The sunshine continues at Little Forest Folk Chiswick! This week we have been welcoming holiday campers to join our forest fun. It has been such a joy to see them thrive outdoors and learn new forest skills. Our regular explorers have been so helpful in teaching them the rules and introducing them to all the adventures in our camp. A big thanks to everyone! 

Oh, what a pleasure it has been to welcome new friends into the forest community, some returning faces, some new curious campers and of course our all year round Little Forest Folk-ers who get to soak up the excitement of these busy two weeks. Holiday camp is a super special time for us, as we get to welcome the Fulham community in to experience the joy of outdoor learning. It’s always a vital opportunity for our OG adventurers, as they get to tour their new buddies around camp, reinforce our forest rules and promote the kindness and care for nature and our friends which is so fundamental to our Little Forest Folk life.

This week in our Morden forest, we welcomed our Spring Holiday Campers!! 

Our Ball Games theme has continued in full swing this week, supporting our learning goals of teamwork, turn-taking, and empathy—and with the glorious sunshine sticking around, we've made the most of it with energetic outdoor play and hands-on learning.

What a glorious week we have had in the forest. We have of course missed our sessional friends, the parakeets, who are all on holiday, but we have had great fun with the holiday campers, both old and new, who have joined us.

This week, as we welcomed holiday campers into our group, many of whom are already ‘bigger kids’ and usually attending ‘big school’, we expanded our thinking about life cycles to investigating the journey of caterpillar to moth or butterfly.

This week we welcomed some of our Holiday Campers back, and it was so lovely to see so many familiar faces as well as lots of new ones!

Here at Winkworth we had the most amazing time celebrating Unicorn Day. The children walked into a magical land of all things unicorn!

This week, we embraced the beauty of spring through a variety of engaging activities, from outdoor adventures to creative crafts and meaningful discussions.

This week, we’ve had fantastic weather, lots of fun, and a wonderful new manager, Georgia, who has stepped into Donna’s big shoes! There’s no need to manage expectations—this week has truly been fantastic! 🌤️☀️🌈

The current education system is too focussed on qualifications at the expense of broader aims. 94% of respondents favour urgent complete or partial reform of GCSEs. (HMC report)

This week our management team at Little Forest Folk attended a lecture by Simon Sinek called ‘The Infinite Game’. Simon Sinek is an organisational consultant who gives inspiring and motivational talks on a subject dear to our hearts – leadership. 

It’s a challenging thing in today’s society to trust your children to develop when they are ready. Amidst NCT groups there is always much talk about when a baby starts walking, when they are potty trained, with some families feeling the pressure to achieve a goal by a certain age or time, rather than when the child is developmentally ready.

Today is my son’s last day at Little Forest Folk. He will be returning for holiday camps but today is his last official day as a daily member of the nursery community. 

You may have seen that Little Forest Folk Chiswick recently had an Ofsted inspection, grading us as Outstanding, in which the inspector commented ‘Children thrive in this nursery. They gain a superb understanding of early literacy and mathematical skills’.

We are so fortunate in our forest nurseries to have a high adult to child ratio that allows us to fully embrace ‘in the moment’ planning.

Today is a bitter sweet day for me. It’s my last baby’s first day in the forest. It’s a good reminder of how difficult settling in can be. Not for the children but for the parents.

There’s a saying that a goldfish will only grow to the size of the bowl it is confined to, whereas a fish in the ocean surrounded by space, freedom and the wonders of the natural world can grow to its full capacity.

As part of a recent parent survey, we asked parents if they could change one thing about Little Forest Folk, what would it be? The vast majority responded ‘nothing’, which is always lovely to hear.

There were however a small group of parents who responded with ‘do some learning’.

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.

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.

‘Wouldn’t we all secretly like to be Little Forest Folk?' We are incredibly excited and proud to be included once again in the prestigious annual Tatler Nurseries Guide.

We have some exciting news to share with you. It’s been difficult to keep quiet about this achievement as we were inspected just over 10 days ago at Little Forest Folk Fulham…

We are delighted to have won the Nursery World Awards 2016 award for Online and Social Media. We see our website and social media as more than an opportunity to tell parents about our setting...

We are delighted to announce details of our third Little Forest Folk site....

From October our fantastic team will be bringing our magical experience to Fulham. Our children will spend all day playing in the beauty and wonder that is Fulham Palace Gardens. 

We are delighted to have been recognised by Tatler as one of the 'finest nurseries in the nation' in 'The Tatler Nurseries Guide 2016'