This week we have had loads of fun with literature. The Gruffalo activities throughout the forest to support the book included an obstacle course through the woods avoiding the snake, owl fox and Gruffalo. We also had a sensory play area called ‘roasted fox’ which consisted of rice and red paint which we stirred, shovelled and scooped whilst re-telling the story.

This week we have also been singing new songs as well as creating soggy blue and red porridge while pretending we are bears and trying to chase Goldilocks out of our home. We have had a central stage in the forest where we've hosted puppet shows, musical shows and rock concerts as well as enjoying acting out our favourite books.

What a glorious spring week we have just enjoyed in the forest. The plum and cherry trees are blossoming bravely in the fluctuating temperature and weather. The purple, white and yellow croci are carpeting our fire pit area, the jonquils are bobbing their yellow heads throughout camp and the snowdrops add depth and colour around our forest too.

Hurrah, we have had a fabulous week in the forest this week welcoming our holiday campers into our space for half term. We’ve made new friends and welcomed back some old ones and we have all had a delightful time.

We have been learning about the human body and what is inside our bodies. The human heart has been a strong topic of conversation for us as we can feel our hearts beat when we run around and we can see our skin turn pink when we get hot. If we cut or scrape ourselves we see the blood leak out, all these observations have captivated our little investigators.

Welcome to our forest story. This week we have been investigating and learning about our health, our bodies, healthy food and exercise. We have learnt about international cancer day and how we can keep ourselves healthy and have gentle hands when looking after anyone unwell.

Welcome to our forest this week, we have had a wonderful week learning all about birds. We hid pictures of different birds around the forest and with a tally sheet we hunted high and low recording each bird we found. With binoculars, telescopes and keen eyes we searched the trees and bushes for our real bird friends that share the forest space with us too. We found robins, black birds, magpies, wag tails and many more

Our arts and crafts table has been very busy as one day we made owl masks and hooted our way round the forest flapping our arms and swooping around. Some of the children pretended they were the baby owls sitting on crates (branches) and others were mummy owls flying silently back to the babies.

What an exciting week we’ve had learning about hibernation and sleeping through winter! We’ve learnt that some animals sleep for long periods of time, whilst others (like squirrels) sleep for 2-3 weeks and then wake up to eat to keep warm and feed. 

Welcome back everyone, we are so pleased to see you all again! The children have been thrilled to return to the back section of our forest as we have moved into a different section for the next 3 months, which will allow our other zone to have a rest from the impact of 20 children per day running around and exploring! Our move also offers us a chance to explore a new area of the forest in a different season.

Thank you all for attending our wonderful Christmas party on Friday, we all had a wonderful time welcoming you into the forest. We enjoyed roasting marshmallows around the fire and creating delicious gooey smores, and sipping on hot chocolate, coffee and Gluhwein (mulled wine)

We have painted a huge cardboard box snowman, a row of gingerbread houses made from recycled boxes, gnomes made from planks of wood wearing spare hats, scarfs and so many more things! 

We have had a lovely, crispy, wintery, autumnal, sunshine week immersed in literature and language, reading stories as well as making up our own stories and writing them down. 

“The Jolly Postman” story is a classic and the children were thrilled to learn about his postal route as he cycled around delivering mail to a variety of fairytale characters.

With a sharp dip in the temperature this week we have bundled up with more layers, including hats, gloves and snoods. We enjoyed running games and dancing in the first snowfall of winter. My goodness they were huge snow flakes!

What glorious autumn weather we have had this week. We have loved our potion and medicine creation in the mud kitchen, the reading corners with books about numbers, weights and measures have been really popular and our role playing has been rich.

This week started with a bang as we have been learning about fireworks and painting beautiful pictures in various ways, such as splattering paint onto a large canvas, as well as using carefully snipped loo roll tubes dipped into paint as stamps to create the explosive image of the firework.

We set ourselves the task of carving a small pumpkin each day. Learning about where they grow and how they grow.

Our week has been very creative, slightly spooky, autumnal and sensory based as we have crunched the autumn leaves between our hands and fingers and sprinkled them into witchy potions in the mud kitchen.

This week we have continued to explore the concept of families. Who do we live with? Mummies, daddies, siblings, grandparents