LIME
Lime were really enjoying the mud today! The digging zone was just safe enough to dig in and just squishy enough to make incredible; cakes, brownies and buckets full of mud. The Eat 17 shop was back but it had now been upgraded to showcase (in their words) a ‘Christmassy vibe’ and they would also perform you a song and dance when they delivered your cookies or hot chocolate. People came and ordered and then scampered off to enjoy. The den was very wet but a pool of water collected in the tarp made for an excellent welly cleaner.
WILLOW
Willow enjoyed the digging zone too and had to work very hard not to slip over and risk it being closed. They’ve spent the last few weeks trying to uncover a huge slab and the rain had made conditions perfect, so they spent a long time excavating. A huge group were playing a game where they had to capture various people. Once they’d been caught they made some genius rope/pulley systems to hold them (willingly) captive. A base was also made out of sticks which was a great place to hang out and get out of the cold.
EYFS
Last week the littlest Hadham children enjoyed a ‘warm party’ in the forest to keep themselves dancing and warm but they were slightly disappointed at the lack of speaker (and Connor’s singing…), so this week a speaker was brought into the forest to pump out the tunes! They danced to all their favourite songs and then enjoyed some Christmas classics, while playing musical statues. The made a DJ booth using a log and covered it in leaves for decoration and some listened to the music while gently swaying in the hammock.
BEECH
Beech class are always extremely pumped on Christmas Bazaar day. They’ve got front row seats to all of the hustle and bustle in the hall and brought that energy into the forest! Several groups decided to make their own stalls, selling various bits of the forest, mainly using leaves as currency. The digging zone was very muddy which made for some excellent digging conditions. They quickly decided a grave was under where they were digging and looked for bones…until someone discovered a mermaid tail. They kept gleefully digging but thankfully didn’t find any remains! (part fish or otherwise)
MAPLE
Maple were ready for the bazaar too and treated everyone to some carol singing to get everyone in the festive mood. A group decided that the forest bazaar needed a Father Christmas but it wasn’t long before Santa turned sort of evil and (with help from ‘Shouty the Reindeer’) began giving people twigs and then running away shouting ‘no refunds’! One team got progressively more muddy as time went by and were having an excellent time making mudballs in the digging zone.