Following the announcement of our Queen’s award in April, we are delighted to share an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in May.
We’ve been bursting with excitement and now that it’s the Queen’s birthday and the official announcement day, we are absolutely delighted to finally share with you the news that Little Forest Folk has been given the royal seal of approval.
Following our being selected by Tatler as being one of the finest nurseries in the nation last month, we are now delighted to share with you an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in our Wimbledon setting a few weeks ago.
Well, this weekend was the long awaited Nursery World Awards! It was a fabulous event and we were delighted to be recognised in such a large industry such as the early years to be one of the industry leaders.
A wet week changes the play, and plenty of tent time in between games in the rain has been a fun addition.
Seated in the round, stories and songs galore fill the covered cosy space with warmth and soul. Classics like “Rain, Rain go away” and “It’s raining, it’s pouring” tour the circle of children with everyone having an opportunity to fill their name into the right gaps. Other singing and dancing games have helped us all to keep bodies moving and warm with smiles and laughter.
It has been another amazing week at Wimbledon, full of fun, happiness and even some snow!
Our children have found the mixture of weather this week to be so exciting as it brings so many new opportunities to explore. We have looked at the new flowers blossoming on our meadow, the worms popping up on the wetter days and the snow-covered puddles on our colder days.
With a chill back in trees, our Little Forest Folk-ers have kept themselves busy with LOTS of activities.
Little tasty ladybirds buzzed through our camps as our adventurers developed their fine motor skills, chopping and slicing fruits to build their insects. Banana bases, basil leaves, blueberry faces, and strawberry wings made a very yummy snack!
It’s been a lovely and quick week in the forest!!
We ventured on our second adventure walk this week! Whilst heading up to the common we spotted what was around the neighbourhood and when the Little Forest Folk-ers came back, they were so excited to communicate and express what they had done and seen ‘We had a picnic on the common!’ ‘I saw a big hill and bumped all the way down!’
The Little Forest Folk-ers of Putney Heath have really enjoyed reading the book "Greta and the Giants" this week, which has also inspired them to design their own environmental posters. Some of our adventurers’ designs were to encourage people to "Save the Forest" and others asked people to "please stop cutting down our trees".
The week started with some early morning obstacle course building on the field. This began with one child identifying a wobbly length of log and asking an educator to help. In moments like these, Forest School educators scaffold in the right amount of support, so children are thinking and acting on their own discoveries.
