Fire and Fell Home-Ed group
Fire and Fell
A summary
Fire and Fell Home Ed group is a drop-off session for home-educated or flexi-schooled children who are primary-aged. The sessions run from 10-2pm and cost £25 for the session with a block-booking discount. The intention is for this to be a long-term session for home-ed children to get to know each other and create friendships with their peers, alongside learning lots of interesting new outdoor skills. We understand that families need flexiblity so the one-off booking is also available.
The sessions are rooted in the forest-school ethos and so are outdoors, child-led and play-based. We have weekly themes and activities that children can explore and enjoy, alongside options such as mud play, hammocks and den-building. Structured activities might include planting and harvesting our own fruits and veg, nature exploration, team games, fire-lighting, outdoor cookery and tool use.
We plan to be outside for the entire session and have multiple shelters for use if the weather becomes inclement. On the main outdoor site, we use an outdoor camping toilet. We also have a building and indoor toilet to use if it's needed.
We are based in Caldbeck and are really lucky to have Caldbeck common SSSI to explore right next door to our site. This is great for team games and exploration. We operate with small ratios, currently with 1:5 ratio to preserve the quality and safety in sessions.
What we'll do
Our sessions are outdoors, child-led and play-based. Children have the space and freedom to play outdoors however they choose — building dens, making mud pies, swinging in hammocks and playing games with their friends! This session is great for home-ed young people to meet new friends and learn new outdoorsy skills. It's great for adventurous, outdoorsy and energetic young people with a curiosity for nature and outdoor skills.
We also always have structured activities each session on offer. These could include; tool use, campfire cooking, outdoor crafts and games. We offer a low demand environment where children are allowed to follow their own interests and are great for young people who thrive being outdoors and in a less structured classroom environment.
As well as a myriad of creative projects, we will cover parts of the early years and key stage 1 and 2 learning (depending on age and appropriateness), be it in a creative, nature and play based way. This will be done once the group is more established and confident in the setting.
What to bring:
A packed lunch
Sturdy shoes
Waterproof jacket and trousers
Sun hat, sun tan lotion (if appropriate for Cumbria!)
A packed lunch
A refillable water bottle — fresh air and adventure is thirsty work!
A spare change of clothes is always great to have just in case
Inclusivity
Our holiday clubs are open to all children. The outdoors is a brilliant environment for neurodivergent children and those with additional needs, and we strive to make every child feel welcome. Between us, our staff have twenty years' experience working with SEND students in the outdoors.
We work on a ratio of 1:5, and children attending would need to be able to participate with this level of support. Please get in touch before booking if you'd like to discuss your child's needs and how they might best access the session.
SEND accessibility checklist
1:1 care
2:1 care
Qualified to administer medication
Epilepsy trained
Secure environment
Accessible toilet
Assist with personal care and toileting
Hoist and changing bench
Wheelchair accessible site
Autism awareness trained
Sensory or quiet spaces
Makaton trained
PECS trained
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Fire and Fell
Fire and Fell
I'm Kate, a mum of three young children living in North Cumbria and founder of Fire and Fell. I love being outdoors and have always believed that some of the best moments in childhood happen outside — getting muddy, building dens and exploring the natural world. I have recently moved to the Caldbeck area with my family, having been born and brought up in Oxfordshire. I have over ten years' experience delivering outdoor learning across schools, community groups and specialist SEND settings, and have run my own outdoor learning business alongside a career as a SEND teacher down in Oxford. I am a qualified teacher and hold full public liability insurance. All sessions are fully risk assessed. - Level 2 Outdoor First Aid trained - Level 2 Food Hygiene trained - Paediatric First Aid Trained - DSL (Level 3) Safeguarding trained
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Cancellation policy
Refunds are not generally available, but may be considered with sufficient notice.
My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.
