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.
This week we have been learning about families, our own small network including mummy, daddy, brothers, sisters, granny and grandpa. We have also printed all the painty hand prints of our Twickenham Little Forest Folk Family. We’ve read and talked about families throughout the world, and considered families in China celebrating the Mid Autumn/Moon festival.
We have had a glorious week of exploring the forest through our senses and extending our vocabulary. Sticky, orange, ooblek with its combined dribblyness and stiff qualities, perplexed and excited our curious minds. We also enjoyed tweezer work with natural elements like smooth conkers, rough pine cones, small, hard, ash keys, small greenish acorns and soft feathery grasses.
What a great week we have had. The most exciting event for both the children and the educators was the visit from the tree surgeon who came to inspect our beautiful plane tree. The children sat and watched from a safe space while Charlie the tree surgeon used a moving rope system and safety harness to climb up into the tree with his chain saw, which was very exciting
What a fabulous week we have had. With the start of the summer holidays we have had many of our children heading off on family vacations and holiday campers, between the ages of 3-7 years old, joining us for the week. New friends and old acquaintances have returned to see us in our leafy green space.
Our sensory tuff tray included farm animals stuck in mud and we had to clean and wash them, which delighted our younger children. The ice play kept us cool and the straw and grass play allowed us to feel the dry and rustling texture of the hay, all whilst exploring the different smells as we sniffed them.
