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Rain doesn't stop play
Despite the gorgeous light of Tuesday rising, the rain didn't stay away today. Not to worry, rain never stops play in the woods- just...

Lou Sanders
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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End of Term Tuesday
We can't quite believe how quickly this Autumn has sped by, and how we have been so richly immersed in so much change in the world of the...

Lou Sanders
Oct 20, 20202 min read
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Autumn Tuesday
The Autumn weather has set in and there has been dampness in the air and on the ground. Puddles to jump in, leaves to collect and Autumn...

Lou Sanders
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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Woodland Warming
We sit here writing this by the warmth of a woodland fire (The wonders of modern technology meaning we can WFH in the woods) and reflect...

Lou Sanders
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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Afterschool delight
The afternoon brought the sunshine and we set out for an afternoon of after school delight. It gives us such joy that the children...

Lou Sanders
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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Stay and Play with swallows
Despite a slight drizzle of rain in the air, we had a wonderfully free and dry morning. A new group of children and their carers came to...

Lou Sanders
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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After School Magic
It has been a long time since we could be out there with our lovely group of children after school, so today was a delight! On the...

Lou Sanders
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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The last day of Summer
As the Equinox arrives, so has Autumn and the rising morning mist. Momentarily the night and day are equal. As of tomorrow, we head into...

Lou Sanders
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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Farewell to the summer
The children had their final fling in the woods today. They all continued their activity and individual fascinations from previous...

Lou Sanders
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Wonderous Wednesday
After the rain and blustery weather of yesterday, todays sunshine and brightness was very welcome. We had a brilliant time with a whole...

Lou Sanders
Aug 26, 20201 min read
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Creative Thursday
The children thought of so, so many creative ideas today...including loads of creative construction, dens, inventions, printing,...

Lou Sanders
Aug 20, 20201 min read
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A wet woody Wednesday
The rain fell and the water dripped and gushed and poured, and we made a shelter and we pushed the pools of water off the shelter with...

Lou Sanders
Aug 19, 20201 min read
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Tuesday in the woods
The sun shone, the rain fell, the blackberries were collected and squished and painted with and poured, the trees were climbed and swung...

Lou Sanders
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Wednesday Wanders
Today the children wandered the woodland. Firstly there are the bramble bushes to pick from on the walk down to the woods from the...

Lou Sanders
Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Tuesday
Today was one of those trolley pulling, wood collecting, tree climbing, dust kicking, wheat field exploring, gate climbing, lamb cooing,...

Lou Sanders
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Magical (mud mixing) Monday
The children took the trolley for an amble through the woods to collect wood for a fire. We all got distracted along the way, climbing...

Lou Sanders
Aug 3, 20201 min read
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Wednesday woodland wonders
The black berry are out! They tasted, sweet, sharp and delicious. They made great paint. As did the charcoal, which we used so much of,...

Lou Sanders
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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A Tuesday kind of day...
It was a kind of hand washing, wood collecting, stick dragging, bow sawing, hand drilling, string threading, decorating, knot tying, char...

Lou Sanders
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Monday play
With a brilliant bunch of children we had the most fantastic time. Rain sheltering, coat zipping, hand washing, wood collecting, steel...

Lou Sanders
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Spring is in the air
I’ve been brought up not to say the ‘C’ word, so I’m not going to utter it just now. Back in the real world, I brought Forest School...

sawpitwoods
Mar 17, 20201 min read
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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...
Feb 13, 20242 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...
Dec 18, 20232 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...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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