It is everybody’s job to help carry what we need for the session to the forest and then make sure nothing is left in the wood when we leave. Things are needed to keep us safe and comfortable (eg handwashing water, paper towels and snack) as well as tools and things to use and play with.
To get to our forest school base everthing must be carried across a field, through a steep ditch, along a winding, woodland path and through a final ditch before we arrive at the circle.
Many things need two pairs of hands to carry them and children and adults have to work together to get everything safely there and back.
As time goes on the children take decisions for themselves about what they want to be doing during sessions and therefore what they will need to take with them. Those chosen pieces of equipment are their responsibility to collect together and return.