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Life at Little Sticks

Giant courgettes, pumpkins, sunflowers, farm friends and muddy adventures. Here's a peek at what our Forest Schoolers get up to.

Growing & harvesting

Planting, digging, picking and tasting: from giant courgettes to pumpkins and blackberries.

A group of children standing in front of a tall field of maize on a sunny dayChildren walking through the vegetable garden beside the polytunnelsA child looking over huge pumpkin leaves in the growing patchA child exploring tomato plants in the garden bedsRaised vegetable beds full of young plantsThe vegetable garden with fresh planting in the bedsA child planting seedlings with a small trowelGreen tomatoes ripening on the vineA box of freshly harvested courgettes, onions and greensChildren among courgette plants in the gardenA child proudly holding up a freshly pulled onionA smiling child holding a huge courgette they helped growA child in a cap grinning with a freshly picked courgetteA child examining a vegetable they have just harvestedA child walking into a tall maize cropA child reaching into leafy plants in the gardenA child enjoying a snack of fresh strawberries and melonA table of fresh fruit, berries and snacks ready to shareA child arranging shiny red apples in a baking trayRipe blackberries growing on the brambleMud kitchen pots filled with seeds, oats and foraged blackberriesChildren digging in the garden with spades and a wheelbarrowTwo children digging a new growing patch togetherChildren planting in a wooden raised bedChildren with a wheelbarrow full of orange pumpkinsA child scooping out a pumpkin in a sensory trayA big orange pumpkin growing on the vineA pumpkin nestled among yellow flowersA round pumpkin in front of blue borage flowers

Animals & farm friends

Saying hello to the sheep, ponies, hens, pigs and rabbits.

Children watching sheep in the farm paddockChildren watching a pony grazing in the fieldChildren by the fence watching horses in the sunshineTwo children looking at hens in the chicken coopA child watching a pig snuggled in the strawChildren watching rabbits in their hutchA visiting hawk perched on a handler's glove

Flowers & nature

Sunflowers, mushrooms, blossom and rainbows: nature up close.

A giant sunflower against a bright blue skyA sunflower with a bee collecting pollenA child arranging colourful petals on a logTwo children in hats playing in the long summer grassChildren sitting together under blossoming treesA rainbow arching over the site after the rainA child discovering a ring of wild mushroomsA child holding up a giant leafA child studying something closely with a magnifying glassSunlight streaming through the woodland trees

Outdoor adventures

Climbing, swinging, den building, splashing and plenty of mud.

Children gathered around the fire pit with sticksA child climbing high in a treeA child climbing a tree in the woodland campA beaming child sitting in the branches of a treeA child on the rope swing between the treesA child relaxing in the woodland nest swingA happy child in the woodland hammockChildren building a den from branches and logsChildren exploring a woodland pathChildren splashing through the stream in welliesA child crossing a little bridge over the streamA child in a raincoat spreading their arms wide in the rainA child in rainbow butterfly wings dancing in the woodsA child spreading orange butterfly wings in the woodlandChildren laughing among colourful ribbons in the treesA child using a hammer on a tree sliceChildren running through a long-grass meadowA child jumping in a muddy puddle

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How it all began

Work on our forest cabin is finished and we're really proud of the result! It gives us an excellent base, and we couldn't wait to welcome our first Forest Schoolers.

Before we opened, we spent the autumn preparing the woodland. The children often kept themselves busy with typical Forest School activities like making clay faces, climbing trees and making their own swings and seesaws from what they found in the woods.

Little Sticks is certainly a family business! We all worked hard to turn the shipping container into an inviting place where the children can come to relax. It also houses composting toilets, a kitchen and a storage area.

Preparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks openedPreparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks openedPreparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks openedPreparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks openedPreparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks openedPreparing the woodland and building the forest cabin before Little Sticks opened