Our BEING ADVENTUROUS paid holiday club at Shield Tree Wood runs throughout the year. Our clubs are planned to develop skills over the sessions such as knife whittling, woodland crafts using a range of tools (e.g. mallet making, wand whittling), campfire lighting and maintenance, campfire cooking and shelter building using tarps and ropes to name but a few! We want our participants to have fun, make new friends, support each other and generally have a good time so there will also be plenty of opportunities for exploring the wood or simply chilling in our hammocks!
BEING ADVENTUROUS runs in blocks of 3 day weeks with the same children together for the whole week. We feel this works best in supporting your child with their wellbeing – allowing them to connect more fully with friends over a period of days and engage with their own interests at a deeper level as we go through the week. We will also try and offer day sessions where we can to provide flexibility to our families where needed.
Most of all we will provide a space for your child to be, play and have lots of fun outdoors in nature.
Here’s how we will run our weekly clubs:
- check-ins / check-outs to monitor mental wellbeing and changes during the session, supporting more self-awareness of emotions.
- time and space to support self-regulation, calming and anxiety reduction, self-expression and connecting to nature
- opportunities for play – supporting learner-led play where children can work through experiences as well as nurturing creativity and self-motivation
- a community-centred programme – supporting collaborative learning, increased rapport between adults and children, trust and increased responsibility – encouraging social play in a physically distanced way
- physical wellbeing support -integrating physical activity into our programmes (e.g. tree-climbing, swing, taut-line), increasing movement and more fresh air to support concentration, provide grounding and raise self-esteem.
BEING Outdoors CIC 