This week has been a true example of the what the winter months will bring. We have had beautiful winter sun and misty meadows. 

Winter really hit this week with the cold days starting and icy mornings welcoming us to the forest. The children were very excited by the idea of ‘Elsa’ visiting and spreading frost across the forest!

This week we celebrated World Kindness Day, however, at Wimbledon we decided it should be a whole week’s worth of celebration! One of our BIGGEST forest rules is “kind and gentle”, something that we relate to our friends, our educators and the forest around us. This meant that this week we really focused on all of the things that we can do or say to show how kind all of our Little Forest Folk-ers are.

Fireworks and bonfires have been the talk of the forest this week! The children have been so excited to talk about the fireworks they have seen and we have even found ways of creating our own firework displays in the forest.

This week we have been spoilt for choice in activities at Wimbledon. 

Everything has been getting very spooky in the forest this week! With Halloween on the horizon the children have been very excited by the various fun activities.

This week at Wimbledon we have been taking lots of time to explore all of the amazing things autumn has to offer! There have been mushroom hunts, bird watching and “pumpkin carving”. 

With the weather providing perfect habitats for a lot of insects it has been prime time for bug hunts. The children got the resources ready to calculate and keep a tally of the bugs they found.

This week the children have flourished in activities. Earlier on in the week we spent a day at the scout hut due to the weather, but this didn’t stop them as they were outside for the majority of the day! 

A whirlwind of a week at Wimbledon! Our new children are coming to the end of their first month and they’ve experienced a variety of weather to prepare them for winter ... we even experienced a rumble of thunder!