We have moved our Nature Day to Saturday May 11th.  

It's the perfect opportunity to drop in and have a look at what's going on at Fox Wood. There's lots for your children to do - hammocks, swings, dens, bike track, mud kitchen, potion mixing station, bug hunting, toasting marshmallows...

Only 50p per adult on the gate, plus a couple of activities with a small charge to help with fundraising.

Looking forward to meeting lots of new people.

Best wishes

Ange and Lou

In April we sent out a survey asking Fox Wood friends and supporters to answer a few questions that would help us understand how they would like to see Fox Wood grow and develop in the future. 

Thank you to those that took part, we appreciate your lovely comments and helpful suggestions.

So here's what you told us:      

86% of you would be interested in Fox Wood Play sessions during term time and on Saturdays.

71% of you would be interested in being part of a Fox Wood Wild Life Watch grou...

I have for some time now been developing plans to open a forest school site in Roydon, near Diss on the Norfolk Suffolk border.  Having worked in beautiful local woodland sites for nearly two years I now want to develop a purpose built forest school site that will be more suited to meeting the needs of all the children and families that attend. 

I am fortunate to have access to a lovely field in Roydon, where we have planted 1000 native trees and 100m of he...

Peter Gray, Psychology Today

Abridged version for Into the Wild Wood Forest School Blog

Varieties of Play Match Requirements of Human Existence

From an evolutionary perspective, the main purpose of play is education. Play is nature's way of ensuring that young mammals will practice the skills they need for survival. You can predict what a young mammal will play at by knowing what it must learn. Young carnivores, such as lions and tigers, play at stalking, chasing, and pouncing. Young zebras and oth...