About The club
We spend time outside and experience fresh air, discovering, exploring and creating. We learn about our planet and how to respect it, to live life together with humans, animals and plants. We follow our curiosity and share time together, using our imagination and our enquiring minds to learn about and experience nature.
My name is Amy Ellis and I run Nature Explorer clubs in school settings. I have over 20 years experience of working with children in club settings initially teaching Aromatherapy Massage, then facilitating Quaker Sunday school sessions and currently leading Nature based activities. I have a degree in Social Anthropology and a Masters in Medical Anthropology, qualifications in complementary health and shamanism and have attended many forest school and outdoor training events including first aid and safeguarding.
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Location
I have run classes run outside in wild areas on school sites. I worked within Mayfield Primary school between 2010-2020 and am currently working within Chesterton Community College in the Dip Nature Reserve.
Our Activities have included:
Bird feeder making using a whole range of natural and
up-cycled materials
Raft making from sticks and string
Boat making from reused materials
Pond clearing and maintenance
Pond dipping and identifying
Painting with natural paints and inks
Clay modelling
Insect hunting, studying, observing, drawing, recording.
Tree bud, blossom, flower plant identifying and drawing. Sharing poems about and writing poems about nature.
Story creating with nature materials
Stick sculpting
Path making and clearing, seasonal pruning.
Animal track detecting
Willow weaving, dream catchers, Christmas wreaths, easter nests, bird feeders.
Stick and leaf crown creating
Paper making from shredded paper and plants
bug hotel construction
Nature and cooperative games
Herbal tea making and sharing
Cooking on a fire - pancakes and bread, stew and popcorn
Whittling and simple carving
Nettle manure making
Nettle cordage
Biodiversity of plant and insect life recording
Tree assessments
Visits form local wildlife experts in badgers, small mammals and moths.
