We were so lucky to plan our visit to Pondwood for such a beautiful day! We managed to have sunshine and not a breath of wind- perfect...

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...

Forest school was chillier than the last week has been, but the celandines and wood anemones are out, along with wild garlic. The...

Forest school sessions haven’t been able to happen much this year, due to the weather! So many storms and high winds- but luckily,...

It was a lovely bright, mild winters day, perfect for our first gathering after Christmas! The streams were high and fast, and sounded...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It was a beautiful afternoon to have the first of our forest school sessions since mid-December. The group is slightly smaller than...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our final session before Christmas consisted of re-building the dam at Clay Cove, some whittling projects, and hot dogs! And lots of...

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...

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...

We’ve been looking at different foraged foods over the last few weeks- walnuts, quinces, and this week, apples. We learnt a bit about...

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...

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...