Our first Weaving with Elders in the wood. The team, Shona, Kally and Rachel were prepared with a loose structure. Lets begin with the yarn, we said and Kally set up her carding combs with her loom tantalizingly under the bender canopy of yet to burst out hazel. Cups of tea out of white porcelain… Continue reading Elders Week 1 April 19 – Carding the wool, where we were from, woodland tour, scones with jam
As the bus (driven by Gabrielle with Cosy) and cars arrived Rachel introduced everyone to the just completed Clive, the ground floor compost toilet, which happened to be next to the WW2 men's urinals from when the site was a hospital site servicing the local Holton air field. Cups of tea greeted our group on… Continue reading Elders Week 2 April 26 – Spinning the yarn, mending socks, how we got our name
Week 3 had to be cancelled due to high winds. So this was Week 3 instead, and as Shona explained we’d make up for this missed week at the end. Gabrielle, after driving the bus, rocked up in her protective bee suit ready to examine the bees in the wood, which may be ready to… Continue reading Elders Week 3 – Lockdown stories woven into a rainbow poem
The forecast was dire. Neither the rain nor hale came, the sun shone and the day full of unexpected twists and turns. Visiting us were Karen and Dean and Sue, the story teller.Oh and some of the tribe from kinda, Anna and Isla, Femke and Rory. And Chris came back! Hooray. We had a quick… Continue reading Elders Week 4 Tai Chi and Nettle Tea, Children and Sue’s spider story
Wednesday A beautiful day in the woods with our a Wednesday Tribe - bursting with the sounds of the wild, play and laughter. The day was full of magic, music, dancing and swirling with poi, respectful dueling, foraging and wild tea making, communal munching, consensus decision making and discussion on the values within play, wood… Continue reading May 10,11,12 – Maypole dancing of course, bees, and values
Working with Restitute Suffolk, and Cath Pickles, Shona, Meg and Kally worked with one family for two days in Kaliwoods. 1st April 2021 and 8th April 2021
With Monday Tribe we had smelly potions and aloe vera magic, a letter from Eagle Edna, missing hedgehogs to find, tours on wheels around the woods, water play, baking on the fire , digging for treasure, fire wood collecting, pheasant searching, tyre pumping up-ing, story time with Sandra and best of all was seeing this… Continue reading April Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and arrival of Giant Bath Bomb
This describes our 8 week prototype project for Elders in the woods around the theme of weaving. It also involved children from our Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday Tribes so it was inter-generational. We were supported with some government COVID-19 funding. (See below) Every Monday from Monday 19th April 2021 to Mid summers day 2021, for 2 hours in… Continue reading Weaving tapestries and stories in the woods – Elders and Intergenerational
Monday morning magic in the sun - the last of our Family Support sessions - look forward to Monday magic next term.
Tuesday - Holiday club camp fire cooking “When you sit and you council for the welfare of the people,think not of yourself,nor of your family.Make your decisions on behalf of the seventh generation coming.Those faces looking up from the earth,layer upon layer waiting their time.Defend them.Protect them.They are helpless, they are in your hands.That is… Continue reading March Holiday clubs
Kinda Elders in the woods 