Branch Out Education
Connect ~ Create ~ Conserve
Connecting people with natural spaces, building community and creating opportunities for play and creativity
Forest School programmes ~Adult workshops ~ Pre-school group ~ Family sessions ~ Volunteer programme
Branch Out Education CIC promotes physical and mental wellbeing through friendly community events, Forest school programmes and visits for schools and groups. Sessions often include campfire cooking, nature identification, games, problem solving, crafting with natural materials and using simple tools.
Forest School
Forest School is a unique educational process offering hands-on experiences in a woodland setting.
School Visits
WOODLAND ADVENTURE DAYS Get a taste of learning the Forest School way through our fun and inspiring taster days. Woodland crafts, games, nature discovery, campfire cooking, shelter building are some of the exciting activities on offer. These day visits can help develop teamwork and confidence in a new environment through fun social games, collaborative tasks and problem solving. CURRICULUM VISITS Bring a class topic to life through a hands-on experiential visit. We can create outdoor learning days for many different areas of the curriculum. Examples of past topics are Woodlands, Habitats, Life Cycles, The Stone Age, Beatrix Potter, Map-making and Navigation, Minibeasts. Contact us to discuss your ideas- we love to link classroom topics with outdoor learning!
Woodland Events
We host a range of events througout the year
Our Woodland Site
We are very lucky to have a beautiful and varied woodland to explore.
The 55 acres of land belongs to Helen's family and was originally bought by her grandfather who ran a tree nursery and created a series of ponds there. The woodland is now used for firewood production (Birkmere Woodlands).