At Misitu we believe that regular, long-term access to woodland and natural environments provides children with inspirational and challenging outdoor learning opportunities. The activities on offer are varied and child-led including free play and exploration, in addition to den building, using knots, art and crafts with natural materials, gadgets, identification of species and surveys in the woodland, fire-lighting and using tools. 

The exciting and challenging activities that children can participate in are risk assessed and supervised by a qualified Forest school leader. Participants who come to the woods with the Misitu will be given the opportunity to develop their curiosity, confidence, self-esteem, creativity, empathy, communication skills, knowledge of the natural environment and ability to assess and mitigate risk. Children will be able to choose which activities to participate in and suggest activities for future sessions.

The Forest School Association consider forest school to have six principles:

1) Forest School is a long-term process of frequent and regular sessions in a woodland or natural environment, rather than a one-off visit. Planning, adaptation, observations and reviewing are integral elements of Forest School.
2) Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural wooded environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world. 
3) Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all those involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.
4) Forest School offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.
5) Forest School is run by qualified Forest School practitioners who continuously maintain and develop their professional practice.
6) Forest School uses a range of learner-centred processes to create a community for development and learning.

We provide sessions for children of various ages. Please see the list of forest school activities for more information.

In addition, we offer activities at discounted rates for Scout and Girlguide groups. 

Please contact us if you are interested in something that is not listed and we will see if we can help. 

Forest school sessions take place outdoors in all weathers so please use clothing and footwear that is suitable for being outdoors. In the event of rain tarpaulins may be used to provide some shelter during the session.

Please wear layers of clothes to ensure warmth and sturdy footwear with good grip. Bring a waterproof coat for all sessions and waterproof trousers are useful in wet weather.

Participants just need to bring themselves in appropriate clothing, a water bottle and their enthusiasm to sessions! We will provide the rest.

There are details about the duration of sessions and food and drink provided for each type of Misitu forest school session when booking.

You book and pay for Misitu forest school sessions online here.

On the booking page you can pay for a single session or make a block booking for several sessions together. We sometimes offer discount codes, which you can enter when making your payment online. Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive information about any current discount codes.

If you find that tickets are sold out for the sessions that you are interested in, please email us, so that we can add you to the waiting list: admin@misitu.org.uk

If you have any difficulty with booking please let us know so that we can help: admin@misitu.org.uk 

All sessions are led by a qualified level 3 forest school leader who is also trained in paediatric and forest school first aid, safeguarding and food hygiene. Leaders and assistants are all DBS checked.

We have public liability insurance.

Please can you / your child stay at home if you test positive for COVID-19 or if you have symptoms of possible COVID-19 including a fever, sore throat, new cough, change in taste or smell or cold symptoms. 

We will work with you to rebook any sessions that you have to miss due to COVID-19 symptoms or testing positive, as long as you let us know prior to the start of the session(s) that you need to miss. Sometimes we may not be able to offer another session immediately, but we will do our best to fit you in at a convenient time as soon as possible.

All parties include a woodland activity and campfire run by a qualified forest school leader. There will also be time to play and we don’t mind if some of the participants prefer to play in the woodland rather than take part in the organised activity! The forest school leader will bring a selection of equipment so that children can follow their interests, e.g. lying in a hammock, creating in a mud kitchen or hunting for bugs.

We provide a drink, a snack cooked on the campfire and party bags for the number of participants that you have specified. You can choose a woodland activity from the options listed on the website. Just bring along your own birthday cake.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements if none of the options on the website are quite right for your party.

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Forest school is all about outdoor play in all weathers. However high winds or very low temperatures may lead to cancellation of sessions for safety reasons.

If a regular session is cancelled or cut short by Misitu due to adverse weather, a replacement session will be offered free of charge. We will work with you to rebook the cancelled session when convenient to you but sometimes we may not be able to offer another session immediately. However we will do our best to fit you in as soon as possible. One off sessions and special events will be rescheduled where possible. If this is not possible a discount voucher or refund will be offered.

Please stay at home if you are unwell or test positive for COVID-19. We will work with you to rebook any sessions that you have to miss due to illness or testing positive for COVID-19 free of charge, as long as you let us know by email (admin@misitu.org.uk) prior to the start of the session(s) that you need to miss. Sometimes we may not be able to offer another session immediately, but we will do our best to fit you in at a convenient time as soon as possible.

In all other circumstances tickets are non-refundable and cannot be swapped to an alternative date.