We visited Quarrel Woods for the first time. Before going we looked at the street map and the children suggested different routes to take. I timed us and it took about 25 minutes.
In the woods we discussed risks then I allowed the children to go off in their groups to explore. They were not to go out of my site and I suggested that they might like to make a trail to show which way they had gone but they didn’t need to. Afterwards we all visited each different area and I passed on what I knew about ditches and pine cones etc. In the end I asked the children what they had learned and they said they had learned to be ‘a little frightened’ which I guess is a lovely way of saying that they were learning to take and manage risks.