Living It!
Weekly Nature Programmes for Home Educated Children

Teens
Weekly on Mondays
With Daniel Yabsley and Susan Kelly

• This group of teenagers  meets every Monday during term time from 1-4pm to go into the woods and chill out. Typically we come together once the group has arrived to open our senses and share something we are grateful for.  We then play games in the field before heading down to the woods.  After making a fire we have a snack and chat or perhaps a story and then can opt into an activity or craft. Some of the activities we have done include: whittling, cooking on the fire, clay work, gathering wild edible plants, challenges, wandering…and lots more. Many of the participants find it relaxing to have some social time out in nature away from screens.

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Into the Woods
Weekly on Tuesdays
With Sarah Whitford and Jack Durtnall 

• This group of 6-10 year olds meets every Tuesday during term time from 10am-3pm to go into the woods and have some adventures. Typically we play games in the field near the drop off as the group is arriving and then journey down to the woods where we put our bags down and start gathering sticks and tinder for making a fire. After making a fire we have a story and eat our snacks and then we are ready for an activity or some games. Some of the activities we have done include: whittling, making spinners, making woodland necklaces, turning wood into charcoal on the fire and making charcoal pencils, tracking and trailing animals, hiding, building dens, making fairy shelters, gathering wild edible plants, cooking on the fire, wandering…and lots more. Check out some of the pictures of our time in the woods!

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Deepening the Journey
​Weekly on Tuesday afternoons
With Vicky Mew and Poppy Lewis-Brown

• The group of 9-13 year olds meet each Tuesday afternoon from 1pm-4pm and engage with some group and some individual activities and games. We have spent a time getting our lean-to shelter established and adding to the waterproofing debris on top. We play many games and have done activities including wood-craft, animal tracking, sit spots, learning to move quietly through the forest with fox-walking, expanding our awareness with owl-eyes, developing our senses with blindfold activities, and learning how to survive from natural environments…

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Wild Woodpeckers
​Weekly on Wednesdays 
With Anna Richardson and Jack Durtnall

This group was created Sep 2017 from us having reached our maximum capacity for our other groups and from our recognising that many of your children would rather have a more spacious time in the woods than the half day groups offer. 

We are excited for the opportunities to develop skills, creativity and following individual passions in the woods.

We have a wider age span of 7-11 yr olds and the day runs from 9.15-3.15 weekly on Wednesdays.

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"Being part of this group has been a truly wonderful experience for my daughter. Every time I picked her up, she brought away with her the joy of nature, she’d be dancing with the raindrops and wind, glowing with the warmth of the sun and powerful with the sturdy earth. She was so nurtured and seen and cared for. This experience is utterly irreplaceable. I am so grateful she has had it." Erika, Jan 2020

Costs and Commitment:

We ask for termly commitments after an initial trial session.  Along with us being able to plan our finances with this commitment, it also enables a group to settle without comings and goings.

The half day sessions work out at £15/ session with a financial commitment to all sessions in a term.  Some concession places are available where finances are limited.  The Tuesday full day group is £25/session. The Wednesday full day group is £30/session with a financial commitment to all sessions in a term.

Please email to go on our waiting list if you are interested in joining this group.
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