a consent-based, self-directed learning community
Key Points
* Sessions run 10am-3pm every term-time Friday and cost £40
* Sessions are booked in termly blocks
* Children access the sessions unaccompanied as a rule, but if there is a need for you to be with your child on session, do get in touch so we can discuss it further.
*Currently our community has around twelve-fifteen young people attending on each session, aged between 5 and 15.
* Our community is consent-based, and so each session begins & ends with a brief meeting to give the opportunity for everyone to check-in/out, make plans & agreements for the day as needed.
ARRANGE A FRIDAY FOR US TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER NOW!
On Fridays we are delighted to be able to offer a space that has been curated by home educators and experienced professionals to meet the needs of home educated families and children.
Our sessions run every term-time Friday, 10-3, and offer children a significant chunk of time in a broad age-ranged self-directed social community (as well as the possibility of some child-free space for parents & carers.)
Merging the principles of Forest School with those of consent-based and self-directed learning, our learning community has been developing and growing over the years, seeing wonderful journeys of brilliance and growth along the way.
Being situated in beautiful Bramblewood, we are able to benefit from its fantastic natural affordances, meaning that everything you read in our What Happens at Saturday Forest School section, can also apply here. Our Home Educator sessions are not, however, limited to this and if children’s self-direction inspires them to request exploration beyond traditional ‘Forest School’ activities, then we endeavour to feed this curiosity. This might mean someone spending a day playing a board game, visiting the local park, taking a trip out of the wood and into the nearby town, for instance.
We recognise that you may well benefit from having a further discussion about how our home educator community might be able to support your child(ren); if so please do get in touch by email, where we can either answer your questions, or arrange a phone call.
If you would like to book a taster ‘get to know one another’ visit click here, to set up a term-time Friday where your child can sample an hour or two of the community with you, so we can all see how things might fit together.