The sun shone and we started the day collecting lots of juicy blackberries from the hedgerows. The children chased crickets and caught...

After the downpours at the weekend, we were glad for the light breeze and the return of the sunshine this week. We have started to build...

Spring has really sprung in the last couple of weeks and we've enjoyed connecting with a whole range of people. We spent a lovely...

We started our early summer parent Stay and Play sessions today. We meet every Tuesday morning from 9.15-11 am. We make a fire to boil a...

Some of the things we got up to today were... Wood collecting, passing, sorting, carrying, lighting, cooking, toasting, warming, eating,...

Despite the rain and the spring breeze, we've had a great week in the woods this Easter Holidays. It was fun to push all the rainwater...

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...

The sun shone down on our woodlands this week and we continued to spot the signs of spring. We went on a hunt for snowdrops, celandines...

The smallest people collected pine cones in the drizzle this morning, before making bird feeders with them. We spotted freshly dug...

Snowdrops, celandines, primroses, hazel flowers, catkins, alder cones, digging, damming, jumping, splashing, slipping, balancing,...

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...

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,...

We have spent a peaceful but productive two days in the woods. There was lots of fire making, pumpkin soup cooking, bread baking, and...

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...

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...

This weekend we spent our time (camping) at the FSA annual conference, which was great! We heard from three really interesting speakers:...

Each and every week, the children are busy, chatty, engaged, sociable, and out there being kids and playing when they come to the woods,...

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...

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...

We started the week arranging flowers and foliage foraged from the garden, fields and woods. With quiet, creativity comes conversation...