May 18, 2021
Whose Tracks? Answers here!
Did you have fun with the kids guessing who made the tracks on our recent activity sheet? Click here to view our answer sheet! Keep your eye on our emails to download the next FREE activity sheet – coming soon just in time for the Easter break. Packed with quizzes, games and guess the egg! Need Easter holiday ideas? Why not come along to our family day on 7th April. Fun in the woods for the
May 18, 2021
Holiday, Family Activities and Camps
Keep your family entertained this Easter by attending our holiday and family days! We offer bespoke days in the Sussex countryside aimed at getting your children outdoors to learn new skills, make things, meet new people and have fun whilst enjoying the great outdoors. Please note spaces are limited so please get in touch to secure your place! Don’t forget we also offer family camps and summer camps for children during the school holidays – early booking
Learning with Nature. Beautifully presented as a ‘how-to’ guide to inspire children, Learning with Nature is aimed at families, schools, youth groups and anyone working with children. The blurb tells me the activities are suitable for ages 3 to 16 and will help develop practical skills, awareness and respect for the natural world. An initial flick through reveals great images and a layout of activities that is easy to follow. The introduction gives context in
May 18, 2021
This is what we call a friendly book launch.
Were you in Lewes’s Waterstone on Friday the 30th of January? If you were there, I hope you enjoyed it and had a wonderful evening. The bookshop was crowded with people coming to support our nature-based work, and yes, it was an emotional moment! Kids, parents, grandparents, politicians, environmentalists and teachers all came to enjoy the official launch of ‘Learning With Nature‘ a book that we hope will have a positive impact on current and future generations. The authors
May 18, 2021
Farming & Countryside Education Book Review
Learning with Nature is fittingly described as “A how-to guide to inspiring children through outdoor games and activities”. Featuring a foreword from Chris Packham, the book is packed with dozens of activities and games as well as survival skills and a brief note on looking after nature. The activities, some of which are split by season, are varied and suitable for families of all sizes. We especially enjoyed the Walnut Boats activity and the Swallow
May 18, 2021
Natural Conversation
Natural Conversations. Walking up the side of an ancient gorge, after an hour we reach the cascade, where water tumbles into a narrow deep plunge pool. Sizing up the jump, my eyes are drawn to a perfect circle of Ferns. It is here that the seeds of thought, which I will try to explain, were first sown. It was an invitation to acknowledge the Natural Conversation. With their strong stems standing tall, untouched by man,
May 18, 2021
Hemingway and the Environment.
Hemingway described in his book The Sun Also Rises published in 1926, three years before the Great Depression, how people go bankrupt, “Gradually, then suddenly”. Does it make you think about anything else? When I read about the economic application of this quote, which has been first coined by Rudiger Dornbusch, “the crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happened much faster that you would have thought”, I thought about environmental issues today.
May 18, 2021