Holiday Workshops
The next holiday workshops will be run during the Summer Holidays from 22nd July to 28th Augustl.
The workshops will be run between 10 am and 2 pm, with a break for lunch. The cost will be £30 for the 4 hour session, with a discount of 10% when more than one child is booked onto a workshop in a single booking. The discount applies to all children on that booking. The price includes any drinks, marshmallows and pizzas mentioned in the workshops. Children need to be between 6 and 16 years old to attend.
During marshmallow cooking we will also have vegetarian and vegan alternatives.
Nut allergies
Due to the increase of young people being allergic to nuts and products containing nuts, we kindly request that parents, guardians and carers ensure that children attending holiday workshops do not bring nuts or nut based products.
Please ensure that if your child has a severe allergic reaction to nuts, we are made aware on booking, and that they bring their EPIPEN and any related medicine with them.
We do not provide food, except for marsh mallows and pizzas on certain workshops and therefore cannot guarantee that the site will be free of nut traces.
We have moved to an on-line booking system, and you will receive an e-mail for each booking made to confirm the booking. The e-mail will also contain a link to your system calendar; should you wish to use it.
The bookings page shows how many places are left for each workshop.
If the workshops are fully booked, they no longer appear on the booking page.
The Summer Holiday workshop details are shown below:
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-22nd July: Fuel forage and fire craft/ Bushcraft tracking skills: Tracks, Scat ID & feathers.
-23rd of July: Woodland wizard sticks and beaded creations/ Den and shelter building.
-24th of July: Fire craft and fuel foraging/ Japanese printmaking.
-25th of July: Warrior throwing sticks/ Habitat tracking skills.
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-28th July: Fire starting skills with friction/ Den and shelter construction.
-29th July: Fire starting / Woodland den building.
-30th July: Coppicing and whittling warrior staffs/ Bushcraft tracking skills; Tracks, Scat ID and feathers.
-31st July: Fuel foraging, fire starting techniques/ Woodland concealment skills and hide and seek!
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-4th of August: Fuel foraging and fire starting skills/ Woodland Art creations and inspirations!
-5th of August: Bushcraft tracking skills/ Woodland den construction.
-6th of August: Bushcraft, tracking skills and eco-pile construction/Safely exploring different techniques of fire starting!
-7th of August: Woodland skills/ Everything fire utilising the Sun!
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-11th of August: Fuel foraging and fire starting/ Woodland ‘Assagai’ spear making.
-12th of August: Bush craft tracking skills/ Fire craft with parabolic mirrors.
-13th of August: Whittling warriors staffs/ Bushcraft nature detectives.
-14th of August. Woodland wizard stick creations with beaded charms/Woodland Games and Party Extravaganza!
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-18th August: Fire starting skills with friction/ Den and shelter construction.
-19th August Fire starting and Woodland Pizza cooking!/ Woodland den building.
-20th August: Coppicing and whittling warrior staffs/ Bushcraft tracking skills; Tracks, Scat ID and feathers.
-21st August: Fuel foraging, fire starting techniques/ Woodland concealment skills and hide and seek!
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-26th August: Fire starting and Woodland Pizza cooking! / Woodland den building.
-27th August: Coppicing and whittling warrior staffs/ Bushcraft tracking skills; Tracks, Scat ID and feathers.
-28th August: Woodland wizard stick creations with beaded charms/Woodland Games and Party Extravaganza!
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Every day there will be time for snacks for Elevenses, A relaxed lunch around the fire and plenty of running around with various woodland games!
Please try and arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. in order that the workshops can start on time. On arrival, please park in the car park and walk up the track to our new check in booth.
Please note that for health and safety reasons, attendees must under no circumstances bring their own tools or knives to use at the Cotswold Forest School. If they are found, they will be confiscated immediately and returned to their parents.
Expect the children to get very muddy if it has been raining and either bring a change of cloths or a bin bag to put them in for the journey home! In the summer there are nettles and mosquitoes, and so it is advisable for them to wear long trousers and/or insect repellent.