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August pottering
Today was a firelighting, charcloth making, towel ripping, stream jumping, blind folded game playing, den making, mud splatting, stick...

Lou Sanders
Aug 3, 20211 min read


Thursday Play
Today the children: made tree identification tokens drilled holes with palm drills to thread the discs spotted butterflies and counted...

Lou Sanders
Jul 29, 20211 min read


Blustery Woodland Wednesday
The gusts of wind circled round the tree tops today, but we were sheltered beneath the canopy and only felt a few spots of drizzle and...

Lou Sanders
Jul 28, 20211 min read


Summer Stay and Play
We had our first summer holiday Stay and Play session today. It also marked the start of our second full year of playing in the...

Lou Sanders
Jul 28, 20211 min read


warmth at last
Finally a glimpse of blue skies behind the clouds....and some dappled sunshine in the woods...it is actually starting to feel just a tiny...

Lou Sanders
Jul 13, 20211 min read


Meadows
The children are very inspired by the grassy meadows we travel through on our way to the woods. Their curiosity is endless, with playing...

Lou Sanders
Jul 12, 20211 min read


July days
With sunshine on their backs, the children started their Monday afternoon by hiding in the meadows. The grass has grown so tall, that...

Lou Sanders
Jul 6, 20212 min read


June woodland wetness
This last weekend we spent time meeting with the local East Sussex Forest School Association group. We met in the woods to discuss our...

Lou Sanders
Jun 30, 20211 min read


Midsummer!
The summer solstice and mid summers day came and went with the rain and the cold! We heard that this year, the winter solstice had higher...

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...

Lou Sanders
Jun 22, 20211 min read


Shady summer days
The woodland canopy provided us all with some shady respite from the sun this week. With the heat, has come thriving wildflowers and...

Lou Sanders
Jun 16, 20211 min read


Summer days and nights
We've had a restful week in the sunshine and are enjoying the fact the summer feels like it has really arrived. The bluebells are busy...

Lou Sanders
Jun 7, 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-...

Lou Sanders
May 25, 20211 min read


Muddy May
Thunder, rain and hail made lots of gloriously muddy puddles for us this week. Bring on jumping and splashing, shelter building. The...

Lou Sanders
May 19, 20211 min read


May Play and Mental Health
The sun has shone on us this week as we explored the woods. We have welcomed new children and adults and shared drinks and snacks and...

Lou Sanders
May 11, 20212 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...

Lou Sanders
May 4, 20211 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...

Lou Sanders
Apr 27, 20212 min read


Mellow Monday
With our lovely new Monday group, we set out on the journey to the woods. There was scrambling under stiles today, as well as over them....

Lou Sanders
Apr 26, 20211 min read


Tweeting Tuesday
We started the day with birds, birds, and birds. Listening, observing and creating. The children made and flew birds around the woods in...

Lou Sanders
Apr 21, 20211 min read


Marvellous Monday
The sun shone and we had a marvellous Monday afternoon! It was all birds, blossom and bluebells. We tried to hear and spot as many birds...

Lou Sanders
Apr 19, 20211 min read


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


What's on in the Woods? December 2025
We hope you’re enjoying the turn to deep winter and the cosy long nights. Here's what's happening at Sawpit Woods in the coming weeks.
Dec 20, 20254 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...
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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