Lou Sanders
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
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
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 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
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
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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Lou Sanders
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Good Company Monday
On the day when thousands of children started their first full week back at school, we also had our own first day. For the past year we...
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Lou Sanders
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Summer holiday play
We can't quite believe we have nearly come to the end of our summer holiday woodland play... It has been a fantastic month of freedom,...
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Lou Sanders
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Tuesday Holiday Club
A busy days play. Some of the things that the children got up to were: tapping sticks, games exploring senses with blindfolds,...
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Lou Sanders
Aug 5, 20211 min read
Thursday in the woods
We escaped any rain which was forecast, and had a brilliant day of refining our tool skills in the woods. First by making elder beads and...
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Lou Sanders
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Wednesday creating
After some brilliant games in the trees, today was all about creating with wood. Climbing on it, snapping dead wood, carrying wood,...
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Lou Sanders
Aug 3, 20211 min read
August pottering
Today was a firelighting, charcloth making, towel ripping, stream jumping, blind folded game playing, den making, mud splatting, stick...
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Lou Sanders
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Sunny days
The sun has allowed the wild plants and flowers to blossom and bloom and given us ideas for creative play in the woods. The grass has...
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Lou Sanders
May 25, 20211 min read
May days
Rain doesn't stop play in the woods. There were stiles and bridges to go over and under. Some children hid in the shelter to eat a snack-...
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Lou Sanders
May 4, 20211 min read
Tuesday
After the long weekend and a splash of rain, the bluebells were really blooming and blowing in the breeze today. Today was about hunting...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 27, 20212 min read
Tuesday
The north wind had dropped and the Spring sunshine was felt today. With the bluebells emerging, we sniffed them to get their scent on the...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 14, 20211 min read
Springtime play
With the sun upon us we set off for our final holiday adventure in the woods. Today was a day of games and play. The children made up...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 13, 20211 min read
Eggcellent adventures
The children started their day with an exploration through the woodland and some tree identification games and spotted a nest. They...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Woodland Wednesday
With a light dusting of yesterdays snow on the ground and a chill in the air, we set off in beautiful sunshine to the fields. The...
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Lou Sanders
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Tremendous Tuesday Tree Planting
In collaboration with The Children's Forests, today we set off on a great tree planting adventure, to continue the process here in Sawpit...
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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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