October Kids Wild Adventure Club Day Camps - Age 6-11

So much more than just a place to drop off the kids for the day

This October school holiday, our Kids Wild Adventure Camps are open on Saturday 25th and Monday 27th October from 9am-5pm! This offers plenty of time for your Wildest of children to really get involved in nature and all the fun activities we can possibly squeeze into 8 hours!

No parents are needed here. We offer a friendly and accepting, free flowing Forest School inspired space, carefully held by highly qualified and experienced facilitators.

Our groups are purposely kept small (10-12 participants), which means we can give full attention to everyone, and no-one is overlooked. The atmosphere is calm and relaxed, with space for experimentation, fun and connection. We want every participant to feel valued and welcome.

Expect days of child led activity, using hand tools, making camp fires, arts, crafts, exploration, games and woodland fun at our beautiful site Heartwood based in Frylands Wood Scout Centre, Selsdon.

We will be weaving in some themes to our usual Forest school flow too.

This October...

Saturday is Challenge and Skills day - where you might expect anything from active, physical challenges to wide games and 'brain box work' of solving clues to find hidden treasure. Maybe a more energetic day, where you can also choose between improving your den building, knife work or friction fire lighting skills.

Monday is Creative and Chilled Day - using hand tools, arts and crafts materials and the natural world around us to make Amazing Autumnal things. Emphasis is on relaxing, not rushing. Cooking simple things on the fire, and spending slow time with friendly people.

Booking in advance is essential and we need a signed and completed consent form for every child taking part as we will have duty of care for your precious ones while they are with us. This will be sent out once booked, a couple of weeks prior to the event.

Food From home - Please send your children with a large packed lunch, and enough food for 2 snack times and plenty to drink. Water bottles can be easily topped up so don't send them with a bottle that is too big and heavy! Flasks with hot drinks or soups work well in the colder months too.

Food provided by us - We usually offer toast and a s'more to top up the packed lunches, and a hot chocolate or hot squash in the colder months. If your child has any dietary requirments, you can let us know on their consent form.

Spare clothing, waterproofs and robust footwear are a must!

About us...

We think that if everyone could spend a bit more time outside in nature, then the world would be a better place.

Suzy is the founder and director of Go Wild With Us UK Community Interest Company (established in 2016) and has been successfully reconnecting children, young people, adults and families with nature since 2008.

She has a deep connection to nature and is passionate about supporting others to rebuild their own connections with the Wild.

Suzy is a level 3 qualified Forest Schools Leader, a qualified yoga practitioner, holds a BA Hons in English Literature, a Post Graduate Certificate in Youth and Community and a PTLLS level 3. Suzy is a very experienced practitioner, having worked with children, young people, adults and families from a variety of backgrounds and with different abilities since 2001.

Find out more about our staff team by vising our website here: https://gowildwithusuk.wixsite.com/gowild/us

As well as being great at working with people, they have a wide range of skills and qualifications. Some are Forest School leader trained, and most have specialist experience in working with children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities. All have trained with Suzy and the Go Wild Team over years to discover their own skills and individual place within our Wild Family.

We are incredibly lucky that all of our amazing team remain loyal and dedicated volunteers, some of whom were part of our 'Forest Project' for many years as young people, and who now help us out on a regular basis. Our community offerings would not happen without them.All our facilitators have enhanced DBS checks, are First Aid qualified and have attended relevant safeguarding training.