Temperatures are still low but our children’s spirits are as high as ever!
With the fog thick, frost glistening and parakeets chirping, it’s no wonder our intrepid explorers can’t wait to race into the forest to get their hands dirty.
Wimbledon - What a sunny week we’ve had
Fulham - Natural curiosity and excitement
Chiswick - Winter wonderland!
Wimbledon - Fun, frolics and frozen puddles!
Chiswick - Magical forest
Fulham - No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes
Chiswick - Welcome back
Fulham - Mud mountain
Wimbledon - We turned two!
Round up of 2016
Chiswick - Santa ready!
The build up to Christmas has had us all super excited. Two more days to be good so that we can get all the special presents we’ve asked for from Santa. We told the children we’d forgotten to write up our lists for Santa and asked them if they could help us think of things to put on it. There were lots of creative suggestions...
Fulham - Early spring feeling :-)
Wimbledon - Winter solstice
Fulham - Stick people
But not having the time to build everything this week the children opted for stick people, and what incredible creations the children produced. This week was their first introduction to using some traditional hand tools and their intense concentration, patience, persistence and creativity resulting in the most amazing stick people.
Chiswick - Santa is coming!
Wimbledon - Busy little chicks
It’s been a very busy week in Fishpond Woods this week with preparations for Monday’s party in full swing. Forest school activities have been at the forefront of the children’s ambitions: we’ve had the string and secateurs out to cut long twigs and tie them in to star shapes; the saw out to cut wood blocks and the palm drills out to make holes for the construction of reindeer; and any sticks lying around were turned into amazing stick men that the children drew faces on and which became new friends in the forest!
Chiswick - Glorious mud
Fulham - Superheroes
Wimbledon - Enchanted
As the mist clears over the meadow, enchanted children can be seen playing hither and thither amongst the brambles and willows of Fishpond Woods. These rare little forest folk thrive and laugh as they wade through streams, clamber through the trees and sit watching the flickering flames of a warming fire. Our week has been one of constant exploration and entering of new territory, without even leaving our site!