Bespoke Training

We offer bespoke training courses for your team, these bespoke courses can be during a weekday, as a twilight session or on a Saturday. Bespoke training courses work really well for getting a whole team on the same wave length to initiate a change in your setting. We can also come into a school/setting to consult and support you in the process of how to develop a site.

  • discussion around fire
  • shelter building training session
  • shelter building training session
  • training campfire lunch
  • learning knots
  • twilight workshop

We can offer sessions on a range of topics and we can tailor it to your learning needs.  Topics can include planning in the moment, taking calculated risks, maths or literacy through nature, shelter building, knots, building fires and cooking with children, inspirational campfire snacks, tools maintenance and tool skills.  We can also develop a session to meet any of your objectives.

The costs are as follows for courses held at Great Wood Farm:

A two hour bespoke course is £300, for a maximum of 20 people.  More than 20 people would be an additional charge of £20 a person.

A three hour bespoke course is £450, for a maximum of 20 people.  More than 20 people would be an additional charge of £30 a person.

A five hour bespoke course is £750, for a maximum of 20 people.  More than 20 people would be additional charge of £65 a person and includes a hot lunch cooked over a fire.

 

The content of courses are tailored to the needs of the group.  Previous courses have included the following:

  • Creating an outdoor learning environment
  • Fire building
  • Inspirational campfire cooking
  • Knots and lashes
  • Using tools
  • Nature identification
  • Taking calculated risks and learning through nature
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We are also able to come into a school and consult in helping to develop a site, at a cost of £300 for an hour consultation.  This can include advising on risk assessments, designing elements of what to include in a learning space and where best to locate it, as well as advising on sourcing of materials.  We can also bring tarpaulins to showcase how to put up a tarpaulin in a suitable space.

 

Quotes from delegates on a previous course include:

'Extremely beneficial to come as a team to be inspired and help each other to develop our settings.'

'A really enjoyable and inspiring day, I'll take away lots of ideas!  Loved the Forest School.  Lunch was delicious.'

'It was extremely helpful being able to take photos and have the time to see how these wonderful environments were either built or created.'

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