Charlotte's Wood

01/11/2026

🔥 Crackles, Sparks and Campfires at Little Woodies! 🍂
Little Woodies returns after half term on Friday 6th November, with Emma (Bumblebee) leading a morning exploring darkness, warmth and light in the autumn woodland.

As the days grow shorter, there’ll be lots of opportunities for little woodland explorers to discover the sights, sounds and warmth of a campfire.

🌿 Going on a woodland firewood hunt, collecting and sorting sticks of different sizes
🍂 Making autumn leaf lanterns using pressed leaves
✨ Creating woodland fireworks and spark pictures with natural materials
🥣 Mixing autumn potions in the mud kitchen
🔥 Gathering around the campfire to listen to the crackles and pops as popcorn cooks over the embers

And, of course, plenty of time for child-led woodland play and exploration, followed by a story around the fire.

🌳 Friday 6th November
🕙 10–11.30am
📍 Charlotte’s Wood, Wilby

👧 Especially suited to children aged 2–5, with younger siblings welcome.

New to Little Woodies? Come along for a FREE taster session!
🎟️ Bookings are open on Eequ and close at 7pm on Thursday 5th November. Link 🔗 to book is in the Bio

Emma would love you to join her!

28/10/2026

🍂 Two days, two very different kinds of autumn weather! 🍎

What a wonderful way to finish our Wild Wood Holiday Club sessions for 2026!

Day 1 brought rain, wind and chilly temperatures, but the children showed incredible resilience, embracing everything the weather threw at them and proving that there’s still plenty of fun to be had in the woods, whatever the weather! 🌧️

Day 2 couldn’t have been more different, with beautiful autumn sunshine for our Apple Day celebrations! 🍏

There was so much creativity, exploration and teamwork as children built woodland bases, set off on an apple treasure hunt, made wonderful apple creatures and turned freshly picked apples into delicious juice. From tree to cup, the children helped with every stage of the process before warming their juice over the campfire and enjoying it alongside freshly cooked apple fritters. Yum!

And, of course, there was plenty of time for playing, making friends and simply enjoying being outdoors.

🌳 That’s a wrap for Wild Wood Holiday Club 2026!

A huge thank you to all the parents and carers who have supported us throughout the year and to our fantastic team of helpers who make these days possible.

We’ve loved sharing the changing seasons with so many wonderful children.

📅 Our 2027 Holiday Club dates will be published soon!

16/10/2026

🍎 An apple-tastic morning at Little Woodies! 🍏

Today was all about apples at Little Woodies and Emma led a wonderful morning of autumn fun and exploration!

There were apples everywhere! 🍎
🍏 Apple tasting – exploring different flavours and varieties
🎨 Apple rolling – creating colourful patterns with paint
🐦 Apple bird feeders – making treats for our feathered friends
🥣 Apple potions – mixing and stirring in the mud kitchen
👨‍👩‍👧 Apple families – bringing apples to life with sticks and googly eyes!

And a special thank you to one of our lovely Little Woodies mums who kindly brought along some delicious little apple pies for everyone to enjoy. They certainly went down a treat! 🥧

Not forgetting another star of the morning – our new woodland sink with its working foot pump, which proved to be a huge hit! Who knew handwashing could be quite so exciting? 💦

A big thank you to Emma for planning such a lovely session and to all our Little Woodies families for joining us. What a wonderful way to celebrate the abundance of autumn! 🍂🌳

15/10/2026

🍎 It’s Apple Day at Little Woodies tomorrow! 🍏
Emma 🐝 has a wonderful morning of apple-inspired adventures planned for our little woodland explorers!

🎨 Rolling and printing with apples to create colourful patterns
🥣 Mixing up apple and herb potions in the mud kitchen
🐦 Making apple bird feeders for our feathered friends
🍏 Exploring, comparing and tasting different varieties of apples

And, of course, there’ll be plenty of opportunities for child-led woodland play before gathering around the campfire for a snack, a story about a helpful hedgehog and our goodbye song.

Could each child bring an apple to share? We’d love to see lots of different varieties!

🌳 Friday 16th October
🕙 10am – 11.30am
📍 Charlotte’s Wood, Wilby

Little Woodies is especially suited to children aged 2–5, with younger children welcome too. New families can enjoy a FREE taster session!

⏰ Bookings close at 7pm TODAY!

Book through Eequ (link in Bio) – we’d love you to join us!

11/10/2026

02/10/2026

🐞 Mini-beast Magic at Little Woodies! 🕷️

We had a morning full of tiny creatures and big adventures in the woods today!

Our Little Woodies headed off on a minibeast Safari, searching under logs, amongst leaves and in hidden corners before discovering some rather larger minibeasts hiding around the woodland too!

Back at base there was lots to explore – hunting for painted minibeast stones, making conker creatures with tools and creating wonderfully imaginative bugs from salt dough and natural treasures. Little hands were certainly kept busy!

There were whole-body challenges too, with planks to balance along, leaves to crawl through and a giant rope spider’s web to negotiate. 🕸️

We finished, as always, gathered around the fire – this time with toasted crumpets and a story about a little spider who just wanted to make friends. 🔥

A lovely morning of Mini-beast Magic. 🐛🐌🐞

🍎 Next Little Woodies: Apple Day – Friday 16 October

Emma 🐝 will be leading our next session as we celebrate all things apple! Places can be booked through Eequ – link in bio.

29/09/2026

🐞 This Friday at Little Woodies: Minibeast Magic! 🐞

Who’s hiding under the logs, amongst the fallen leaves and in the damp and shady corners of the woods?

This Friday we’ll be heading off on a Minibeast Safari, looking for some of the tiny creatures that make their homes at Charlotte’s Wood – from woodlice, worms and beetles to slugs, snails and spiders. 🐌🕷️🪱

Back at basecamp there’ll be plenty of child-led woodland play, with optional minibeast activities including clay creatures, tiny bug homes and perhaps even a giant spider’s web to negotiate!
Then we’ll gather around the fire for snack and story. 🔥

Friday 2 October, 10–11.30am
New families are very welcome and can book a FREE taster session. Funded places are also available.

⏰ Bookings close at 7pm on Thursday.

Book via the link in bio.

18/09/2026

Autumn Treasures at Little Woodies 🍁

Emma 🐝 led today’s autumn adventures, starting with a wander through the woods to see what seasonal treasures could be found.

There was plenty of autumn creativity too – squishing and crushing blackberries to make natural paint and using apples for printing. 🍎

A lovely morning of exploring, experimenting and creating with what autumn has to offer. 🍂

We’ll be back in two weeks for Mini-beast Magic! 🐞

17/09/2026

🍁 Little Woodies tomorrow – Autumn Treasures!
Come and explore the woodland with us as we notice the changing colours, textures, light and all the tiny treasures of early autumn.

There’ll be lots of time for child-led play, with optional natural balancing, autumn mandalas, leaf colour collections and simple woodland crafts – followed by fire, snack and story. 🔥
Friday 18 September, 10–11.30am
⏰ Bookings close at 7pm tonight.
Book via the link in bio.

13/09/2026

🍁 This Friday at Little Woodies: Autumn Treasures 🍁

We’ll be looking for changing colours, tiny treasures, rough and smooth, heavy and light and sunny and shady places as we explore the woodland around the Autumn Equinox.

There’ll be plenty of child-led play with options to create autumn mandalas, leaf colour collections and simple woodland crafts before fire, snack and story.

📅 Friday 18 September
Booking link in the Bio