Tree Climbing Festival and Hill Rolling Day - Coming up in May!

See the details for these fabulous events that are coming up in May in the Events Page!

Den Building on 15th of April

One of the Dens!

Who would have thought that a few sticks, pegs and blankets would have provided two hours of pure fun! A handful of very happy children - and mums - designed, built and played happily in the woods enjoying the Spring sunshine. Den building, including dens for the teddies, nature crafts and an Easter Egg Hunt made this sunny afternoon a picture perfect one! 
Thank you to all who joined in, particularly Cerys for organising the Egg Hunt and Teddy Nature Craft!

Have a look at the Events Page for more outdoor events throughout the month of May.



Nature craft and Penguin on display!

Inspiring: the children made beds
for their dolls in the smaller dens




Wild Thursday at Abbotts Woods Report

You can't be too small for den building...

We had a great time at Abbots Woods yesterday as part of Wild Thursday!

The main theme seemed to be mud, mud and more mud - with a few wonderful discoveries in between. There was also a fair bit of tree climbing and den building! We found some friendly ladybirds and worms and someone found a rather shy frog under the nettles.


Walking on mud is suddenly fascinating,
and certainly good fun

We also handed out Outdoor Play Diaries and I hear they are already being written on, which is great news. The more we can inspire the children to play outdoors and reflect upon it, the better!

Thank you all for coming along and for your enthusiasm, thank you Jackie for the bug pots!

Looking forward to the next event next Tuesday at Manor Rd Woods - all welcome, just email for details!



Sticks are swords, full stop!



A truly inspiring afternoon for both children and parents