LIME
Lime were very pleased to be out in the sun for the first time in 2025! They were spread out in lots of little groups keeping very busy. A team were playing an imagination-based game where they were being chased by gummy bears…they hid in the tree mostly. At the foot of the tree, children were throwing themselves in circles on the rope swing and giggling an awful lot. While a trio were collecting as many logs as possible to have their very own secret base. There was also a team playing grandma’s footsteps.
WILLOW
Willow were extremely excited about pancake day still and lots of them spent the session trying to create the perfect pancake batter in some pans. There was a shortage of water in the forest but they managed to find enough even if they did end up making more mud castles than pancakes! The digging zone was very busy and helped provide pancake mix, while finding stones. The bar from last week was recreated too and a couple of them were also pleased to rearrange the clean and shiny new waterproofs!
EYFS
World Book Day excitement was still rife and some of our young explorers made photo frames to put scenes from books (the Hungry Caterpillar was particularly fun!). Some artists used water and sticks to paint stories on bark too. A bumble bee was sitting at the entrance of a birdhouse, which was very interesting to watch, they thought he might have visited because the sun was out. The forest then finished with a couple of games of hide and seek, which seems to be a returning theme at the moment.
BEECH
A hive of activity was taking place in the digging zone and they managed to share the cramped zone very well considering. One group were investigating a rabbit hole and adding more mud around the edges to protect them from predators, one group were trying to cover up some lava and another group were finding mud to make a birthday cake. There was a lot of tree climbing and even more hanging around in the hammock. A couple of them made themselves a little chillout spot and just sat watching the world go by!
MAPLE
The stories of Willow class inventing their own country in the forest had spread to Maple class! They decided to join the country (albeit on a different day of the week) and create their own civilisation. They mainly spent their time building up the den, setting traps and being baptised with some questionable looking water! Elsewhere, a pancake shop opened with fresh mud, delivered straight from the digging zone. While a group were hitting a log with small sticks and using the wood chips as currency in their new country.