We finished the academic year last Friday in a true flourish, with our usual fire sessions (seven this time) when we made bread, toasted marshmallow and s’mores and pop corn over the fire to make marshpops!
James can now catch up on some much-needed rest before our first Summer Holiday Session on Monday 28th of July which will run from 10.00am until 4.00pm in Blackheath. These are wonderful opportunities for children to PLAY in the woods we have on our site and not be at all hurried. We will have a fire at lunchtime too!
It is so inspiring to start children off on their Forest School journey when they reach 18 months. Watching them develop is truly wonderful as they learn about plants and animals and learn to use tools to make things from natural materials, such as bug hotels, puzzles, spinning tops and leaf printing, to name a few. We call them the Forest Sprites!
We run after-school sessions too! These are either attached to a school or at one of our sites. We also offer school pick-ups at some schools. All these sessions follow school term dates, but we often finish up a week before end of term, so children can participate in end-of-term activities at their individual schools.
Occasionally James has the pleasure of going into schools to deliver a series of curriculum sessions. So often these are the first experiences in nature for some of the children. Our aim is to get children to be comfortable in nature and to lose their fear of being outdoors. School teachers out there, please feel free to contact James if you are interested in s block of curriculum sessions, or just one or two!
A Forest School birthday parties are very popular with children and grown-ups alike and are a great way to celebrate! At these we usually do a fire and cooking unless it is hot and dry. We also do some making too – elder jewellery, bubbles and whittling are some examples.
We have the summer holidays ahead of us and are running three, six-hour sessions in Blackheath. We always run at least one session every holiday and half-term, so keep your eyes peeled on Instagram for updates! Booking is done on our newly updated website, through the Bookmeup app. If you are interested in a party, please let James know and he’ll send you the Party Information Page.
