The children and staff had a great time at Forest Kindergarten today.  We participated in lots of tree climbing, imaginative play with guns, made swords and magic wands with sticks and created clay pictures on the trees.  The children had … Continue reading →

It was a rainy day at Forest Kindergarten this morning.  The children risk assessed the forest themselves, looking out for dangers and could tell others in the group what they were.  They all remembered their boundaries and where to tie our ribbons, … Continue reading →

We met with the children going to the forest yesterday to discuss what we would see at the forest and what we could do.  We learned games to help keep us safe and together in a group like ‘Sticky Feet’ … Continue reading →

We had a great time sharing our learning from Forest Kindergarten with our parents yesterday.  We showed them our shark infested waters where we have to jump from our tree, our den that we have been building for a few … Continue reading →

We were very busy at the forest this week.  We found some dog poo and discussed how we didn’t like dogs littering our forest.  On investigating the forest environment, we found lots of mushrooms and found out their names and … Continue reading →

The children were very busy at the forest this week taking turns on the hammocks and rope swings.  We had a cosy picnic in the den, drank hot chocolate and ate marshmallows! A few children found mushrooms growing and we … Continue reading →

This week at Forest Kindergarten, we made bird feeders as we had noticed that there wasn’t many birds that came to our forest to play.  We learned that birds find it more difficult in winter to eat and that we … Continue reading →