Wildlings (under 5's) Forest School

child-led, explore, play, reconnect with nature throughout the seasons 

Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays 

10-12pm

Pay what you can: 

Higher rate at £8/session - block booked 

Lower rate at £6/ session-  block booked 

Taster sessions available!

These sessions follow the forest school ethos of providing children (and adults!) the opportunity for child-led play, exploring and spending time outdoors in all weather conditions. Our Wildlings/ pre-school group helps children (and adults) build resilience, independence, confidence and an environmental awareness. Not to mention friendships and shared memories!

What to expect: 

These sessions are very relaxed and child-led. We provide invitations of play and nature-based crafts, however none of these are pushed onto you or your little wildling(s). We have a circle time around the fire circle which includes a snack and sometimes a campfire treat, followed by story/ songs. Once again, there is no pressure to join or sit through the whole group time if your child would rather carry on exploring. 

The kinds of things you'll come across: mud kitchens, den building, nature crafts, stories and songs around the fire, hot chocolates and hot drinks for adults in colder months, hot water bottles, muddy faces and happy children, pausing and reflecting, listening to the birds, noticing the centipedes and woodlice, stopping to smell a flower, feeling the tickly grasses, pick a blackberry, collect some apples for their group snack, run, skip, fall, laugh, sing, explore, build, get muddy, possibly wet and fill your lungs with fresh air! 

Please get in touch if you would like to borrow waterproofs and wellies for yourself and/or your child. Thanks to peoples' kind donations, we can cater to pretty much all ages and sizes, including adults. 

North Tyneside term times