Lou Sanders
Monday summer play
The sun shone and we started the day collecting lots of juicy blackberries from the hedgerows. The children chased crickets and caught...
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Lou Sanders
May 17, 20222 min read
May Days
After the downpours at the weekend, we were glad for the light breeze and the return of the sunshine this week. We have started to build...
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Lou Sanders
May 9, 20221 min read
Last week in the woods
Spring has really sprung in the last couple of weeks and we've enjoyed connecting with a whole range of people. We spent a lovely...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Bluebell time
We started our early summer parent Stay and Play sessions today. We meet every Tuesday morning from 9.15-11 am. We make a fire to boil a...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Rain does not stop play
Some of the things we got up to today were... Wood collecting, passing, sorting, carrying, lighting, cooking, toasting, warming, eating,...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Easter Holiday sessions
Despite the rain and the spring breeze, we've had a great week in the woods this Easter Holidays. It was fun to push all the rainwater...
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Lou Sanders
Mar 14, 20221 min read
March Monday
It is time for birds to build their nests, so this week we have been playing some games to learn to recognise different birds. We have...
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Lou Sanders
Mar 7, 20221 min read
wildlife in the woods
The sun shone down on our woodlands this week and we continued to spot the signs of spring. We went on a hunt for snowdrops, celandines...
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Lou Sanders
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Food for us and the birds
The smallest people collected pine cones in the drizzle this morning, before making bird feeders with them. We spotted freshly dug...
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Lou Sanders
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Spring things...
Snowdrops, celandines, primroses, hazel flowers, catkins, alder cones, digging, damming, jumping, splashing, slipping, balancing,...
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Lou Sanders
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Wind and the woods
As we all know it has been just too windy to be safely out there playing in the woods these last few days. We started our week by...
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Lou Sanders
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Shadows and sunsets
This time of the year is known as Samhain. The clocks have changed and brought us bright, low, sharp light this week. We've had day time,...
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Lou Sanders
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Autumn holiday club
We have spent a peaceful but productive two days in the woods. There was lots of fire making, pumpkin soup cooking, bread baking, and...
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Lou Sanders
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Foraging child- led fun in the woods
This week we met a lovely new group of children and got to start to get to know a beautiful patch of National Trust woodland on Crockham...
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Lou Sanders
Oct 12, 20211 min read
Forest School Day!...(and this week in the woods)
Last Friday was the 4th Annual Forest School Day. We spent all week in the woods celebrating this by being out in the woods with 6...
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Lou Sanders
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Conference, reflections and connections
This weekend we spent our time (camping) at the FSA annual conference, which was great! We heard from three really interesting speakers:...
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Lou Sanders
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Child directed Monday Skills
Each and every week, the children are busy, chatty, engaged, sociable, and out there being kids and playing when they come to the woods,...
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Lou Sanders
Sep 21, 20212 min read
Autumn Equinox
This week the morning mist has hung and been slow to rise, as we have reached the Autumn Equinox and the turning of the seasons with the...
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Lou Sanders
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Rainy Tuesday
Cloudy wet skies led to a day of noticing the small things. The drip on the underside of the gate, the shine the rain made on the...
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Lou Sanders
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Foraging, floral fun
We started the week arranging flowers and foliage foraged from the garden, fields and woods. With quiet, creativity comes conversation...
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Feb 132 min read
Tree tending Day
We had a wonderful day tending our sapling trees in our Children's Forest adjacent to Sawpit Woods this February. Together we mulched...
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Winter Gathering
We shared a lovely day, gathered in Sawpit Woods to celebrate the middle of winter, the turning of the light and to learn and connect...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Seed, song and foraging day 24/10/23
We had a wonderful day walking the land and learning about the trees and their seeds. Gathering in the October sunshine, over the rising...
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