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.
‘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.
With the end of the school term comes the start of our Summer holidays in the forest where we have been welcoming many new children, and of course some of our regular Little Forest Folk-ers!
If you happened to see any UFO’s in the local area this week, that may be as a result of Barnes and Wimbledon teaming up with STEAM. Co for a fantastic Rocket Day.
After the excitement of being on Sunday Morning Live at the weekend and having all of the lovely parents staying for stay and play week, it has been an adventurous yet extremely peaceful week in the forest!
The walled gardens of Fulham Palace have been a hive of activity recently so the children have been observing and interacting with the constantly evolving environment with its endless rows of colourful flowers, beanstalks that grow by the day and bees that fill the fragrant air.
This week we had a very exciting visit from the Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Colonel Jane Davis OBE QVRM TD DL, to present the Queen’s Award to James and Leanna!
What a lovely week we have had exploring the forest with some of our parents. It’s been a joy to see how excited the children have been when showing you around, and although there may occasionally have been tears when some of you left, it’s only because the children were having such a great time.
We started our week off with a trip to Gifford’s Circus! We were incredibly excited, especially as we had been hearing noises from the circus after lunch every day last week and had seen the circus horse out on his morning stroll through the forest.
Although we did not have a single drop of rain this week – water was our main theme in Barnes! Children had lots of fun with various water play activities and our sprinkle bottles were very popular.
This week has been another scorcher in the forest, but the play has remained very cool! The children’s desire to construct tools was still strong this week, so with some help from the educators, they were able to take that passion to the next step!
With kind and gentle hands and a listening ear, the Little Forest Folk of Fishponds Wood showed that they were the most effective and practical doctors, especially considering their primitive instruments for helping their poorly patients!
What a magnificent week we’ve had in our sunny forest. The Little Forest Folk-ers had great fun Sailing the Seven Seas (or Fishponds!) at the start of the week, with lots of complicated knot tying being done to make the pirate boats ship shape.
The temperatures have been high this week and so have the spirits of the children! The sun has clearly brought out some creative vibes within the children because they have been engaged in artsy activities of all kinds.