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Meet Our Moonlighters: Murphy’s Spoon

November 12, 2020

Finding The Perfect Present With just six weeks until Christmas, present buying for many is in full swing. But how to find the perfect present

Autumn Days At Home

October 27, 2020

New Approach Needed I don’t know about all the other fellow parents out there but as soon as talk turned to the impending half term

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Look Who’s Back!

October 21, 2020

A Surprise Delivery Nearly eight years ago, several friends and I had spent a night in the pub. As last orders approached the idea was

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Love Local

October 18, 2020

Support Local At The Outdoors Group, promoting sustainability and creating a good community is at the core of what we do; choosing to shop local

What Does Forest School Mean For You?

October 9, 2020

What does Forest School mean? For me, Forest School means freedom. It’s restorative and quite frankly, it’s essential. For other people though it may mean

Beyond The Classroom

October 1, 2020

A Brand New Course It seems fitting, given the context, that over the last few months The Outdoors Group have been looking to set up

Bigger and Better Than Ever

September 18, 2020

Where it all began The origin story of The Outdoors Group is one of friendship. Almost a decade ago, when the company began, it was

Back Into The Woods

September 8, 2020

A new approach This year, due to COVID-19, we changed up the holiday club schedule, so that the children participated over four consecutive days. By

Ode To Marshmallows

August 30, 2020

Today marks National Toasted Marshmallow Day and when we realised this a few weeks ago, we issued a challenge to our staff – to pen

Forest School Kindergarten; our journey continues

August 17, 2020

From humble beginnings… Four years ago, our team set about establishing a fully outdoors Forest School kindergarten at our Shillingford site. In those days,our entire company

Coming Out The Other Side

August 12, 2020

The sounds of people laughing, of drinks being poured and of children playing drifted across to our table. In short, the sounds of normality starting

Who’d Be A Headteacher?

July 24, 2020

It turns out the answer is me, who knew? I have been privileged to be the Headteacher of The Outdoors School since March and what

Plastic Free July

July 18, 2020

It probably won’t come as a surprise that here at The Outdoors Group, we are passionate about looking after the environment and the world we

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Mud, glorious mud!

June 29, 2020

There really is a day for everything and as it so happens, today is International Mud Day! As you can imagine, here at The Outdoors

Elderflower, my favourite forage of the year

June 23, 2020

Nothing else quite marks the beginning of summer for me like stumbling across freshly bloomed elderflower blossoms. Often, you smell it before you see it,

A Little Note from our Director, Tom

May 28, 2020

Its weird, the new normal I hope you are well, I want a pound for every time I’ve said or heard ‘its weird’. I don’t

Inspiring a love of the Wilderness

May 15, 2020

Hello everyone! These challenging times we’re in also give us an opportunity for new ways of spending time in or with the natural world. Individuals,

How COVID19 has forced us to adapt and re-evaluate education

May 15, 2020

The past few months has been a difficult time for obvious reasons on so many levels for children and adults alike. We have been dealing

Bringing Forest School Home

April 16, 2020

We’re now into our fourth week of lockdown, the Easter holidays are over and whilst your children’s school have probably provided you with lots of

How To Survive “Home Educating”

April 1, 2020

We’re a week into the official lockdown due to Covid-19 and for those of you out there with children who are usually in school, you’ll

Meet Our Moonlighters: Murphy’s Spoon

November 12, 2020

Finding The Perfect Present With just six weeks until Christmas, present buying for many is in full swing. But how to find the perfect present

Autumn Days At Home

October 27, 2020

New Approach Needed I don’t know about all the other fellow parents out there but as soon as talk turned to the impending half term

Look Who’s Back!

October 21, 2020

A Surprise Delivery Nearly eight years ago, several friends and I had spent a night in the pub. As last orders approached the idea was

Love Local

October 18, 2020

Support Local At The Outdoors Group, promoting sustainability and creating a good community is at the core of what we do; choosing to shop local

What Does Forest School Mean For You?

October 9, 2020

What does Forest School mean? For me, Forest School means freedom. It’s restorative and quite frankly, it’s essential. For other people though it may mean

Beyond The Classroom

October 1, 2020

A Brand New Course It seems fitting, given the context, that over the last few months The Outdoors Group have been looking to set up

Bigger and Better Than Ever

September 18, 2020

Where it all began The origin story of The Outdoors Group is one of friendship. Almost a decade ago, when the company began, it was

Back Into The Woods

September 8, 2020

A new approach This year, due to COVID-19, we changed up the holiday club schedule, so that the children participated over four consecutive days. By

Ode To Marshmallows

August 30, 2020

Today marks National Toasted Marshmallow Day and when we realised this a few weeks ago, we issued a challenge to our staff – to pen

Forest School Kindergarten; our journey continues

August 17, 2020

From humble beginnings… Four years ago, our team set about establishing a fully outdoors Forest School kindergarten at our Shillingford site. In those days,our entire company

Coming Out The Other Side

August 12, 2020

The sounds of people laughing, of drinks being poured and of children playing drifted across to our table. In short, the sounds of normality starting

Who’d Be A Headteacher?

July 24, 2020

It turns out the answer is me, who knew? I have been privileged to be the Headteacher of The Outdoors School since March and what

Plastic Free July

July 18, 2020

It probably won’t come as a surprise that here at The Outdoors Group, we are passionate about looking after the environment and the world we

Mud, glorious mud!

June 29, 2020

There really is a day for everything and as it so happens, today is International Mud Day! As you can imagine, here at The Outdoors

Elderflower, my favourite forage of the year

June 23, 2020

Nothing else quite marks the beginning of summer for me like stumbling across freshly bloomed elderflower blossoms. Often, you smell it before you see it,