Saturday, 24 May 2014

At the Secret Valley May 16th - June 6th: Two groups running for home educated children



Lupin the badger





Finding an owl

Blobsters!








At the Secret Valley on the 11th April 2014.....







An open day with jewellery making and other fun!

Monday, 17 March 2014

From February 28th - March 28th 2014:
Practical skills at the Secret Valley - coppicing, tool use (including shave horse & draw knives, axes, knives, bow saws and loppers), creating wildlife habitats and bird boxes, tree planting, rustic fence building and some experimental archaeology!









Experimental archaeology - using a flint axe!
















Wednesday, 29 January 2014

At the Secret Valley on the 22nd December……





Fearless!!






Photos by Ingrid Crawford

Sunday, 29 September 2013


Overnight camp from September 6th - 7th at the Secret Valley Woodland. Seven children built their own shelters and slept in them. Despite rain in the night, nobody got wet!








Pizza making

My leaky tent on the left





Saturday, 24 August 2013


Saturday 3rd August (with children aged 5-9 years).....


Blindfold rope maze - learning trust and communication skills




Learning how to use tools safely (with a real bow saw!)
Twizzle stick bread




....and shelter building on  Thursday 22nd August (with children aged 9 - 12 years)


Learning knots......


and building shelters