Arley Adventurers
Learning in Nature
Nature provides a wonderful environment in which hands-on and practical activities engage young minds and promote learning and growth. In association with Black Dog Adventures, we are proud to offer holiday clubs and sensory sessions that allow children between the ages of 5 – 12, and their carers, to participate in bush craft skills, sensory experiences and nature based activities.
Sessions are hosted by Stuart Meese and his team who form Black Dog Adventures and specialise in outdoor activities.
Arley Adventurers Holiday Club
This is a fun day for 8-12 year old to be immersed in nature, which provides an amazing environment in which children learn and grow! Be prepared for them to get muddy!!
The sessions are child led to allow for free flow, but they will experience a variety of bushcraft skills and natural activities including:
- Making fire from a spark to a flame and further. Gathering materials, preparing, lighting, feeding your fire.
- Learning to cook damper bread, toast marshmallows, pop popcorn on their fire
- Woodland tools – chop and saw wood, carve sticks, lop branches.
- Physical – Slacklines, rope swings, log balances, shelters and dens
- Become woodland detectives – discover tracks, nests, habitats and homes, find clues left behind, minibeast hunts and bug bunkers
- Natural crafts and land art – make a leaf crown, create a bogart, learn about colour, texture and shape in the woodland and make weird art.
The day ends at 4.00pm, with a delicious scoop ice cream whilst they wait for their adults to pick them up.
The price is £25 per child all day. This is a holiday club where your child will be cared for, for the duration of the day (9am – 4pm).
Mini Arley Adventurers Sensory Sessions
This is a fun half day for 5-8 year olds and their carers to immerse into their environment, using all of the senses to experience and feel nature. These sessions are designed to be gentle and accessible but do be prepared to get a little messy!! There will be a variety of activities which may include:
- Blind lines and ‘My tree’
- Sit spots and cloud spotting.
- Sound maps & Soundscapes
- Natural crafts and land art – make a leaf crown, create a bogart, learn about colour, texture and shape in the woodland and make weird art.
- Wind rafts and stone balancing
- Make a song trail
- Picture frames and Mark Making
- Scavenger Hunts, Matching Squares and Leaf faces.
The price is £8 per child and includes Arboretum admission and trail. Accompanying adults benefit from a reduced price of £4 per Adult with Arboretum admission also included.
