn’t work out but we tried other ways and eventually made it!” Holly

“I liked playing camouflage because it was quite hard because we had our bright yellow vests on and it was hard to hide.” Rosa

“It was hard to get the hammock to work because we had to tighten it harder and get it over trees so that it was super strong.” Ruaridh

“I enjoyed having a shot on the hammock.  It was very strong.” Kayla

“The hammock was strong enough to hold adults too.” Ellie

“It was so fun making the hammock because it kept going up and down so we had to keep sorting it but then we did it.” Sarah