Woodland Walkers

Little Seedlings are Forest School sessions run on Tuesdays during the school holidays. These are for young people aged 4-6 years and are the ideal way to get them enthusiastic about being outdoors. This is best achieved through multiple sessions so the young person has time to explore, socialise and develop their own skills

Sessions are designed on a young persons need to explore and challenge themselves with appropriate risk, building confidence, independence and resilience

Sessions include a range of potential activities, including but not limited to - bug hunting, den building, digging, lighting fires, cooking, crafts and so much more, with the option of staying for our optional cooking session (limited spaces), your young person will be well looked after buy our professional and trained staff while they play, explore and have fun.

One adult per participant is welcome to stay for these sessions and supervise their own child if they wish at no additional charge. Tea and coffee is available during the session for adults.

* A packed lunch will need to be provided for this session. (this must be nut free)

Forest School holiday clubs are for ages 7-11 years and run every Wednesday and Thursday of the school holidays. They are a great way for young people to get outside and do physical activities while learning new skills, discovering new things about the enviroment and the world we live in. This is best achieved through multiple sessions so the young person has time to explore, socialise and develop their own skills.

Play and socialising are important to young people, it's how they learn to negotiate, compromise, try new ideas, gain confidence through success and resilience through failure. These are important skills to everyone that are required in our adult lives, but we start learning them when we are young.

Forest School is about empowering young people and giving them the freedom to make their own decisions and follow their own interests. At Woodland Walkers we encourage this by supplying what is termed "Loose parts", various items that have infinite uses, as well as equipment to help them explore and identify the things they find. Our highly skilled staff mean there is also plenty of opportunity for them to learn new skills, such as crafts with natural materials, whittling, fire making and knot skills.

* A packed lunch will need to be provided for this session. (this must be nut free)

Bushcraft Kids are groups of sessions for ages 7-11 that run during school term time on Saturdays in blocks of 5-8 weeks. These are a great way to get young people active especially those who aren't into sports or other physical activity.

Allowing young people to freely choose and follow their own interests is important to Forest School. Our experienced staff build on young peoples interests, scaffolding their ideas and helping them improve week after week. Taking an idea they had in week 1 and slowly improving their concept over a period of a few weeks is extremely empowering and rewarding for young people. This method also has the benefit of bringing out the best in young people, allowing them to become leaders, make new friends and work as part of a group to make something they thought up.

At Bushcraft Kids every session has the option of learning a new skill such as whittling, knot work, cooking and others, these are always optional in line with the Forest School principles but participants generally choose to get involved. Learning these skills is a fantastic opportunity for those who choose to do so.

More Information coming soon

More information coming soon