Join us at Arthurs Seat Park for our Bush Kids school holiday program where your child will learn essential bush survival skills, including how to tie rope knots and make all sorts of constructions to swing, hang and climb on!  Our program is for children aged 4 – 10 years and is specifically aimed at supporting children to develop important social, physical and emotional skills through hands-on learning and teaching them real-life bush survival and bushcraft skills.

This workshop is run by Laura. Laura is a qualified Secondary school teacher specialising in Outdoor and Environmental Studies. She is passionate about the outdoors and has worked in a variety of different environments on journey based outdoor education programs.

Our program is based on the leading research from world-renowned and leading Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Angela Hanscom, author of Balanced and Barefoot to give your child optimum opportunity to build their gross motor and physical skills through climbing, balancing, walking and fine motor skills during our craft activities. Research clearly shows that the more time your child spends in nature, the better they are prepared for learning and life skills, both physically and emotionally. As Angela illustrates, “too many of today’s children miss out on the full sensory richness offered beyond the walls of the classroom or home.”

Our bush programs are an all-weather outdoor program so you need to make sure you bring appropriate weather protection and clothing. Children must have closed footwear when walking in the bush, sun hats, sunscreen, wet weather gear, plenty of snacks and water and a change of clothes. Our program will only be cancelled in the event of an extreme weather warning; fire, storm, high temperatures and strong wind.

Ages: 4-10 years

*Parents are responsible for their children at all times.