Education at Painshill

The Autumn leaves have well and truly fallen and whilst there is a nip in the air and thoughts start to turn to the festive season, there is still hive of activity in the Education Forest School area as the Education team prepare for a December of Christmas Forest School activities, and the launch of our new Home Education sessions.

Pre-schoolers (and their grown-ups) have been having a wild time with our Forest School sessions, playing in the leaf piles and cooking up a storm in our new mud kitchen come rain or shine. We have been making marvellous art works from sticks, bright leaves, mud and clay and having lots of hot chocolate, marshmallows and tasty camp fire treats.

Coming up next for Painshill’s Forest School is our Christmas Special. We are busy gathering up pine cones, holly and ivy from the landscape and designing lots of fun festive games, crafts and campfire treats.

Shh… don’t tell anyone but Autumn is our favourite time of year for school visits. The leaves are crunchy to walk on, the air is crisp, we get to wear big snuggly jumpers and jump in puddles. Perfect! This Autumn has been a big old mix of story telling, natural art, poetry, Greek myths and legends and re-living Romans. Phew! Bookings are coming in fast for our 2025 school visits so, teachers, book your visit soon before we fill up!

Coming in the new year, January will see the Education team focus on exciting weekly sessions for home educated children. The afternoon sessions will aim to get your children out and about learning in an active, practical and fun way. Each week, we will focus on a different part of our amazing natural and historical landscape to explore and investigate with topics including weather, plants, natural art, wildlife and history.

We are really excited to continue to make Painshill accessible for all educational groups and inspire our next generation to thrive in the great outdoors.