school programmes
A FUN & EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Jonathon offers demonstrations of safe Bushcraft and Nature Awareness activities to all types of schools both primary and secondary, urban or rural. Activities can be adapted to suit the National Curriculum covering environmental awareness, global issues ( i.e. water, fire, weather, habitat destruction etc), team building skills, world book weeks, role play, and much more…
He has worked with all abilities, including both severe and moderate learning difficulties, and all ages including reception year. Also he works closely with Chichester College who offer farm tours and other nature-based activities for schools on their ideal 240 hectare site of farmland and natural countryside.
Jonathon is a dynamic, creative, professional storyteller and speaker who has Teacher Training in Bushcraft and holds qualifications in Woodcraft, Basic Expedition, First Aid and is enhanced-CRB checked.
‘Thank you for taking part and providing some really enjoyable storytelling. It worked really well, many many thanks.’ Faye Bradley, Arts Development Officer for Portsmouth City Council
‘The children greatly enjoyed your trip around Kingley Vale and learnt not only a great deal about their environment but also British folklore.’ Andy Mackay,Head of R.E. Staunton Park Community School , Havant, Hampshire.
‘Thank you for making our Environment Week such a success… the children couldn’t stop talking about it’. Great Ballard School, Eartham, West Sussex.
‘You enthralled Year 10 with your storytelling and talk on conservation volunteering…I didn’t know it was possible to use storytelling in such a way!’ Park Community Secondary School, Leigh Park, Hampshire.
‘It was so wonderful to have a safe, memorable and exciting bushcraft activity in our own school grounds’ St Mary’s C. E. First School, Washington, West Sussex.
‘Jonathon is an eloquent speaker and gifted storyteller.’ Chichester Observer.
‘He held his audience, of mixed ages,spellbound…’ The News, Portsmouth.
For a nature based programme for your school, please contact Jonathon to discuss the requirements.