Home Education Group Okehampton

We adopt a child-led approach, offering a range of activities at each session but ultimately the children are, by and large, in charge of their time. Our leaders focus on building ‘soft skills’ such as teamwork, communication skills, self-confidence and problem solving. No two sessions look the same but over the course of a term they are likely to include traditional Forest School activities such as fire-lighting, den building, campfire cooking and woodworking as well as crafts, long term projects, theatrical endeavours and lots of team games! 

They will need a packed lunch and a bottle of water or juice.

The right clothing is very important at Forest School, especially in winter. They will need:

• 3 x pairs of warm socks, plus spares
• Wellies and a spare pair of shoes
• Warm trousers, plus spare pair
• 3 to 4 layers of t-shirts, jumpers and waterproof coat, plus spares
• Hat, gloves and scarf.

In summer, a good set of outdoor clothes will suffice, with some spares in case things get muddy!

Is our provision suitable for your child?

We run a number of different home education groups which aim to provide children with an environment in which they are free to be themselves, meet new friends and socialise whilst engaging in fun forest school activities. We aim to be as inclusive as possible and strive to provide all children with the right to engage in a session that promotes success and happiness through exploration and play. If your child struggles socially, emotionally or behaviourally and requires a level of supervision beyond typical, then please include all relevant information so we can do all we can to allocate them a place within the most suitable group.

Childcare Vouchers

If you would like to pay for your booking via your chosen childcare voucher provider, please use the following reference when arranging payment. If your chosen childcare voucher provider isn’t listed, please email [email protected] for further information.

• Apple Childcare: CA00011411 (The Outdoors Group)
• Bravo Benefits: EY555175 (Ofsted number)
• Busy Bees: EY555175 (Ofsted number)
• Care-4: 40037798
• Childcare Grant Payment (CCG): CCG3788935
• Computershare: 0025737359
• Edenred: P21044203
• Enjoy Benefits: EX2 9QL (Parents just need this postcode)
• Kiddivouchers: EX2 9QQ (Parents just need this postcode)
• My Benefits Bundle: 05860
• Reward Gateway: 18624395403 (RG Childcare ID)
• Sodexo: 873404 & postcode EX2 9QQ

Plus:

• Tax-Free Childcare: Please select [insert Forest School site] from the list.