As we closed the forest on last week, everything was in its place, butterflies had been released, resources cleaned and packed away and in the children’s vegetable garden sat a growing pumpkin, green tomatoes and some pink blushing strawberries.

Last week saw children fascinated watching ladybird larva transforming into adult bugs and we had lots of conversations about other insects and animals that make radical changes to themselves as they take a leap into adulthood.

With cries of excitement, our children in the forest made a new discovery this week. “What is this?” they asked, as they peered down at little black insects with orange markings.