POST, NATURE AND TOAST!
The village now has a mobile post van that visits every week! This is great news, super useful and another fun experience for the children. The guy who runs it…
HELPING NATURE AND FEEDING OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS
One of our daily morning jobs is checking on and refilling the bird feeders in the front and back garden. The children love this job and then we all sit…
WINTER ROCK HUNTING
I set up a little rock hunting group on facebook for our village last summer. It was such a huge hit with all the children at the school and in…
MIDWINTER CELEBRATIONS
A lovely start to our Christmas brake. Joining a Midwinter celebration with friends in a lovely woodland setting.Stick bread over the fire and hot apple juice.We ended the celebration with…
RUNTIE UPDATE
Can you see him?Still small but so much bigger than he was a few weeks ago! He is now being taken out for extra food and he seems not to…
PONY GROOMING
I recently bought an annual pass to a local farm. I love getting out and about with the little ones to fun places that get us outside and exploring nature.…
#BLOGTOBER17 – WEATHER
We have had some pretty full on weather reticently. Only last week Ophelia hit Ireland and the UK was bathed in a surreal orange light with a burning red sun…
HOW TO MAKE “PIPE CLEANER BIRD FEEDERS
You will need:CheeriosPipe cleanersGive the children the cheerios and pipe cleaners. They will probably eat as many as they thread if not more, but what they do actually thread will…
CHILTERNS IN AUGUST
Living so close to the Chiltern Ridgeway is something I have kind of taken for granted. I see those hills every day. They have been the back drop for my…
HOW TO MAKE – WILLOW CROWNS
This weeks Forest school activity was making Willow crowns with the children. Willow is a very flexible and is great for working in to shapes.You will need:Fresh cut thin strips…