Frontiers Wild Days

More information about our days

Our Wild Days generally fall into two categories:

1. Practical activity days (eg. Wild in the Woods, Girls Go Wild, Mini Go Wild, Adventure in the Woods)

The focus is to enjoy being in the woods - learning how to make shelters, building a fire and finding out about the animals & plants around us. We encourage personal responsibility and independence, and there is usually time to practice skills, meet new friends, explore our surroundings, sit by the campfire, play exciting games and follow tracks & trails.

Activities might include:

Fire lighting - Learning which wood is suitable for which purpose (e.g. tinder and kindling), collecting wood, scouting a fire, lighting fire with matches, fire strikers, or flint & steel
Shelter / den building - using natural materials
Tracking / stalking games
Looking at tracks, burrows and other evidence of animal life
Learning about plants & trees, especially edible and useful plants.

Depending on the theme of the day and the needs of the group, there may also be the opportunity to:

Cook simple bread dough or a stew over the fire
Bake in an improvised earth oven
Make simple craft items with natural materials

2. Quest / Magical / Theme days (e.g. Quest for the Hallowed Veils, Journey into the Forbidden Forest)

These usually include
- the chance to meet characters related to the day's theme, e.g. witches, wizards, ghosts, yeti's, goblins and characters from books/films.
- games and activities undertaken to fulfil the aims of a quest, usually to rescue someone or find something. These might include:

Climbing through a giant spiders web
Following a string trail while blindfolded
Finding the correct path through stepping stones, embellished with ancient runes
Creeping through undergrowth without disturbing the witch, etc
Collecting treasure to trade for the key to a magical box

There will usually be activities specific to the theme of the day, e.g.

Harry Potter day - wand making, spell casting practice
Golden Compass day - visiting the Gyptians camp and tasting soup etc, finding daemons
Winter Solstice day - watching fire juggling, making New Year wishes

Activities are tailored to suit the group and may change according to weather conditions. There may or may not be a small campfire at lunchtime or as part of the activities, but firelighting is unlikely to feature as a main activity of these days.

 

For further info, please call 0118 326 8322 or email wilddays@frontiers.uk.net