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    Kindergarten

    Our unique woodland pre-school, coming soon to a woodland in Devon

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    Alternative education provision for Home Educating families in the south west

    Tree Tots Toddler Club

    Outdoor fun and activities for toddlers and parents

    Holiday Clubs

    Endless fun during the school holidays for teens and school age children

    Forest School Sessions for Schools

    Working with local schools to give learners in Devon the chance to take part in fun and engaging outdoor education sessions

    Birthday Parties

    The perfect outdoor birthday party for children of all ages

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    Forest School Training

    ITC Level 2 Forest School Leader Training

    Learn the skills to work in a forest school setting

    ITC Level 3 Learning Beyond the Classroom

    Supporting and empowering educators to take their lessons outside the classroom

    ITC Level 3 Forest School Leader Training

    Learn the skills to set up and manage a forest school setting

    ITC Level 3 Paediatric & Forest School First Aid

    Attend our outdoor based dual Paediatric & Forest School First Aid course

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    • Behind the Behaviour Training
    • Storytelling Workshop
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    Experiences for adults

    Bushcraft Experience Weekend

    A fun weekend of bushcraft activities, survival skills and outdoor wellbeing for adults

    Spoon Carving Workshops

    Seek mindful respite from modern life and learn a new craft

    The Elements Retreat

    A yoga, nature and mindfulness retreat focussed on reconnecting with nature and yourself

    Foraging Workshop

    Step into the footsteps of your ancestors and learn basic plant and fungi identification skills

    Woodland Wellbeing Day

    Join us for an intimate and energising day of yoga, delicious food and wellbeing in one of three beautiful woodland locations around Devon.

    Wreath Making Workshop 

    Join us in the woods near Exmouth this Christmas for a spot of festive fun crafting your own beautiful door wreath out of natural, locally sourced, sustainable materials.

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Creating Connections

with Nature

Outdoor adventures bringing people and nature together to PLAY, EXPLORE, DISCOVER, GROW

Forest School

Across our Exmouth, Escot (nr Exeter) Okehampton, Totnes and Ilfracombe Forest School sites, we offer a range of Forest School based activities for children of all ages and backgrounds.

Forest School

TRAINING

Become a qualified outdoor practitioner with our range of Forest School Leader and Outdoor Education and CPD training courses. Develop your outdoor education career or add an outdoor element to the career you already have.

Training & CPD

Outdoor Experiences

We offer fun, engaging adventures for all ages with birthday parties, skill based workshops, retreat and rewilding weekends and Team Building Days for those looking to transform their working environment.

Outdoor Experiences

Learner Support

We offer outdoor learning intervention for learners struggling in mainstream education, a specialist home education group for neurodiverse children and run a consultancy service for parents, teachers and other professionals working with autistic children and children with SEMH needs.

Learner Support

COVID 19 UPDATE

We have now resumed some of our services and bookings are now open.
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Outdoor Learning Specialist for Forest Schools, Alternative Education and Adult Training

We are an innovative outdoor education company, committed to making the outdoors accessible to young people, regardless of their background or previous experience.

We operate on nearly a dozen sites across Devon, specialising in alternative provision for autistic learners and those with SEMH needs, adult outdoor training courses and leisure experiences and mainstream forest school sessions (including an Ofsted Registered Kindergarten, Toddler Clubs, Home Education Groups and Holiday Clubs).

We are proud of our pioneering approach to education and have a strong ethical commitment to environmental protection that underpins everything we do.

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THE STORY SO FAR...

As part of our ten year celebrations, we wanted to create a visual record of the last decade to share with our friends, families, colleagues and fans. We’re so proud of where we’ve come from, where we’ve been and where we’re heading and we wanted to share this with you!

The Outdoors Group has provided vital alternative provision to children who find a mainstream educational setting challenging. The work that has been undertaken with pupils attending Forest School has played a pivotal role in the development of their social and emotional skills, particularly the development of tolerance and resilience in situations they find challenging in a mainstream school. The pupils have been able to develop and flourish in an outdoor environment.
Claire NormanExminster School
The team at The Outdoors have played a crucial part in the development of outdoor learning at Blundell’s Prep. Their support and guidance has enabled us to create an exciting programme for our children to fully explore the outdoors, and they have also been on hand to offer insight and training for all of our staff. In short, they have been fantastic!
Andy SouthgateBlundell's Prep School
All of the The Outdoors activities I have done have allowed our students to make a real connection with the natural environment, and learn skills that have contributed towards a growth in knowledge, confidence and self-esteem.
Steve FosterSt James School, Exeter
The forest school team have worked closely with our school team to make curriculum links. Forest school has already supported our science curriculum, PSHE and maths. Our visit to forest school also provided some fantastic inspiration for writing, especially poetry.
Sarah PadburyLittleham Primary School
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ABOUT THE OUTDOORS GROUP

Since our official beginnings in 2011, our philosophy and practice has developed and evolved in accordance with the needs of our attendees and the changing society we are part of.
We take a holistic approach, addressing social and emotional wellbeing before looking at the more traditional measures of success.
We believe in engaging those we are working with in the process at every stage and work hard to promote well rounded, confident and resilient young people and adults that are considerate of the community they are a part of and the environment that we all share.

BE INSPIRED

The Reason Why

April 22, 2022

Back in November, our Senior Leadership Team gathered at Exeter Brewery to collaborate with the aim of producing a new mission statement for the company.

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People and Planet, over Profit.

January 12, 2022

Back in November when social media and inboxes globally were exploding with Black Friday offers, along with many other ethically and environmentally responsible companies, we

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New Year Musings

January 7, 2022

It’s time for our annual New Year blog post – a time to think about the year ahead, to identify what we are aspiring to,

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The Multitudes of Christmas

December 16, 2021

Social media, as we all know, can be something of a double-edged sword. Having a window into the lives of those around us can serve

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