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

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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 the entrance and gently strolling up through our site while singing our welcome song, and at the end we offer the opportunity to come together in the log circle to share with our talking stick and sing 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!). Our self-serve hot drinks are available throughout, and we also offer a fire-cooked snack at some point in the session too. 

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Our SEEDLINGS sessions are run by Kathleen Feather, with support from Alice Foxtail and/or Alex Beaver. We will go ahead in most weathers (except very high winds, dangerous storms, and very extreme rainfall / flooding) so please do ensure you are both wearing appropriate layers and that you have plenty of spares. 

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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 to March

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EXISTING ATTENDEES GET PRIORITY BOOKING THROUGHOUT THE TERM; AT THE END OF EACH HALF-TERMLY BLOCK, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO ANY REMAINING SPACES. This is to help encourage the "long term" aspect of Forest School, as the longer you partake, the more benefits you will see for your little seedlings. Please follow our social media pages for announcements or keep checking back towards the end of each block (March, May, July, October). 

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We also often have ad-hoc baby sessions during the holiday breaks, see them on our "holiday sessions" page. 

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Once your "seedlings" are confidently walking, they can move on to join our "saplings" Forest School sessions (for walking-5yrs), you can read more about these sessions here.