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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...

Lou Sanders
Feb 21, 20221 min read


Storm Eunice and the coming of Spring
The winds have come and gone, along with a brief power cut and so we have been out assessing the damage this morning. The winds have...

Lou Sanders
Feb 19, 20222 min read


Our start to the year
We have spent the beginning of the year continuing our playing and learning outside and reflecting and planning for the coming months....

Lou Sanders
Feb 17, 20222 min read


Connections
As we start this new year, we are thinking back and reflecting on where we are, where we have come from and maybe where we are going....

Lou Sanders
Jan 1, 20223 min read


Autumn adventures
We started the week with a bit of inspiration at Sheffield Park gardens. The amazing colours were great and we took a stroll up the the...

Lou Sanders
Jan 1, 20221 min read


The end of the year
During our last week of sessions this year we had a magical time in the open canopy of the woods and played in the dark. We made time to:...

Lou Sanders
Jan 1, 20221 min read


Winter wonders
"Why is the sky so dark?" "Because the days are getting shorter and the sun goes down early in the winter" The children were wondering...

Lou Sanders
Dec 6, 20211 min read


Falling leaves
Forest School strives to foster resilient, confident, independent and creative learners. And it aims to inspire a sense of awe and wonder...

sawpitwoods
Nov 9, 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,...

Lou Sanders
Nov 8, 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...

Lou Sanders
Oct 28, 20211 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...

Lou Sanders
Oct 19, 20212 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...

Lou Sanders
Oct 12, 20211 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:...

Lou Sanders
Oct 4, 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,...

Lou Sanders
Sep 27, 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...

Lou Sanders
Sep 21, 20212 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...

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...

Lou Sanders
Sep 14, 20211 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...

Lou Sanders
Sep 6, 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,...

Lou Sanders
Aug 18, 20212 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,...

Lou Sanders
Aug 17, 20211 min read


Coppice Club Feb 2026
Spring arrived at Sawpit Woods... We dusted off our tools, learned new skills, carved mallets, made new connections, explored the woodland and built our dead hedges — all soaked in that first warm sun. As the daffodils sang, we got busy making mallets and starting to carve spoons and spatulas amongst the emerging blue bell shoots. With grandmothers, grandchildren, solo visitors, parents and newcomers, we all enjoyed the time and space together with biscuits, tea, coffee and
4 days ago2 min read


Early Spring gathering with Sawpit Woods
At the end of January, we gathered in the woods to celebrate Imbolc, a time between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox when we celebrate life re-emerging and signs of Spring starting to sprout. Once again, the rain held off and we shared a happy day together around the fire. We started off by sharing what brings us joy before setting off to explore the woods and nearby land with fistfulls of the colours of the emerging spring time. We even found blue skies! We gathered r
Feb 12 min read


Coppice Club: Crafting Community in the Woods
An other satisfying day spent with the woods
Jan 112 min read
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