Sylvan Lore

We’re having the best time at Sylvan Lore this holiday! This experienced sylvan has used a wide range of tools and skills to make this fantastic boat 🚤.

We love to see how our older sylvans grow into such fantastic woodland experts. Great axe work skills and such perseverance to create such a beauty.

Being able to use a carving axe safely really saves time when wanting to remove a lot of material quickly. I was so impressed with the perseverance and determination shown by all of these sylvans when mastering this skill. You can see the concentration on each of their faces, brilliant work!

If you would like more information about our clubs and what is available to book, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Looking good in our Sylvan hoodies! We'll have plenty of these for sale at our summer clubs for anyone who is interested.

We are booking up fast, with some days only having one or two places left across the four weeks of clubs. If you would like to see our dates and venues, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team.

At the end of each club, we always hold an archery competition. We are always so impressed with everyone that chooses to take part and the archery skills on display this time around were amazing. Here are our champion archers from the half term club. We're really proud of them all.

Apologies to all the parents who had to put up with the very loud sycamore whistles we made last week. Really impressed with the whittling skills demonstrated. Not to mention how tricky it is to remove the sycamore bark without splitting it. We have lots of sycamore on this site, and with nothing more than a small knife, they were able to make these excellent 'parent irritation devices.'

Our Summer Clubs are filling up fast, with some days fully booked and more than half with only one or two places left. If you would like to see our dates, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team.

Sylvan Lore Summer Club

We're excited to share our Summer Holiday dates with everyone. Here are the venues and weeks available to book by following this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Brompton Community Primary School
Brompton (near Northallerton)
22nd - 26th July
12th - 16th August

Kirkby and Great Broughton CofE Primary
Near Stokesley
19th - 23rd August

Barn House Woods
Great Busby (near Stokesley)
27th - 30th August

If you wold like any information you can't find by following the link above, please don't hesitate to get in touch,

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore team.

Willow weaving is a great woodland craft to master! This experienced Sylvan worked independently to create this beauty. His very first try. All of those skills built up over time, coming together. What a star!

We only have very limited availability on a couple of days during May half term at Brompton Community Primary School and Kirkby and Great Broughton CofE Primary. The clubs are open to all children between 5 and 14, from any school. Follow the link for more info

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Sometimes it just comes naturally! One of our newer Sylvans storming onto the archery scene!

We love an archery competition at Sylvan Lore and I'm sure we have another contender for top spot here.

If you think your child would enjoy adventurous activities, woodland crafts, green woodwork and archery, then have a look at what we have available...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

This amazing Sylvan was buzzing with their new hoodie. Just so happens she is an awesome outdoors expert as well!

Due to many requests we have lots of hoodies in stock, ready for our May half term club. They are available to buy at pick up and drop off at both Brompton and Kirkby and Great Broughton schools.

Places are booking up quickly, but we still have a little capacity for our holiday club. Follow this link if you are interested...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Two of our long time Sylvans showing off their brilliant whittling skills during our Easter club. We love to see our regular young people develop such good skills. Such lovely and polite children who demonstrate everything we strive for at Sylvan Lore.

If you would like to join us this May half term, we have limited spaces left at both Brompton and Kirkby and Great Broughton. Follow this link for dates and bookings...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Another one of our amazingly experienced Sylvans making bread dough and enjoying the finished tasty snack. We mixed in some wild garlic during our Easter cub and developed some of our foraging skills. There will be lots more cooking during our May half term club at Brompton and Kirkby and Great Broughton Primary schools.

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Our May half term dates are available to book!

If you would like your child to enjoy 7 hours of outdoor adventure this coming half term, then why not join us at the end of May. Spend 7 hours reconnecting with nature and the outdoors and 7 hours away from any screens. Our clubs are currently open to 5 year olds - 14 year olds. If you would like to book up, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Many Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team.

After a busy Easter, we are ready to start our Sylvan Saturday club again. Sessions begin on the 20th of April 2024, running from 10:00am till 12:00pm. We have places for a maximum of 15 children and focus on a range of green woodworking skills, forest crafts, and survival skills. We have lots of opportunities to learn about biodiversity, sustainability and conservation. If you think your child would enjoy two hours in a beautiful woodland, learning skills and making friends, then drop me a message for more information.

If you select the block of six sessions for this half term, it works out at £9 for two hours. This includes snacks and all craft materials. They will bring home everything they make and keep all of the crafts at no extra cost.

If you would like to book up with us, then please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io/info/13

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore team.

We are looking forward to our first Easter camp tomorrow at Barn House Woods. Although we are fully booked for this week, we do have very limited availability at Brompton Primary and Kirkby and Great Broughton CofE Primary Schools next week. The clubs are open to all children, no matter the school they attend. We run the clubs for children 5 - 14 year old.

Follow this link to see what is open for booking.

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Come and join us for Easter adventures!

Not too long now until our Easter clubs. Some of our days are fully booked, but we do have a couple of places on some. Follow this link to see what is available.

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

We can't wait to see our regular sylvans as well as some new faces! Bring on the adventure 🔥.

Working outdoors every day has always been the dream! I'm so lucky to have a job I love. So on a rare evening off, what better way to relax is there than catching up with an old friend in the woods?

-2 degrees, so the old under blanket came out for the hammock and we weren't going to starve with the amount of food he brought.

There is no better place than round a fire, in the woods, with good company (and good food).

Advanced skills on show at Barn House woods! Our Sylvans work hard to learn how to use a range of tools, build a variety of shelters and identify the resources they need from the natural world around them.
We're always so proud of their progress.

We still have a few places left for our Easter holiday clubs. Follow the link for more info and booking.

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore team

Here are our Easter dates! We are looking forward to running six days of adventures during the Easter Holidays.

Sylvan Lore’s mission is to reconnect young people with nature and the outdoors through
the development of traditional woodland skills and knowledge. We believe feeling
comfortable and at home in the outdoors increases confidence and promotes well-being.

At Sylvan Lore your child will...

• Spend seven hours in the outdoors each day
• Learn how to use tools, build dens, light fires, make water safe to drink, cook food and identify trees and plants
• Work as part of a team to overcome challenges and solve problems
• Make new friends and join a club of young nature lovers with members in many other schools
• Learn how to shoot a bow during our archery sessions
• Become a custodian of the natural world
• Have fun each day and sleep well each night

We'll be at...

Barn House Woods (Great Busby)
26th and 27th of March

Brompton Community Primary School
2nd and 3rd of April

Kirkby and Great Broughton Primary School
4th and 5th April

For more details please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks, David and the Sylvan Lore Team.

Some brilliant camp fire cooking from our half term holiday club. We cooked pancakes with a valentine theme, bannock bread and popcorn. Learning how to build a cooking fire, how to cook on embers rather than flames, and how not to burn everything is quite a skill! I'm always so impressed with how safe our young sylvans are when supervised around fire.

We are running three days of camps through the February half term holiday.

Monday - Brompton Community Primary - Fully Booked
Tuesday - Barn House Woods, Great Busby
Wednesday - Barn House Woods, Great Busby

Each day runs from 08:30 till 15:30 and is open to children between 5 and 14 years old.

Our January Extreme Winter Camp filled up fast! So if you would like more details, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

We love archery at Sylvan Lore! The disciplines involved are so good for young people. We take so much pleasure in watching our archers improve through their perseverance, hitting those golds and smashing their PBs.

Archery is always on offer during our holiday clubs and, as the weather gets a little warmer, as part of our after-school clubs too.

Here's to many more golds!

To find out more about our clubs, just follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team 🌳🌲

"Is the club canceled?" A child asked today. "The field is flooded! It's like a lake."

"Well, we had better get out there and get in it then," was the response.

The weather rarely stops us at Sylvan Lore. Mostly, it just gives us more opportunities to learn, explore, and have fun. Some impromptu raft building and 'How well do my wellies work?' experiments were the order of the day.

We still have a few places left on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th of February for our half-term club and a couple of Saturday club places too. If you were hoping to come along on Monday 12th Feb, I'll be happy to put you down on our waiting list if you let me know.

For all booking info please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team 🌳🌲

Keeping to the theme of high expectations, here is another amazing sylvan! This young man has perfected traditional flint and steel fire lighting with charcloth and a tinder bundle made from dry grass and willowherb. What a legend!

We still have a few places left on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th of February for our half-term club and a couple of Saturday club places too. If you were hoping to come along on Monday 12th Feb, I'll be happy to put you down on our waiting list if you let me know.

For all booking info please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team 🌳🌲

One of our youngest Sylvans showing great skill while carving an animal head. Who would have thought KS1 children would be capable of creating such amazing woodland crafts? We believe in high expectations at Sylvan Lore and we were not surprised at all. Never underestimate young sylvans!

When mud only makes you stronger!

Although Monday 12th February at Brompton is now full, we do have a waiting list. Drop me a message if you would like to join it.

We have less than 5 places left at Barn House Woods, so get in touch if you were hoping to come along to the Tuesday and Wednesday.

Follow this link for more info...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Thanks,

David and the Sylvan Lore Team

Our Sylvan Saturday Club has started again at Barn House Woods. It was an amazing first session with plenty of popcorn, s'mores and hot chocolate to keep everyone warm and full of energy. Along with carving, fire lighting, den building and fox hole digging, I was really excited to find a number of tawny owl pellets. We'll be picking these apart next week and rebuilding some little skeletons. I can't wait!

We have room for a couple more children to join us each week, so if you are interested, please follow this link for more info...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

We run from 10:00 till 12:00 based at Barn House Woods, Great Busby. It is a 5 minute drive from Stokesley.

Thanks,

David

We are running three days of camps through the February half term holiday.

Monday - Brompton Community Primary
Tuesday - Barn House Woods, Great Busby
Wednesday - Barn House Woods, Great Busby

Each day runs from 08:30 till 15:30 and is open to children between 5 and 14 years old.

Our January Extreme Winter Camp filled up fast! So if you would like more details, please follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

Our 'Extreme Winter Camp' is nearly fully booked (three places left) . Thanks so much for all the interest! We can't wait to share our cold weather survival skills and create beautiful woodland crafts.

If you would like to join us at Brompton Community Primary School on the 2nd and 3rd of January, please follow this link to find out more.

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

David and the Sylvan Lore Team.

We are excited to announce our two day 'Extreme Winter Club' this coming January. We will be running on the 2nd and 3rd of January at Brompton Community Primary School. The weather can be very cold for this one, so our bell tents and log burners will come in handy for anyone who feels chilly. Our focus is on cold weather survival skills and advanced camp and woodland crafts.

The club is open to children from all schools aged between 5 and 14 years old.

If you would like to find out more, follow this link...

https://sylvan-lore.classforkids.io

or just get in touch via messenger, WhatsApp or email.

07791896301
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David and the Sylvan Lore team