Trips & Workshops
Wild Wings Birds of Prey
This centre gives you the opportunity to get up close to some beautiful birds of prey and to have a chat with a talkative owl called Mumbles. There's even an extra animal treat...
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Fungal Forage at Tatton Park
As fungi-finding novices, this was the perfect introduction to the world of fungi. We took so many pictures!
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Natural World | Biology | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Thor’s Cave with walking guide
We love the outdoors and regularly go walking but it's always to the same places that we already know. It was time to get more adventurous (and more organised!).
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Geography | Natural World | Sports and exercise | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester | UK Trips - rest of UK
“Wild” tour with Ben Fogle
We love Ben. He is such an inspirational character and his TV programmes are brilliant. He’s incredibly engaging and a very good storyteller. He is also most agreeable on the eye too! Dom and I went to see his first tour “Tales from the Wilderness” back in 2019 and we wanted to see him again; ... Read more
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Natural World | Theatre and shows
Is the Earth really flat?
Our girls watch a lot of YouTube videos. They are often regaling us with “facts” that a random person in their bedroom has told them – many of which sound like nonsense or, to give them the benefit of the doubt, highly embellished. As the line between reality and make-believe gets increasingly blurred by “fake ... Read more
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Farm visit to see lambs
This week’s forest school session was a little different. We went to a sheep farm to meet this year’s new additions and to learn about what farmers need to do over the lambing season. Sally, the owner of Higher Plainsteads Farm, was our host and she was great with the children. She offers free farm ... Read more
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Forest School | Natural World | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Feeding time at the Zoo
We love experiences for presents rather than “stuff” and so the girls got animal feeding vouchers at Cumbria Safari Zoo (formerly South Lakes Safari Zoo) for Christmas. We bought them in the Christmas sale in mid-November and got 50% off their usual price. We’ll be doing the same in 2022! The experience included entry into ... Read more
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Moss planting with The National Trust
We really enjoyed our day of rhododendron destroying last month and wanted to help again, and so this time we went moss planting instead. Thankfully the weather was a lot better this time! We joined a group of another 15 or so volunteers and headed off into the moors above Marsden. Our challenge was to ... Read more
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Forest School | Natural World
Destroying rhododendrons with The National Trust
On what can only be described as a totally wild day, we ventured up in the moors above Marsden to volunteer with The National Trust. They’re trying to clear rhododendrons from the valley sides as they’re taking over and killing the native moss and ferns. We’re no gardeners but we’re pretty good at destroying things ... Read more
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National Space Centre Home Ed Day
To kick start our learning in 2022, we went with another family down to the Space Centre in Leicester for a home educators’ day. There were three sessions for each family to attend: a session in the planetarium, a talk and then a hands-on workshop. The theme was looking after the Earth in a more ... Read more
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