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...

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,...

A busy days play. Some of the things that the children got up to were: tapping sticks, games exploring senses with blindfolds,...

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...

After some brilliant games in the trees, today was all about creating with wood. Climbing on it, snapping dead wood, carrying wood,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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-...

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

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...

After the long weekend and a splash of rain, the bluebells were really blooming and blowing in the breeze today. Today was about hunting...