Our BEING CURIOUS programmes supports learners’ personal development – connecting learners of all ages and abilities with each other and nature to support emotional, social and physical wellbeing.
As experienced facilitators – including Therapeutic Forest School Leaders – we strive to provide a calm, positive and community centred environment for learning and creativity – supporting each individual to explore their own interests and talents, make, create, discover, enquire, engage with others and challenge themselves through hands-on experiences.
These sessions support children to have play-based experiences that support them on their journey, raising confidence and self-esteem, supporting communication, building relationships with other children and helping them to understand and manage their own emotions. Turn taking and listening skills will be nurtured using games, playing together and through reflections at the end of each session.
As children develop we encourage teamwork and critical thinking. The programme will be unique to each group, with a flexible approach that is facilitated to support the needs and interests of the children.
Patterns of play will be identified early on in the programme and experiences offered to support and develop children’s learning through their preferred learning styles.
Learning experiences
- Multi-sensory play – mud, water, natural resources
- Imaginative play with sticks
- Loose parts play
- Climbing & making a swing
- Mixing ingredients for campfire cooking
- Learning how to light, manage and extinguish a fire safely
- Problem solving team challenges
- designing and creating woodland crafts
- Nature paints, inks and dye crafting
- Shelter building
- Songs – stories
- Games
- Using ropes and string in design work
The programme will be unique to each group, with a flexible approach that is facilitated to support the needs and interests of the children.
We can provide taster Forest School sessions to introduce you to the ethos as well as longer term programmes of 6 weeks or more.
We can provide our services –
- at our base-camp in Shield Tree Wood or;
- we can deliver our programme in your own outdoor learning space
BEING Outdoors CIC 