Team games!

The children have been paying lots of large group and team games this week. Hopscotch at the Forest school building was very popular; the children were laughing as they threw conkers onto the numbers, with a good deal of success! William cleverly counted his hops 1-5; well done! Sleeping Lions is another favourite, with the boys really immersed in the role of lions, leading to very enthusiastic roars! ‘ Very scary!’ said Isla.

They balanced bean bags on the heads to walk through and over hoops. ‘I know’ said Zac ‘We can balance them on our necks’ ‘And our shoulders’ shouted Joshua. By far the most popular game was Limbo, wit the children ( mostly) going under the rope held out, with up to three children at a time! ‘We love playing games’ exclaimed Theo, ‘But now i am hungry, like a hungry Lion!’

The babies and toddlers have explored the daffodils this week, smelling the flowers and feeling the soil before adding water. They also felt some slimy mixture we made , allowing it to fall between their fingers. Millie did not like the texture, and shook it off her fingers, and James on the other hand could not get enough ! Joshua and Hlenhaze explored the sensory baskets which contain a huge range of textures such as carpet samples and bashing various metal objects to hear the different sounds. ‘Oohh’ said Emily in time with the beat. Eloise and Ines played with the musical instruments, discovering ways to make different sounds, with Ines looking shocked as Eloise made a loud rattle with the shaker, which lead to them both laughing.