Home Education Groups
Our Home Education Groups are perfect for children who love the outdoors! These sessions are for children who are educated at home.
Our experienced forest school leaders plan exciting sessions, where each session incorporates bushcraft activities such as fire lighting, den building, a led activity (such as bird feeder making, woodwork, team games, campfire cooking and more!), hot chocolate and plenty of time for exploration and fun in the woods!
Where?
Our home Education groups are based at our sites at Calverley in Leeds and Saltaire in Bradford. As as well as utilising the local woodlands, we have endless opportunities to learn about the environment around us and get connected with the natural world.
Our Sessions
Mondays – 11.30-13.30 – Ages 5-12 Years – Calverley
Thursdays – 11.30-13.30 – Ages 5-12 Years – Saltaire
All of our sessions provide snacks that consider all dietary and allergen needs and requirements.
What skills can your child learn from being at Forest School?
Nature and the Environment:
Your child will be experiencing the world in its natural form, watching the changes of the seasons with their own eyes, and making sense of it in their own unique way.
Positive and Healthy Enquiry:
We encourage children to question and debate about what they discover and lead their own enquiries into things they find interesting. This gives children practice with their own voice and the skill to reason and make sense of things from what they have discovered themselves.
Social skills:
Our sessions encourage teamwork and give children the opportunity to explore friendships and develop social skills. Friends who forest school together…stay together!
Physical ability:
The nature of Forest Schools exposes children to a variety of physical stimulation and challenges. With sensory experiences from the weather, and the ever-changing natural environment, children develop a strong connection with their own abilities and also with the natural world.
Core subjects:
Maths, literacy, and science should not be confined to a classroom. These subjects are woven into every aspect of our everyday lives, and we encourage children to gain an understanding and use of these core subjects from a practical and real-life perspective.
Self care, confidence and wellbeing:
In a tough world, it is so important to realise one’s own worth, value, and place. Our sessions are dedicated to drawing out children’s true selves and abilities, facilitating self-love, and providing the space that is needed for a healthy and happy mind. With so much research evidencing the benefits of nature immersion and positive well-being, it is clear to see why Forest Schools are gaining popularity.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
Our Forest activity sessions run in all weathers (the only weather that may put a stop to sessions are lightening and extremely high wind).
To have a positive experience, children need to be dressed appropriately, so old, inexpensive clothes are most suitable.
These guidelines should help:
- Waterproof Jacket & Trousers
- All-in-one waterproofs are very useful, especially for younger children.
- Layers – more in winter (2 isn’t enough!)
- Long trousers (to avoid stinging nettles and scratching hazards)
- Wellies/other waterproof boots/strong shoes/trainers suitable for all seasons.
- Woolly hat, gloves & scarf
- Sun hat (in summer/sunny weather)
We have a duty of care for your child and we make every attempt to ensure that they are dressed appropriately (using spare resources where possible). However, we will not be able to take children if they are inadequately dressed.
Want to know more?
Get in touch now, and find out how forest school can allow your young learners to connect with the outdoors and develop a sense of belonging and stewardship of their local landscape.
Prices
Please contact us to discuss your requirements, and we will provide a bespoke quote based on your information.
Location
We can run forest school sessions throughout the UK to cater to your business, but our main base is in Yorkshire.
What to bring
Come prepared for a day outside! Ideally wearing walking boots or wellies, and waterproofs.
Fun for the whole family!
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