Badger Forest School

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Our Mission: To inspire lifelong learning, support connections to nature and strengthen communities.

We are a Community Interest Company, which means we are a non profit organisation partly funded by grants and sponsorship

What We Offer

Badger Forest School

And Outdoor Learning

Connecting people with nature and each other.

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Badger Holiday Clubs

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Forest School

Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

The process helps and facilitates more than knowledge-gathering, it helps learners develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. It creates a safe, non-judgemental nurturing environment for learners to try stuff out and take risks. Forest School inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it. Our approach to risk means that learners constantly expand on their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience. We believe that risk is more than just potential for physical harm, but a more holistic thing, there are risks in everything we do, and we grow by overcoming them. Forest School therefore, helps participants to become, healthy, resilient, creative and independent learners.

Our Activities

We offer sessions for :

Pre-school groups
Home Ed community
Dangerous Dads
Mothers and babies
SEND community

Set in our beautiful and safe sites, enjoy a campfire, time in the woods, mindfulness and companionship. Discover the nature and sensory play.

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Nurture Program

This provision is an intervention program providing an inclusive and sensory rich environment for children needing a bespoke timetable.

We work with local schools across Cornwall at three different sites.

This program helps to develop confidence, build self esteem, motivation to learn and self worth.

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Educational Development

We run school trips for primary and secondary schools offering a variety of educational packages.

Our educational outreach program provides professional development for staff in an outdoor learning environment.

Open to schools, educational facilities and those returning to work or looking for a new career in outdoor learning..

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Working With The Community

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Find out about us, our mission, and why we have created this space for the community to enjoy, learn and grow together.

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Make it stand out.

"Having the opportunity to work outside in a beautiful environment and observing the seasons heighten my spirit even in the depths of winter, I would highly recommend volunteering with Choose Nature!"

Weekly volunteer
“Dangerous Dads has been such a brilliant experience for my children and I. We have been struggling to find things that all three of us love doing and now we have found it! The fires and campfire food are the highlight for us as well as meeting other like-minded people.”

A Dangerous Dad!
"Badger Forest school is a great environment, run by people who genuinely care about the children (and adults) they support. It's a wonderful resource and I hope to see it continue to expand and go from strength to strength...”

Mum attending Badger Cubs
“Thank you so much for today. It was such a lovely relaxed session for the little ones and they really enjoyed exploring the site, all the activities and making friends. It was lovely to attend a session with other parents who understand some of the challenges we are facing and to have the opportunity to chat to them”

A parent attending ‘Making Track's’ open day
“Badger Forest school's innovative approach to education in a natural setting is refreshing and inspiring. The dedicated staff showed a genuine passion for teaching and connecting with the students, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The activities were engaging and educational, allowing my daughter to learn and explore in a hands-on way. From outdoor adventures to creative arts and crafts, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. I was impressed by the emphasis on environmental stewardship and sustainability, helping students understand important values."

Parent of an individual being supported by our Nurture Programme
“…importance of forest school for my son: He is totally non-verbal and has suspected autism and the fact that he can go to an environment where people use Makaton frequently really has a huge impact on him. He is usually quite isolated at groups and doesn't want to interact with others, but having a group that has leaders and parents who are willing to communicate with him in a way he understands makes such a difference."List Item

Parent whose son regularly attends sessions