It’s been another creative week at Folha Verde. Luis joined us on Monday to make bamboo flutes with the children, while Barbara and Lucy made crowns out of leaves with some of the younger ones. Our ‘chestnut’ group learned about some more new letters this week and started to read […]
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This week saw the arrival of two new members of Folha Verde – Rufus (age 13) and Silvia (age 3) – much to the excitement of the rest of the community! It was good to see the sun again after all the rain we’ve had recently – so we made the […]
This week at Folha Verde was distinctly autumnal. Children of all ages made beautiful lanterns from jam jars, paper, paints and leaves. We had our first monthly parents and volunteers meeting sitting around our newly installed woodburner. It was lovely having our first gathering there with parents, sharing our news […]
We’ve had another good week at Folha Verde – but the weather is changing and we are looking forward to installing our woodburner this week after our first really cold days in our beautiful building! Children of all ages have been enjoying playing on our new climbing frame (kindly donated […]
Our second week at Folha Verde has been another happy week of getting to know our daily routines, enjoying the outdoor spaces in the sun and getting settled into our smaller groups for our morning learning sessions. Our cosy mezzanine library space is proving a popular hit – with children […]
The changing face of the Lagar. Over the last few months the space has been gradually transformed into a beautiful community venue with a large open plan area with kitchen, also housing the vintage olive press machinery, and various mezzanine spaces including a small cosy library, study area and (as […]