Sessions
A programme will typically run for a period of 6-8 weeks with 10-15 children accompanied by a parent. These sessions involve practical hand-on activities which aims to build up a participant’s skills, abilities and confidence week by week. The sessions are targeted at children aged walking to 4 years old.
Sessions run for 2 hours and a snack is provided before the start or at the end of a session.
These sessions run in the mornings from 10:00am-12:00pm ( days will be specified on the event bookings)
All children are accompanied by the parent/care giver.
All sessions run by a qualified forest school leader and an assistant or volunteer. The Forest School leader holds an enhanced DBS and is a qualified first aider.
A Typical Forest Day
These sessions run on Monday mornings.
Each session begins around the fire circle, where we talk through the safety rules for working outdoors and about respecting each other.
For every session we have a session plan which includes a variety of activities linked to the topic as well as our regular activities these include a mud kitchen, gutter runs and fairy garden.
Topics may include a seasonal change, a favourite book, or a celebration. The children move around a variety of activities throughout the session.
Finally, the group will return to the fire circle once they are called back by …. 1,2,3 where are you. The fire will the be lit and a snack will be enjoyed by everyone.
Stay & Play Sessions
We offer a more causal Forest school stay and play session. These sessions are a great way to introduce children to forest school. The children get to play and explore the nature environment accompanied by their parents. These sessions typically last an hour and a half on Friday mornings.
Home Ed
Rewilding Forest School offers a Home Ed group on Thursday's for 3 hours at our woodland site behind Burview Hall, Walton. This group runs all year round in 6 to 8 week blocks. It is currently for children aged 4-9 years old and at the current time, we ask that children are accompanied by a parent/carer. It is run by a home educating parent who is trained as a forest school leader.
Pre-School and School Groups
We also work alongside Nurseries to offer Forest School sessions within our site in Walton upon Thames. These programmes can be tailored to the group of children that we are working with.
Please feel free to contact us for more information.
Birthday Parties
Are you looking for a party with a difference?! Want a great adventure in the woods?! Give your child, friends and family a truly special day in the woods by letting Rewilding Forest school host your little one’s party.
We offer a 2-hour free play session for a maximum of 20 children. Please get in touch for pricing and packages. Additional children can be discussed.
Mud kitchen
Tea house
Woodland library
Minibeast hunt
Hammock
Mud digging patch
2 Nature crafts
Fire with S'mores
Terms & Conditions
Deposit
Once the date and time have been agreed a 50% deposit will be required to secure the date and the site for the morning. This deposit is non-refundable if the party is cancelled within the 2-week notice period. The remainder of the sum is payable 2 week before the date of the party.
Registration
It is essential that we receive a completed registration form by the parent/carer of the birthday child. This form will allow us to plan accordingly and needs to be received 7 days prior to the agreed party date. It is important that you provide us with any dietary requirements, allergies or medical conditions of all the guests attending.
Supervision
Rewilding Forest School will provide a forest school leader to facilitate activities and the campfire. We ask that at least 3 parents/ carers remain present throughout the party.
Clothing
To ensure that everyone enjoys the party, it is important that everyone is correctly dressed. Please find the attached kit list.
Weather
We will continue to run our sessions in all weathers (expect in high winds 25mph or thunderstorms). Any decisions to cancel a session will be made by 8:30am on the day of the party, you will be contacted by the host should a cancellation be necessary. In the event of rain temporary shelters will be erected. We do not offer a refund if you decide to cancel due to weather that you are unhappy with if we would normally continue with our session. This includes rain and snow.
Cancellations
If you wish to cancel your booking for any reason, a notice period of 2 weeks prior to the party is required. Cancelations made after this will only receive a partial refund, 50% of your deposit within 1 week of the party. If your booking is cancelled due to unsafe weather, you will be given the option to reschedule at the earliest convenience. If a date cannot be agreed upon you will receive a full refund.
Behaviour
As we have a duty to protect everyone involved in our sessions (children, adults, staff and volunteers) it is extremely important that all attending the party listen and follow our safely rules, especially around the fire. We reserve the right to remove participants if there is unsafe behaviour that puts themselves and others at risk.
