11.05.18 Free Play and Exploration

Today we spent all afternoon exploring our wild area. Some of us found a rope in a tree and with our teacher we set up a hoist over a big branch of the largest tree. We talked lots about friction and weight and leverage and we needed good team work and strength. Some of us have been working on a den everytime we have free time in our wild area and we continued work on that. It's made from anything and everything we could find. Some more of us spent time sitting high up in trees, observing the world around us and chatting to our fellow climbers. Some of us even started the battle against rosebay willow herb. As you can see from the photo some has already grown quite a bit but mostly it's just tiny shoots among the dead growth from last year. Quote of the day: "Best outdoor learning ever"!