The pupils showed an interest in making a fire in school's forest outdoor classroom using dry wood, paper and a lighter. One of the pupils enjoyed supporting the teacher by following the safety instructions of saying far back from the fire pit, putting a hand full of shredded paper in now and again and placing the wood carefully around the edges of the fire pit and in the middle to make a pile. While the pupil was setting the fire up with help from a couple of their peers the other group created their own game of seeing who could push the tyre down the hill and along the path the furthest as they each took it in turns and supported with praise from their peers and staff by cheering them on. As the fire was flaming the pupils enjoyed sharing the marshmallows as they passed the bag along taking one at a time. The pupils each found themselves a stick and said "we need to burn the end before we put the marshmallow on". The pupils also enjoyed placing their marshmallows into the fire as they watched it begin to toast the edges until it was the colour of their liking. One pupil said "I like when it is brown around the edges and black on the top" when another said "I like mine when it is black all the way around like it is burnt".
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