Trees are awesome!
The forest was so cool this week- literally! Trees offer more than shade, they cool the air too. We had a great time doing some...
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Katy
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
Woodland springtime
Forest school was chillier than the last week has been, but the celandines and wood anemones are out, along with wild garlic. The...
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Katy
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Woodland pancakes!
Forest school sessions haven’t been able to happen much this year, due to the weather! So many storms and high winds- but luckily,...
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Katy
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
First forest school of the year!
It was a lovely bright, mild winters day, perfect for our first gathering after Christmas! The streams were high and fast, and sounded...
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Katy
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
Last forest school session of the year!
We had a huge pan of pumpkin soup (using a monster pumpkin given to us from one of the Crow Wood allotment neighbours!), plus hot mulled...
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Katy
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Loving autumn forest school😍
A bit of a chilly day in the woods, and we took the lightweight fire bowl, plus a rucksack with all our essentials, for an adventure walk...
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Katy
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Summery Forest school
If ever proof were needed about how much we NEED TREES...then being in the woods on a really hot day just proves it! Trees not only...
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Katy
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Spending time in woodland
Our second session of forest school this year was a bit colder than the first, as the sun stayed behind the clouds. The trees are still...
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Katy
- Mar 23, 2021
- 1 min
Forest Schools sessions start after 3 months away!
It was a beautiful afternoon to have the first of our forest school sessions since mid-December. The group is slightly smaller than...
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Katy
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Recipe: Orange cakes
This is another forest school recipe that you can do at home! When we make them at forest school, they're wrapped in foil and cooked...
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Katy
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Recipe: Mulled apple juice
Mulled apple juice is a delicious, hot, non-alcoholic drink, that has a very festive and wintery smell! We often make it over the camp...
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Katy
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Project: Christmas tree whisk
If you had a real, cut Christmas tree, or you’ve been pruning a fir tree (but NOT leylandii or yew!!), then this is a lovely project to...
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Katy
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Recipe: Forest-school-at-home jalebi
We were going to be doing some cooking at forest school this week, but all that's on hold of course! So we thought we'd share the recipe...
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Katy
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
News: Festive forest school!
Our final session before Christmas consisted of re-building the dam at Clay Cove, some whittling projects, and hot dogs! And lots of...
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Katy
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
News: Forest School crafting
There’s been plenty of rain...so it was muddy and excitingly slippery in the woods! As well as a bit of teacake-toasting, we were making...
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Katy
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
News: Forest school camp fire on a cold day...
Despite our new camp being a quite sparse (the other camp is just far too muddy!), we are adapting well! And most importantly, the camp...
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Katy
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
News: Forest school cooking
We’ve been looking at different foraged foods over the last few weeks- walnuts, quinces, and this week, apples. We learnt a bit about...
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Katy
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
News: Woodland Trust Tree Charter event
We are so excited to be part of this year's Tree Charter event! Our home education art groups and forest school group have been working...
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Katy
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
News: We love mud!
Forest school this week was a bit nomadic- there’s been enough rain to make the clay soil very slippery, so we couldn’t use our usual...
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Katy
- Oct 23, 2020
- 1 min
News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods
We had rain at forest school this week, so the camp fire was a very welcome addition to our activities! The children spent lots of time...
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