Tuesday this week saw the start of the spring term #forestschool with my longterm school, moving into 15 years working with this school. This half term will see us on school grounds due to some of the needs of the young people attending. We will return to the woods after Easter.

The site still allows for my Forest school ethos of physical activity to be the basis of my offer. We got the vertical hammock, swings and hammocks up amongst other activities.

The focus of this post is on a young person who showed great resilience and perseverance across our 2-hour session.

This post will focus on a young person who showed great resilience and perseverance across our 2-hour session. They were showing anxiety about their feet being off the floor, sitting down and leaning back. We supported this person into the vertical hammock, which hangs from one single point, with encouragement and support. This is not something I normally do, but on this occasion, it was clear that some extra assistance was needed.

Once they had settled, they were ecstatic, shouting their happiness and letting all know they were very happy there, lifting their feet and swinging gently. They took their snack and drink in the hammock and were very pleased with themselves.

As the session progressed this same person decided they wanted to try the horizontal hammock, attached in the typical way tied off at each end, again there was anxiety about  leaning back and lowering themselves into the fabric. We assisted and again we had the fantastic same response of squeals of delight, arms and legs waving in the air and letting all know how happy they were.

wonderful! This session will live on with me for many years to come. What examples do you have of someone pushing themselves beyond their own boundaries?