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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...

Lou Sanders
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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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...

Lou Sanders
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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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...

Lou Sanders
Apr 6, 20211 min read
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Sunny Days
With the blackthorn blossom emerging and the willow blooming in the trees, today we welcomed back our group of parents and children. The...

Lou Sanders
Mar 31, 20212 min read
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Back out there
The strikingly clear early spring light shone on us for our first session back out in the woods. And what a wondrously enjoyable time we...

Lou Sanders
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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Spring is in the air
It has been a long, cold winter for many reasons. We've been quietly holed up at home, like the rest of the world. As with everyone, it's...

Lou Sanders
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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Woodwork Tuesday
It was all about working with wood today in the woods. After starting a cracking fire, the children had a go at axing some wood with an...

Lou Sanders
Nov 17, 20201 min read
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November magic
We started the day planting trees in what is to be a new bit of woodland. We have set out a circlular space to be a future woodland glade...

Lou Sanders
Nov 10, 20201 min read
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Autumn Adventures
We welcomed new faces to our 'Stay and Play' group. The rain blew away as we gathered. There was fire starting, leaf throwing, broom...

Lou Sanders
Nov 3, 20201 min read
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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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Spore Prints
We foraged for some fungi this Tuesday. By placing the fungi down on some paper, you can collect a 'spore print' from them. These were...

Lou Sanders
Oct 25, 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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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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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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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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Is Autumn on its way?
The rain clouds have gathered and there is a breeze in the air. We spent a brief time checking out the new wood piles created from...

Lou Sanders
Aug 17, 20201 min read
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Tree trimming
We've been having a week off this week, to spend much needed time with the family. This has meant there have been no sessions in the...

Lou Sanders
Aug 14, 20203 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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Seemingly endless summer
The sun has just kept on shining, shining, shining through the cloudless skies of recent days, weeks and months. As we write this, we...

Lou Sanders
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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April showers bring May flowers.
We are greatly missing the sessions in the woods and all of the fabulous children we usually share the space with every week. The small...

sawpitwoods
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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Soundcamp 2026 - Listening to the woods
For the second year running, Sawpit Woods hosted Soundcamp over the first May bank holiday weekend — and once again, the woods did not disappoint. The first May bank holiday marks what many consider the peak of the dawn chorus, and we timed our gathering to make the most of it. This year we also took part in Reveil, a worldwide movement that follows the dawn chorus around the globe using microphones placed in locations across every continent — our 24-hour sound broadcast from
Jun 11 min read


Coppice Club in the bluebells - April 2026
Hello! I'm Jaz, joining Em as co-director of Sawpit Woods CIC, and this is my first blog post since joining the team at the end of 2025. It’s really joyous to be posting about April’s Coppice Club where we were spoiled by the woods at one of their seasonal peaks, in the spring sunshine. The bluebells were incredible, the sun shone beautifully, and we all got busy tending this special place. Meanwhile, as it always seems to in the woods, time stretched and slowed, with time t
Apr 212 min read


Getting crafty at Springtime
Lucky us! Thanks to the weather gods, we spent another glorious day in the woods, playing and crafting in honour of Equinox, Ostara and Easter time. It's been a busy month behind the scenes, with celebrations of birthdays, civil partnerships and delight that we've received funding for our brilliant Coppice Club. More to follow on that soon!... This week, we spent the morning hanging out in the hammock and testing our balance on the slack line before playing fun games in the
Mar 302 min read
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