Flying the flags

Well done to everyone who came out for our session this evening! Lovely to catch up with you all and great to welcome Chris to Maidenhead for the first time.

This evening was our first time (or should that be forest time?) helping St Mary's Pre-school. We walked around a kilometre from Coop to the school where we were met by task owners Michelle (two legged) and Bobby (four legged). They then showed us the way to their forest school site, next to Holyport Football Club (which coincidentally is where we'll be painting tomorrow! Click here to join the fun).

The site had been recently strimmed, but was in need of a tidy, and there was also bunting to be made. Gillian, Jenni, Diya, Kanika, Jack and Chris set to work weeding, moving stones into the campfire area and surrounding it with a circle of logs. Meanwhile Nicola, Michelle and I cut fabric into strips and then tied them to a piece of twine to make pretty bunting flags. We were joined by Jenni and Kanika (in her second 'sewing' good deed of the day!) as they finished their other jobs. Chris also had a paswsome time making friends with Bobby.

By the end everything looked fab, and Michelle explained that although the end of term is approaching, the site will be well used for a Summer School over the holidays.

Then it was time to test our reflexes and get our heart rates up in a knockout of 'grab the cone'. All hail Queen Jenni, who smashed the rest of us!

We logged off with a walk back to Coop and waved everyone off home. Weed did it!