Calling all adventurous 12 year olds & over....

Time is running out, as are the summer holidays! With only one week left of activities in the woods, here is a reminder of what is in store next week.....

Wet and Wild Adventure Camp....Take 2!  

Due to the success of the last Wet & Wild Adventure Camp, we are offering another three days and two nights of woodland adventure, challenges and coastal activities....again all for a reduced rate of £150.00 per person.

Wednesday 29th from 1000hrs to Friday 31st August 1800hrs. What better way to end your summer holidays!

There are still a few spaces left for anyone who is 12years and over, so do not let this super "epic" opportunity pass you by!! If you are 10 years & over and think you would like to give it ago...you can!!

Woodland Playschemes

Go Wild
Tuesday 28^th August              Shelter Building

The Woodland Playschemes are for children ages 8 years and over. Occasionally under 8’s can attend to please speak to Louise if you request this service. Unless it states otherwise, they are all 1000 – 1600hrs and cost £20 per child, per day. You can book one day at a time or as many as you like. Why not consider it a childcare option whilst you work, shop or play? There is the option of EARLY BIRD and NIGHT OWL, where children can be dropped off from 0900hrs and collected anytime up to 1700hrs. This option is an additional £5.00 each, per child, per day.

ALL EVENTS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE.

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Contact Louise for more information on 07775 941353 or email info@woodlandplaycentre.co.uk

Adventure & Childcare....

Adventure & Childcare are not usually two words that are associated together, but here they seem to be!

As you maybe aware, throughout the Summer Holidays there is a suite of adventures, projects and days to entertain you and your children, grand children, nieces, nephews and friends!

We have had a smashing start with some successful events such as the Mad Hatters Tea Party, a great turn out, the weather was kind, great games and super fancy dress. 

Then there was National Playday, an event held in our village (not the woods) where 240 children and goodness knows how many adults came to play and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Campaign to support children's right to play.

This week finally saw the first Wet & Wild Adventure Camp get off the ground, it has been talked about for years, so it was smashing to hear the young people describe it as "awesome, epic, scary, brilliant, the best...etc etc" and want to do it every holiday for the whole holiday...see where I am coming from when i mentioned Adventure and Childcare!! I am stunned at how much we crammed in to three days..topped off with Fish & Chips on the last night on a quiet headland watching dolphins feast in the shores below us...just MAGIC!

So with that behind us, other than the memories that will be with us all for a long time, we are looking forward to the next part of the Summer Holidays and what events we have to entertain and occupy your children!

We have coming up the Woodland Playschemes and another...yes another Wet & Wild Adventure Camp!

 

Wet and Wild Adventure Camp....Take 2!   

Due to the success of the Wet & Wild Adventure Camp this week, we are offering another three days and two nights of woodland adventure, challenges and coastal activities....again all for a reduced rate of £150.00 per person. 

 

Wednesday 29th from 1000hrs to Friday 31st August 1800hrs. What better way to end your summer holidays! 

Wednesday 29th we will be in the woods & hopefully there will be an opportunity to get stuck in and help to make an earth / pizza oven (fingers crossed). Those people that still want to come for the day and just that, that is fine! 

Thursday 30th will be all about great heights and challenges! With a Wild Night Camp out....again if people want to come for just that, they can. Or maybe the Wednesday night maybe more suitable as there won't be the early start in the morning!! Ideally, for the group to bond it is better to engage in all of it, rather than dipping in and out, but we can be flexible.  As we can be on the age! 

Friday 31st will be all about water and coastal explorations!  

 




Sign up now, as there will be limited spaces!!

Woodland Playschemes

Run Wild
Tuesday 14^th August             Capture the flag chaos
Wednesday 15^th August      Tracking with trepidation!

Make it Wild

Monday 20^th August        Whittling Whistles
Tuesday 21^st August         Bows and Arrows

Thursday 23rd August     Floating boats & rafts

Go Wild
Tuesday 28^th August             Shelter Building
Wednesday 29^th August      Camp Cooking

Wild Night Out!

Thursday 30^th August;    Finish the summer in true wild style with an overnight camp in the woods! Play torch tag, see and hear what happens in the woods at night, cook a feast on the campfire and tell stories! £30 per child. 1800hrs on Thursday 30^th August to 0900hrs on Friday 31st August

Unless it states otherwise, all playscheme days are 1000 - 1600hrs and cost £20 per child, per day.

The Woodland Playschemes are for children aged 8 years and over, occasionally under 8's, please enquire

You can book one day at a time or as many as you like.

Why not consider it as a childcare option whilst you work, shop or play?

There is also the option of an EARLY BIRD and NIGHT OWL, where children can be dropped off from 0900hrs and collected anytime up to 1700hrs. This option is an additional £5.00 each, per child, per day.

All events and days must be booked in advance

REDUCED PRICE for the Adventure Camp

The WET AND WILD ADVENTURE CAMP is only a week away....

There are still places left for the Adventure Camp and.....we have REDUCED THE PRICE!!

We are now offering places for £150 all in.
Three days of activities, two over night camps in the woods with Active Escape and Woodland Play Centre....it can not get better than that!

Starting Tuesday 7th August at 1000hrs until Thursday 9th August at 1600hrs.

We can be a little bit flexible on the age, it is ideally aimed at those 10 and over, so do contact us if you are interested. It will be a truly awesome and memorable week!

We will be camping in the woods, cooking all meals on the open fire, camp craft skills, navigation games, surfing, coastal scrambling, night games and generally having a good time!

Contact Louise to book.

Adventure Camp

The WET AND WILD ADVENTURE CAMP is only a few weeks away....with weather like this there is no better place to be other than at the beach or outdoors....finally summer has arrived, right in time for the school holidays - yeahy!!

There are still places left for the Adventure Camp, if we do not fill all the required places for the week, we will be looking at options to still run but for a shorter length of time (and therefore less money) so if you are interested please do contact me. We can be a little bit flexible on the age. It will be a truly awesome and memorable week!

Schools out for summer!!

One week to go....the count down is on for the school holidays (for those that have not broken up already).

A week today....schools across the UK will be closing the class room doors for a whole 6 weeks or more!




So hopefully young people are going to get out and about this summer, despite all the rain and mud (we had great fun today playing in the mud and did you know it was international mud day last week!!)

Over the summer holidays some people will be going on holidays, camping, abroad or to family. Some people will be hanging about home, some parents have to work and some lucky children will be coming to the woods!!

We have a wicked programme of events for the summer holidays, from family days, to adventures for the teens to days in the woods for young people!

There is no need to be stuck inside this summer, we have loads to do. Just take a look at the summer programme of alluring adventures, see what takes your fancy and book you and your friends in. You will not regret it....a summer filled with lashings of laughs (and possibly ginger beer for those of you that love famous five!)

Only 7 more sleeps till the holiday start....what you waiting for!!

Contact Louise for more info 07775 941353 or email info@woodlandplaycentre.co.uk

TALK BY DEBRA (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association)

If anyone is interested in attending a talk by DEBRA next week, all are welcome. By attending you will be helping to raise awareness of this terrible condition. Please support if you can by coming along.  

TALK BY DEBRA

(Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association)

CHURCH HOUSE, CROWCOMBE

WEDNESDAY 11^TH JULY 2012

8.00pm

Can you imagine what it would be like to live with third degree burns everyday of your life? That is what it is like for Sohana Collins who suffers from a rare genetic skin condition, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). The condition causes the skin to blister and shear at the slightest friction, or even spontaneously, causing lifelong disability and pain. At present there is no cure.

Crowcombe WI are raising awareness of Epidermolysis bullosa by inviting DEBRA, the only National charity that supports individuals and families affected by this devastating condition, to speak on Wednesday July 11^th in Church House Crowcombe.

Please come and support this amazing charity which receives no government funding, relying on the generosity of the public to carry out its vital work, improving lives and giving hope.

This meeting is not just for WI members, it is for everyone. You are all very welcome to this open evening.

Raffle

Raising funds for DEBRA for the Sohana Research Fund, supporting research into Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB)

Please note

WI members meeting 7.30pm

Talk by DEBRA to start at 8pm

Mad Hatters Tea Party - NEW DATE!!

We have a new date for the Mad Hatters Tea Party and do hope that all you lovely people that booked to come to date in June are able to come to this one. So we.....

....would like to invite you to a very special FANCY DRESS

MAD HATTER’s TEA PARTY

in a secret squirrel location on Friday 27th July 2012

from 1pm – 4pm

There’s a party in the woods, would you like to come?

Bring your own cup and saucer and your own cream bun!

It’s a tea party theme so you will need a chair,

Come dressed as the Hatter or the Queen to be there!

And don’t forget, be you a rabbit or hare,

Bring a picnic party plate of food to share!

Tea, coffee, squash and cakes will be provided

Wear sensible outdoor clothing, especially wellies if its been raining!

As always booking is essential, directions and details will be given once booked on. The Tea Party is for anyone that wants to come along...of course in fancy dress! If you have items lurking in sheds or cupboards under the stairs that would be ideal to dress the woods, we love you to bring them along please (and take them home again!!).

There will be lots of woodland games, outdoor play, tea and cake. Ideal for families, visiting families, friends...why not jump on the West Somerset Steam Railway and hop off near the woods and make a day of it! 

Look forward to hearing from you, 

Louise