County Durham Woodland Education Service

Forest school, bushcraft survival experiences for schools, youth groups and individuals

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CDWES

Affordable Woodland, Forest Schools and Bushcraft activities for schools, youth groups and individual groups in County Durham.

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SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Our privately owned woodland just 6 miles from Durham city has been developed and enhanced to meet the needs of all age groups.

Activities have been developed to meet the needs of the Learning Outside the Classroom manifesto and delivered locally in an environmentally friendly sustainable way. This makes us well positioned to meet your schools needs.

The woodland boasts several clearings which are specially designed for multi activity use such as:

Shelter Building

Nature Studies

Bushcraft

Fire Lighting

Tools Skills

Teambuilding

Plant identification and uses

Green Woodworking

Environmental Studies

Art and Crafts

The clearings are linked by a network of trails which can be explored by groups or used for more organised activities such as orienteering and map making.

Activities have may cross curricular links and can enhance experiential learning.

All activities are supervised by our qualified and experienced staff.

Your day will be planned to meet your exact requirements, but examples of a typical day are:-

 Welcome and safety brief.

 Toilet visit and snack break

 Activity 1

 Meet at agreed location for debrief

 Short break

 Activity 2

 Meet at reception for debrief and toilet visits before heading to camp site for lunch

 Activity 3

 Meet at agreed location for debrief

 Activity 4

 Meet at agreed location for debrief and head for home

Activities can be planned to enhance current learning subjects, and can be lengthened or shortened to suit your exact requirements.

We can also operate on your site enhancing natural materials available as we have done for several schools

Contact us for details 01325 251513

Email info@cdwes.co.uk