The Woodshed Forest School Nursery

The Woodshed Forest School Nursery Our aim is for children to experience the world through nature play, music, art and expression. Deli

Last week in the forest we made orange cakes! The children did so well digging out the centre of their oranges to put in...
06/10/2026

Last week in the forest we made orange cakes! The children did so well digging out the centre of their oranges to put in the cake mixture they had made!

We then cooked these on the fire and ate them for our afternoon snack, what a treat! 🍊

This morning at our Summer School, we went on a big adventure walk! The children enjoyed cutting back some of the brambl...
22/07/2026

This morning at our Summer School, we went on a big adventure walk! The children enjoyed cutting back some of the brambles as we went on the walk with the loppers, ensuring they were safe when using them.

We then collected the first of the blackberries to use in our wild cooking back at base camp!

Yesterday we opened an ice cream shop on camp! We made lots of different flavours and it was great to see how the childr...
03/07/2026

Yesterday we opened an ice cream shop on camp! We made lots of different flavours and it was great to see how the children negotiated as they shared them.

We love using shaving foam in our play, igniting our senses!

Today we have been making stick men! The children have been thinking about the size stick they will need for the body, a...
19/06/2026

Today we have been making stick men! The children have been thinking about the size stick they will need for the body, arms and legs.

We have also been developing our fine motor skills through using wool to add some clothing to our stick men! It has been great to see the children playing close attention to detail and putting their plans into action!

Today in the forest we have been nature weaving! A great activity to support children's fine motor skills, incorporating...
11/06/2026

Today in the forest we have been nature weaving! A great activity to support children's fine motor skills, incorporating natural materials.

It was great to see the children paying close attention to detail when choosing which materials to weave.

Today we made damper bread! The children whittled their own sticks and made the dough using flour and water. They then w...
08/05/2026

Today we made damper bread!

The children whittled their own sticks and made the dough using flour and water. They then wrapped the dough around the stick and watched it cooked showing great patience!

What the children call 'The Mountain', an incredible natural space to support the children's physical development! Testi...
07/05/2026

What the children call 'The Mountain', an incredible natural space to support the children's physical development!

Testing their leg strength, they climbed all the way to the top!! We are so lucky for our space ⛰️

We collected every bit of rubbish we could find on our 2 hour forest walk and made a rubbish rainbow! A great way to lea...
05/06/2025

We collected every bit of rubbish we could find on our 2 hour forest walk and made a rubbish rainbow! A great way to learn about how important it is to keep our forests clean for wildlife 💚












These went down very well! ☀️
01/05/2025

These went down very well! ☀️














We were amazed at how much frogspawn there was in the pond this year! Today the tadpoles started hatching!We’re excited ...
01/04/2025

We were amazed at how much frogspawn there was in the pond this year!
Today the tadpoles started hatching!
We’re excited to see their legs develop soon and learn all about life cycles 🐸













Address

Featherbed Lane
Croydon
CR09AA

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+2038594564

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