Wise Oak Forest School

Wise Oak Forest School An ever growing Forest School inspired by child-led play and experiences A teacher/ forest school leader/ mum trying to get children and families outdoors more.

I'm a huge believer of self led exploration and play. Check out the posts about our Family Forest Play sessions to see what we get up to. We will be opening up for a Summer Holiday drop off on Friday's for 8 years old and above soon too. In the mean time, here is the link if you would like to book onto our Saturday Family Forest Play session: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/77933

Nothing like a sunny winters day and a spot of whittling ☀️🌳☀️🌳☀️
20/11/2025

Nothing like a sunny winters day and a spot of whittling ☀️🌳☀️🌳☀️

Woodland birthday parties 🥳🌳🥳🌳Saturdays or Sundays available:£150 for 15 children.Involves:Fire lighting 🔥 Campfire s’mo...
09/10/2025

Woodland birthday parties 🥳🌳🥳🌳

Saturdays or Sundays available:
£150 for 15 children.

Involves:
Fire lighting 🔥
Campfire s’mores 🍪
Hammock swinging
Rope swing making
Den building ⛺️
Nature exploration
Bug hunting 🐞

We are happy to display birthday bunting and ribbons and will also accommodate your personal / themed decorations too 😃

Based in Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, WN4.

E-mail your enquiries to Karen at wiseoakfs@outlook.com
Or message through this page.

P.S Parties can be tailored to adult bushcraft parties too 👍 your ideas are always welcome 👍

A brilliant Inset with RL Hughes teachers 🙌🌳🙌🌳🙌
19/09/2025

A brilliant Inset with RL Hughes teachers 🙌🌳🙌🌳🙌

Well that’s a wrap on the Summer Holiday Club ☀️☀️☀️It’s been an absolute pleasure seeing children make friendships, exp...
29/08/2025

Well that’s a wrap on the Summer Holiday Club ☀️☀️☀️
It’s been an absolute pleasure seeing children make friendships, explore, try new things and share knowledge and skills. You are inspiring 🙌🙌

Here are a few of our favourite photos from this week.

We have our family Forest session tomorrow and have just put more dates on for September too 🫶 This is for any age. Family stay and play in the woods 🌳

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/77933?

There’s only two more weeks left of summer holidays☀️🌳☀️🌳 Make the most of this time by giving your children the opportu...
16/08/2025

There’s only two more weeks left of summer holidays☀️🌳☀️🌳 Make the most of this time by giving your children the opportunity to play and learn new skills In the great outdoors.

Our last few dates in August are:
21st & 22nd and 28th & 29th.

This week we:
Collected 1,200g of blackberries
Made blackberry jam
Toasted bread and ate our jam
Crafted our own toasting forks
Ate toasted croissants 🥐
Used the art of Happa Zome
Found more shield bugs 🪲
Collected more fish 🐟
Built dens
And went swimming in the brook

Looking forward to the next two Thursdays and Fridays 🙌🙌🙌 Places still available 🌳🌳

Thursday 3 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89046

Friday 5 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/86257

There’s only three weeks left of summer☀️🌳☀️🌳 Make the most of this time by giving your children the opportunity to play...
13/08/2025

There’s only three weeks left of summer☀️🌳☀️🌳 Make the most of this time by giving your children the opportunity to play and learn new skills In the great outdoors.

Our last few dates in August are:
14th & 15th, 21st & 22nd and 28th & 29th.

Last week we:
Crushed blackberries for paint
Used a saw to make Elder beads
Made necklaces
Built our own swings together
Ate toasted waffles 🧇
Ate campfire hot dogs 🌭
Found shield bugs 🪲
Collected fish and fresh water shrimp 🦐
Gathered materials
And made secret hideouts

Looking forward to Thursday and Friday this week 🙌🙌🙌 Places still available 🌳🌳

Thursday 3 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89046

Friday 5 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/86257

Wondering what your kids might like to do for the rest of the week? Take a look at what we got up last week at Wise Oak ...
05/08/2025

Wondering what your kids might like to do for the rest of the week? Take a look at what we got up last week at Wise Oak Holiday Club ☀️🌳☀️🌳

We:
Invited the fairies to our woodland
Built swings
Cleared balsam
Ate toasted bagels 🥯
Ate toasted croissants 🥐
Found bugs 🪲
Peeled and whittled wood
Played barefoot in the mud
And more.

Looking forward to Thursday and Friday this week 🙌🙌🙌 Places still available 🌳🌳

Thursday 3 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89046

Friday 5 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/86257

Today brought us even more adventures 😃 ☀️🌳☀️🌳We:Swung in hammocks 😃Built secret head quarters 🤫Collected balsam flower ...
25/07/2025

Today brought us even more adventures 😃 ☀️🌳☀️🌳

We:
Swung in hammocks 😃
Built secret head quarters 🤫
Collected balsam flower 🌺
Cleared balsam
Made nature frames
Made chalk paint 🎨
Toasted bread or crumpets
Played Jedi’s
Found pond skaters 🪳
Played with rope 🪢
And lit our own fires to toast marshmallows 🙃

Thanks for a great day everyone. Looking forward to our next ones
🙌🙌🙌 Places still available 🌳🌳

Thursday 3 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89046

Friday 5 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/86257

What a morning here at Wise Oak Holiday Club ☀️🌳☀️🌳We:Went fishing 🎣 Built dens 🏕️ Collected balsam flower 🌺 Cleared bal...
24/07/2025

What a morning here at Wise Oak Holiday Club ☀️🌳☀️🌳
We:
Went fishing 🎣
Built dens 🏕️
Collected balsam flower 🌺
Cleared balsam
Ate toast 🍞
Cleared pathways 🪵
Found bugs 🪲
Played with clay
Played with rope 🪢
And more.

Looking forward to the next ones 🙌🙌🙌 Places still available 🌳🌳

Thursday 3 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89046

Friday 5 hour Holiday Club - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/86257

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