This week the children have come back from their long weekends refreshed and ready to embrace the sunshine! Our little adventurers were very friendly and helpful when welcoming a new settler into the forest.  

This week some children had their photographs taken in the forest - it seemed everybody turned up on Monday with a bright smile and a fresh, new haircut!

What a wonderful week we’ve had welcoming our mums, daddies, and carers into the forest as part of our Stay and Play week!

We’re so happy to be back for the new term and pleased to see our sessional friends return to the forest and we feel excited to move back to our Parakeets area. Our beloved plane tree is looking leafy and green, and we are enjoying watching the mummy and daddy birds collect twigs and leaves to make their nests.

In true British fashion, the weather has given us a range of seasons throughout each day this week. The mornings have been filled with rosy cheeks and cloudy skies with some glimmers of sun throughout the day. The children have spotted more insects coming out to explore the forest, in particular a giant leopard slug and some very cheerful robins.

Spring is finally here and we are all glad the sun is staying out later each day in the forest. Our forest is awash with new species of wildflowers and the plane tree is beginning to show new growth, along with the raspberry bushes which are starting to flower!

We are continuing to feel the musical beat and after last week’s exploration of musical instruments, we are ready to use our amazing repertoire of words, experiment with rhythm, and put our imaginations to the test by making up our own lyrics to compose unique songs.

It was a week full of rhythm and melody in the forest! Our forest orchestra was a sight to behold!

This week in the forest, we let our imaginations run wild. We enjoyed listening to stories of our favourite writers and looking at the beautiful illustrations in books which inspired us to make up our very own stories.

This week, we started with a rhyme expedition and an imagination wonderland!

This week, our Little Forest Folk-ers have been continuously busy exploring the wonders of family and celebrating our unique differences. We strung up their adorable family photographs, creating a masterpiece.