LIME
There was only one thing on the cards in the forest again and it was Traitors! They’d been asking to play all week and they had so much fun. This time 2 traitors were chosen and they began banishing at quite a rate. They lasted a couple of round tables before they turned on each other but luckily they managed to survive and split the prize money… (money=applause). Elsewhere, to celebrate Lunar New Year some animal sculptures were made using sticks and A LOT of squishy mud!
WILLOW
Willow were working incredibly hard this week! They’ve been slowly reworking the den in the corner of the forest and this week probably 75% of them were building at one time. They added an extension to the side, using a tarp to keep it waterproof and are planning on turning it into a restaurant. In the digging zone, another dedicated group were shoveling the mud around to create a firm base to build another part of the den on. They also created a game with the rope swing, where you have to dodge the rope flying towards you!
EYFS
Mud, mud and more mud were on the cards today. Which was pretty good because Monday was ‘Chocolate Cake Day’, so a few mini cakes were made. They loved scraping the mud off of the floor and slapping it onto a stump. Another team found a bucket full of water and swished it round and round before putting it in the oven to bake. A tent was made using a tarp and pyramid-shaped branch, which then became a great place to hide during a hide and seek game that ended up making some very muddy!
BEECH
Beech were very impressed with the mud as well. They managed to leave some of the mud in the forest, (just about) but you wouldn’t have known that from looking at them at the end of the session! The group were back in their pirate boat/shelter from last week, sailing and firing the canons at everything that moved. The trees were too slippery to climb but that didn’t bother an excellent den building team, who piled logs across a couple of branches. Some bamboo was discovered and immediately started off a game of limbo too!
MAPLE
After the wind stopped Maple getting into the forest last week, they were very keen to get out today (even if the mud and temperature did take a few by surprise). They thoroughly enjoyed hearing the story of Lunar New Year and a few were animals throughout the forest but they mainly liked the idea of Chocolate Cake Day. A few groups made cake and some came up with very imaginative flavours, including one that would taste like whatever you were thinking at that moment! The den was built upon and the bamboo was very popular too.