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.
Our beautiful Twickenham site, having felt lonely since April, was brought to life this week with the first group of full day children who arrived with their playful curiosity at the ready!
This week we have been harvesting vegetables and wild flowers in our allotment. The produce has been fantastic this year, with the children being able to try lots of home grown (by them) veggies and some even taking some home to share with their families!
Our summer campers excelled themselves in rope work this week with some truly spectacular and intricate creations being strung up in between the trees.
This week in the forest we took a stroll all the way back to the fifteenth century. The children have loved making bows and arrows before firing them and seeing just how close to the targets they could get.
Through the rain, sun and wind, the children have been brilliant this week and have made the most of the natural wonders that are so unique to this late summer/early autumn period of the year.
With their creative juices flowing this week, the children have taken natural craft to the next level using a range of materials to make amazing things!
Well here we are at the end of yet another fun and laughter filled week of summer camp. As always, the site has inspired so many ideas and play opportunities for the children.
Each day we have enjoyed using our metal detector to see what hides just below the soil in our base camp and the children talked excitedly about what they thought they might find.
This week we have used the fire twice to participate in some cooking experiences. Spike led us in a vegan hot dog cooking session, which of course the children were very happy to lend a hand in eating!
This week we took a trip to the allotment where there were delicious yellow tomatoes for us to taste! It was very surprising for some of us to see tomatoes that were a different colour but they tasted amazingly good!
What an amazing week in the forest we have had for the second week of holiday camp. Our campers have been so full of enthusiasm, ready and willing to try anything new that has come their way.
This week the children have made minibeasts out of clay, they set traps and caught educators, they wrote stories and acted them out on stage, they’ve been on adventure walks, they’ve made fruit skewers and they’ve had lots and lots of fun!
It has been a wonderful week in the forest, the sun has been lovely, the meadow has been beautiful and the children have been engaging in imaginative play.
This week saw the children engage in the wonderful world of bushcraft! With some very hot days in the forest the children were happy to sit down in groups and get creative!
With the very warm weather this week water play has been a vital theme! One of the week's highlight was on Thursday during London's hottest day, when the gardeners had agreed to set up some water sprinklers for the children!