Wildlings Academy

Are you looking for homeschooling learning activities for your kids, that you could do in nature, and with a wide range of ages?

Registrations for Term 2 are now open!
Term 2 is often the most beautiful time of the year to be out enjoying nature, providing a range of glorious bright mild days plus opportunities for puddle jumping and expanding our weather hardiness.

WHAT
Join us for a 9-week adventure of learning about nature in an outdoor, all-day learning environment. Our “Homeschooling Day in the Wild” will harness the best bits of mixed-age education, fun, flexibility, and top-notch facilitation to be hyper-inclusive and meet the needs of the group. No child will be left out of the experience, no matter how young, old or shy.

WHO
Having a wide range of ages has been tried and tested as of immense benefit for children. These are nature based sessions for all children aged 3 to 10 to join and learn together. 

WHERE, WHEN, INVESTMENT
We will run for 5 hours from 10 am till 3 pm each Tuesday at Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary offering 2 different classes each day for $280 per child for 9 weeks. $140 for any additional child. If you have a large family please contact us to see how you can be assisted to join (just click the Contact Host button at the bottom of this page).
Siblings under 3 can join for free. Please note that a small booking fee exists through Humanitix and is donated to children charities.

The casual rate is $40 per child per DAY if you only wish to come along once or a few times.
NEW OPTION : If you would only like to do JUST a morning or an afternoon for a term we have a new option for you for $180 for the term. Second child for a morning or afternoon term only $120.
Also, if you want to just try a 2 hour session, we've added a single pass ticket for $30.

Please note that by registering, you can come and go whenever you like from 10 am till 3 pm; however, specific 2-hour themed classes will be running each Tuesday from 10 till 12 pm & 1 till 3 pm. You can choose to stay for the lunch hour also!

WHAT WE WILL DO
Classes, while being child-led, will uncover many different nature-based teachings ranging from learning about all the creatures in the area and how they live and what they do, to engaging our motor skills with movement and colourful crafting, identifying plants and weeds, and learning about how they help our natural systems. We will make maps, tie knots, hunt bugs, find treasures, and be full of wonder! A strong focus on the First Nation people and their connection to the country is also woven into all teachings. We will also practice wrapping bandages and what to do if people are in need of aid. This is all part of creating an interconnected web of information that makes creative capable children. Older children (age 5 and above) will be encouraged to document their days in a scrapbook.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE
There is nothing else like this on offer and it has been created out of a place of passion and knowledge for the need of an all-day drop-in type session for our homeschooling community to have amazing learnings together! Therefore,

• Parents need to attend with their child(ren) and be 100% responsible for them. We love to build community.
• We will require you to sign a consent document that you are hiring the facilitator to be with you while we learn in nature.
• Art materials are all provided.
• Recommended/optional equipment you can bring could be your own bucket, tongs, binoculars, magnifying glasses.

We absolutely must have a minimum of 20 children aging 3-10 to make this session viable so if it is something you want to see happen, please reach out to your community. 

GET TO KNOW YOUR FACILITATOR
Our facilitator is passionate about homeschooling, situated on networked learning and in-depth learning, encouraging talents so children bloom; has years of experience working with kids, understanding of neurodiversity in action, and has worked in earth science, biology, art, farming, ecology, design, campaigning and conservation. 

GET IN TOUCH!
We encourage you to reach out and contact us about your questions.

If you are very keen but Tuesday is absolutely impossible for you, please get back to us with the day(s) you can make it. We will consider opening another day only if there is enough demand.

THINGS WE WILL LEARN TOGETHER INCLUDE:
Plant Identification, Foraging, Medicinal Plants, Connection to Country through Aboriginal legacy, Caring for Environments, Learning all about ALL the Animals, Observation & Conversation, Making a Positive Impact, lots of Arts and Crafts for fine motor skills, Movement component for Emotional Expression, Social Collaboration, Story Telling, fun Bush Skills - like Knot Tying, Cubby Building, and bush first aid.
And simply loads more Wild Learning.