BUILDING CONFIDENCE, SELF WORTH & FRIENDSHIPS
MAKING TRACKS IS FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, ALLOWING
THEM ACCESS TO AN INCLUSIVE AND SENSORY RICH ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE
AND SELF ESTEEM, MOTIVATION TO LEARN AND IMPROVING SELF WORTH.
This group is based around the children and their needs. Our highly skilled
staff work with children and their families, to encourage growth in a
supportive and nurturing environment.
Activities include outdoor play and learner led activities such as den building,
campfire cooking and exploration.
HOW TO ACCESS OUR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLING SESSIONS
Making Tracks, our alternative schooling sessions, are open to all children of
school age and currently takes place on a Tuesday during term time from
Group One 10am - 12pm
Group Two 1pm - 3pm.
Each session costs £5.00
Making Tracks can be paid for through your Educational Health Care Plan.
Book Now [https://www.badgerforestschool.co.uk/booking-form.html]
To discuss your child’s needs, or to organise One to One session please contact
us.
WHY CHOOSE NATURE FOR YOUR CHILD?
Whatever the reason children come to the woods to access our programmes, we aim
to incorporate the forest school ethos into all our activities and sessions,
offering a learner-centred approach wherever possible. In line with forest
school objectives, we strive to use their Badger Forest School experience to
help children overcome their previous experiences and become positive and
pro-active learners.
As an organisation with trauma-informed status, our Nurture Programme is
specifically designed to support emotional wellbeing as we believe this best
supports a child’s development and aids their return to a school setting on a
full-time basis. Children are assisted to understand their emotions, their
triggers and their behaviours, so that they can learn self-regulation and
management techniques. They build trusted relationships with staff which enables
therapeutic conversations to happen. The outdoors environment and associated
skills building offers children the opportunity to succeed which helps develop
confidence, self-esteem and identity. All-weather outdoor learning generates
motivation and resilience, as well as helps relieve passivity, stress and
anxiety.
In terms of academic learning, sessions deliver a wide range of activities
designed to develop the child’s concentration, practical skills, fine and gross
motor development, problem solving, language and communication skills, and
expand their understanding of the natural world. Activities might include:
* Shelter building
* Fire lighting and cooking on an open fire
* Tool use
* Studying wildlife
* Rope and string work
* Art and sculpture work
* Sensory activities
* Developing and discussing stories
* Creating and completing obstacle courses
Activities frequently incorporate opportunities for working on literacy or
numeracy skills, and additionally, we can work towards including some elements
of the National Curriculum if this is a priority for the client, as many of our
staff are teacher trained or have experience working in schools.