SEEDLINGS (winter block 2024)

These Forest School style sessions are for our "SEEDLINGS"... newborn babies to wobbly walkers.

A weekly 1.5 hour session where babies and carers have the opportunity to connect with nature, each other, and themselves.

Each session includes mirrors and sensorial play items for the babies, refreshments and a nature craft for the grown-ups, and swings/hammocks for you both. We aim to provide quality time for you and your baby - be it for taking a break, finding/giving support, making friends, and/or aiding child development.

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We begin each week by meeting at our entrance sign and gently strolling up the path through our site while singing a welcome song. At the end, we offer the opportunity to come together to share a moment of mindfulness with our talking stick, before saying goodbye; however, these are not compulsory and the sessions themselves are free-flow and participant-led so you can choose to dip in and out of any activities / refreshments as you please (or as suits your baby!). We will have self-serve hot drinks available throughout, and a fire-cooked snack will be offered too.

All of our sessions are run by fully trained staff, and for this age group / session type we also require a minimum of one adult per booking to stay on site throughout. 

1-2.30pm Tuesday's during term-time:

This WINTER BLOCK will run for 6 weeks from 5th November until 10th December 2024.

To follow the flow of the seasons, help spread the cost for you, and fit in with school based term times, our half-term blocks run as follows:

SPRING BLOCK April & May

*May half term*

SUMMER BLOCK June & July

*Summer holidays*

AUTUMN BLOCK September & October

*October half term*

WINTER BLOCK November & December

*Winter holiday*

FLOOD SEASON CLOSURE January-March

This session's staff will be: Kathleen Feather, and sometimes Alice Foxtail / Alex Beaver. 

In the booking form we ask about medical information; please include any medications, allergies, conditions, social/behavioural/anxiety/sensory issues, dietary requirements/preferences, etc; this is to ensure we can cater for yourself and your child both emotionally and physically. 

We also ask about photography - images/videos recorded by staff during the session may be used on social media, our website, advertisement and other relevant business uses in the future. If you are not happy for yourself or your child to be photographed, please select NO in the photo options; you can also allow photos but request faces are hidden if you are comfortable with this. We allow photography on site, but ask that you only take them of your own children for safeguarding purposes as not all attendees will have consent. 

You will receive a WELCOME PACK via email before the start of term, please add wildernessforestschool@gmail.com to your contacts lists and get in touch if you have not received it, as we are often filtered into spam/junk. This is also important so you don't miss any future information.