Summer Holiday Forest school sessions. 2025

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WILD IN THE WOOD

Exciting and fun outdoor adventures exploring and discovering the wonders and secrets of the woodland. Play games, learn practical skills. Practice crafts. Gather round the camp circle. Make new friends, be active and have great fun!

July Tues 22nd, Weds 23rd, Thurs 24th. £37 a session per child 8+yrs. 9.30am-3:0. Under 8’s can attend half day either morning or afternoon with a lunch session. Please contact to discuss attendance of younger children.

 July Tues 29th, Weds 30th, Thurs 29th £37 a session per child 8+yrs. 9.30am-3:0. Under 8’s can attend half day either morning or afternoon with a lunch session.

August Tues 5th, Weds 6th Thurs 7th. £37 session per child 8+yrs. 9.30am-3:00pm. Under 8’s can attend half day either morning or afternoon with a lunch session.

Please email or telephone to book. Information and a consent form will be sent to you online. Thank you

SEND ‘FREEDOM FRIDAY’ Sessions AFTER SCHOOL. 4-6pm. With BSL signer and interpreter in attendance.

Wind down in the wood. Release, restore, relax and recharge. Get weekend ready…
Family members are welcome too, everyone can benefit from the session together if that suits. A chance to enjoy the seasons offerings throughout the whole year cycle and the learning, communication and wellbeing that this offers. Sharing cooked food around the fire together to round off the session. Forest school has proven to increase confidence, resilience, self acceptance and self regulation. We will have the attendance of a BSL signer who is deaf to assist with our communication.

Easter Holiday Forest School programme. 2025

We are running an Easter Holiday programme of Forest School activities at Plashett Park wood on:

Dates to be confirmed for April 2025

£35 per session per child over 8yrs 10am – 3:30pm.

Children under 8 can attend half day to be arranged. £20.00

Please email or telephone to book. Current information and a consent form will be sent to you.

Build your own ‘Bird Box’ and ‘Pine Cone Feeders’.

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Planned for next spring. 

Make your own Bird box and pine cone feeders to take home for nesting season at our lovely woodland sawmill.

Supervision and all materials supplied, along with refreshments, in a great natural woodland environment.

Please book. Adults and children age 8+ welcome £25

Please book places limited. 

We encourage everyone to put up nesting boxes in their garden, school or local community in order to promote and enhance biodiversity and conservation of our breeding birds and wildlife.

Wild Women in the wood. ‘Reaching our roots…’ 2025

 

Our gatherings are usually on Sundays….  11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Times may vary )
A light lunch and refreshments will be provided and you are invited to bring a small gift to exchange with another in our women’s circle. Food contributions to share are welcomed.

Cost £35

We will be enjoying the changing seasons, giving thanks for the energies of the earth, and wisdom from the skies. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the woodland. The sessions are full of wild living skills, craft and spiritual fulfilment. A day full of warm smiles and long hugs, a shared love of nature, creativity and connection. Celebrate and enjoy the woodland with other women. Get breathing and be fully alive!

Booking essential. 

Continued monthly dates are:

April 27th,  may 24th, June 15th, July 20th, Sept 29th, Oct 26th tbc (12-4.00pm) 

Nov 23rd, Dec 14th/19th 2025. £35

Also Friday evenings   oct 24th,Nov 7th,14th,21st,Dec 5th,12th,19th 7.00 -10pm. Dates on request. £35

 

‘Wild Creatives’ Education.Children not in school

Weekly THURSDAY mornings at Plashett Park wood.

3hr sessions for over 5’s. 9:30-12:30 £18

Jan 26th. Feb 2nd, 9th, 23rd. Mar 2nd, 9th, 15th, 23rd, 30th. April 3rd, 24th.

May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th. June 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th. July 3rd, 17th, 20th. Sept 11th, 18th, 25th. Oct 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd. Nov 6th, 9th, 13th, 27th. Dec 4th, 11th, 18th.

Our Woodland art space is the perfect place to be creative in nature all year. Activity will focus on wellbeing and creative arts and crafts. Aiming to nurture a love of nature connection to the seasons, working with natural materials, enjoying seasonal inspiration from the woodland .

Our focus during all seasons throughout the year is that the children learn skills through exploring the woodland and all it offers for wellbeing, and learning through nature play and connection.

We have use of a beautiful barn with a hearth for working inside as required, and an additional indoor heated classroom. There are toilets on site and easy parking drop off and collection.

There is extensive private ancient woodland to explore and discover our natural world and understand our place in it.

‘Wood Rangers’

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Wood Rangers

Monthly Saturday Forest School

For children over 8 years of age. Children age 5-11 years can attend half day either morning or afternoon with lunchtime.

Morning option. 10-12:30 pm £20.00 per child

All day option 10-3.30 pm  Please bring a packed lunch. £35 per child.

Every 2nd Saturday of the month (some amendments occasionally due to diary schedules) children can attend forest school and enjoy wild woodland games, and nature exploration in our beautiful private ancient woodland. Experience den and shelter building, bush craft and fire-lighting. Pond dipping and animal tracking too… Try craft and exciting ‘earth’ based activities outdoors, in all weathers and changing seasons….

It’s fun, healthy, and educational. Helping to build confidence and self-esteem and improve wellbeing. The children learn so much through playing out in nature.

Dates for 2022 are March 11th, May 10th, June 14th, Sept 13th, Oct 11th, Nov 8th, Dec 13th.

Booking essential.