Farm School is a new initiative of OrganicLea’s Young People’s Team and emerges from OrganicLea’s homegrown Forest School for families.
It is designed to offer structured learning in organic horticulture within a wider Forest School child-led framework. It is run on our beautiful and abundant 12-acre food-growing site, Hawkwood Plant Nursery.
We are offering 4 sessions:
Thursdays 10.30 am to 2.30 pm, and it is open to children aged 5-8.
What to expect at the sessions
Our sessions are designed to support connections – to ourselves, to each other, and to Earth. Sessions are:
- run on forest school principles more here: https://forestschoolassociation.org/full-principles-and-criteria-for-good-practice/
- based in free play & community-building
- have a specific learning module and farming task in each session
- deeply integrated with the rhythms of OrganicLea’s horticultural and ecology work
A typical day includes:
A community time in circle, learning module and farm task, free play in a forest school setting, vegan community lunch (included), consolidation of learning through games, activities and craft, finishing with nature journaling.
*** Grown-ups are required to stay on site at all times. There will be a tea and coffee station, community lunch and wi-fi as needed***
This session is open to children ages 5-8 (one younger sibling can be accommodated per family and will need to be in the care of their grown-ups at all times).
Our 4-week pilot costs £160, and an additional sibling costs £80.
We are committed to keeping sessions accessible for all families. We offer a number of reduced-cost places for families on a low income. Also, feel free to get in touch if it is difficult for you to pay for all 6 sessions in one go.
To book or to find out more, please visit https://buytickets.at/organiclea/2211179
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