Outdoor Education for 11-16 year olds

The Wilderfox ethos focuses on 

• Developing our outdoor understanding
• Connecting with natural surroundings
• Exploring natural resources
• Learning fun, practical, outdoor skills

The 11-16 age group is a crucial time for a young person as they transition into becoming a young adult. With this in mind, our outdoor education sessions help to develop their confidence and maturity by encouraging the children to:

• Learn independently and as part of a team
• Share ideas and thoughts with the group
• Tidy up after themselves and others
• Try new things and not be afraid to fail
• Develop and build on existing social skills

We cover a multitude of topics with links to the curriculum as we go.  The sessions are all ability led but at no time will your child be expected to do a task that they do not feel comfortable with. 

Our groups are run within bubbles as much as possible.

Once you are in with a group you can stay in that group knowing that it will remain a bubble for the rest of the three week period. 

This is also a chance for parents to grab some chill out time too so as the weather improves there will be more areas to chill out, read, write, draw, stare into space or even have a snooze. 

Some parents will drop and go but you are welcome to use the space if needed and, of course, some kids might be happier to know you are close by.

Our Thursday 10am - 2pm  group is now re-open

Limited spaces, booking essential) We currently have one place remaining for this group. 

This group is currently running on a week by week basis but will resume to a 3 week program from the 22nd April.

Friday Group 10am - 2pm - Spaces available now to start on the 23rd April at the latest.

Please contact us to be added to list.

There will normally be 2 activity sessions per day.

Activities examples:

Fire - Lighting/cooking/signaling

Knife and saw safety

Gardening and tools

Woodland Crafts

Water Wizardry

Outdoor Cookery

Shelters

Morse code and Phonetics

Natural Navigation

Archery

Tree/plant ID

Awakening the senses

Woodland games

3 week course prices - £117 (£39 per child per day)

COVID-19 procedures in place at all times

We look forward to welcoming you around the Wilderfox fire,

Robin and Rachel

KIT LIST

All Wilderfox staff and instructors are DBS checked and hold current First Aid certificates. Our instructors are fully qualified within their relevant fields. Robin and Rachel have many years of teaching experience with a wide variety of settings and age groups.

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