Category: 2018

Did we ever catch up with the day? Our todler group was all H's. We started by building a hedgehog hibernation home, location chosen by one of our 3 visitors that day, John Esling, our pond fencing man, who wisely pointed out that the decaying wood would give nutritian to various bugs and fungi that… Continue reading KFS November

Magical Toddler morning session, where Mel enlightened the fire for the last time this Celtic year, on the day of Samhain, end of harvest and beginning of dark half of year. Sage appeared, and we all got a nose blessing. Ant trampolines, Troll fingernails,  Ivy almost and Leela making the spell with a witches hat,… Continue reading Samhain – October 31st

We gathered under the instructions of John Esling Hedgery, to learn the gentle art of hazel hurdling, to have a meeting, and have the first of hopefully many, working days at Kaliwood - an exchange for hosting Kinda Forest School in the wood, a payback of the most generous kind.  Like plating, we learned how… Continue reading Working Sunday – with Hazel Hurdling around the ponds

‘It’s not like working here’, said John Esling. ‘It’s like a dance’. Pronouncement of the day on this, another glorious, rainless, sunshine October day, and day 3 of creating a boundary around the pond. Sal and Nicky's willow woven along the southern boundary of the pond. More stakes made Finished staking out the hazel hornet… Continue reading Fencing the Pond – Day 3

John Esling, from a company companionably called Hedgery, wrote us a remarkable proposal, remarkable as he was so much in line, in tune, in touch with all of our teaching and thinking. Here it is Holton Fence Esling. He arrived today, to start working with Paul to create a boundary around the two ponds in… Continue reading Fencing the pond

A glorious October day, shirt sleeves, a net of cobwebs on the field outside the wood, ploughed an hour before, and swiftly netted by the opportune spiders, to catch the insects keen to breakfast on the fresh turned earths offerings. The toddlers were the first to see the new sign - Hazel - that Mel… Continue reading KFS Week 5 October

This weeks tree was HAZEL More and more are registering. We are almost up to our quota's. Working with the early Toddler group, I realise how important Forest School play and experience is not only for the toddler but also the parent. It is nourishing and with Eloise bending hazel and making harps with wool,… Continue reading KFS Week 3 – September 26

The week of the OAK. Heads down thumbs up. Through Speaking stick we devised our rules of our TRIBE and our wood, from giving each other space to not stepping on young trees. Eloise gave us a brief history of permaclture - looking after and sharing, Plant, Self and Other.  A strong south west wind… Continue reading KFS Week 2

Todlers and mothers were the first to enter under the protection of the pink parachute. The wood animals were waiting. Three came that first Wednesday morning. Holly and Ivy. A fire was made And we ended with a dance, naturally Home schooling Hardly time to turn around, we did, and welcomed our first radical (rooted)… Continue reading KFS Week 1