Little Acorns Forest Schools Ltd

Little Acorns Forest Schools Ltd 📍Donisthorpe Area
🌳 Stay & Play | 🔥 Alternative Provision
🌍 Forest School & First Aid Training
🏫 In-School Programs | 🎖️ Proud ELCAS Provider

Little Acorns Forest Schools Ltd has been operating since 2014 and we pride ourselves in our ability to ensure a positive learning environment for all ages. Our sessions are well balanced with learner led education at the forefront of our minds at all times. We are able to cater for all ranges of age and abilities and can almost 100% guarantee that your experience will be a positive and experiential learning opportunity. Get in touch and pay us a visit - you won't be disappointed!

🔥 Looking for a unique birthday experience filled with adventure, campfires and outdoor fun? 🌲Our bespoke woodland parti...
05/09/2026

🔥 Looking for a unique birthday experience filled with adventure, campfires and outdoor fun? 🌲

Our bespoke woodland parties are packed with outdoor adventure, fun and creativity! Children can enjoy activities such as woodland games, den building, mud slides, rope assault courses, and cooking hot dogs and delicious s'mores around the campfire. We can even discuss specific themes to make the day extra special. And they're not just for children – why not celebrate an adult's birthday with a unique woodland experience?

Parties are available at Donisthorpe Primary School, DE12 7QF
(£18 per person, with parking available in the school car park). Sessions last for 2 hours and can accommodate up to 30 children.

The cost includes sausages, bread rolls, sauces, marshmallows and biscuits for s'mores, plus hot drinks for the adults.

To enquire about booking a woodland party, please email [email protected].

🌿✨ A BRAND-NEW STAY & PLAY SESSION! ✨🌿We’re so excited to be bringing Stay & Play to Swannington CE Primary School 🥰Join...
05/09/2026

🌿✨ A BRAND-NEW STAY & PLAY SESSION! ✨🌿

We’re so excited to be bringing Stay & Play to Swannington CE Primary School 🥰

Join us from Monday 7th September for 6 weeks of outdoor adventures, messy play, stories, creativity and lots of fun!🌳🍂

🫐 Our first session is all about BLACKBERRIES!

We’ll be getting creative with nature as we:
🎨 Paint with juicy blackberries
🫐 Make blackberry splat pictures
🌈 Have a go at natural tie-dye using blackberry juice
📚 Enjoy a lovely story together — Rufus and the Blackberry Monster!

A wonderful chance for little ones to explore, create, get messy and enjoy the outdoors while making new friends. 🌿💜

🗓️ Monday 7th September
⏰ 9:15–11:15am
📍 Swannington CofE Primary School
📚 Rufus and the Blackberry Monster
👉 https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools/e/ev-svm95-20260907091500

Come along and join us for our very first Swannington CofE Primary School Stay & Play! 💚

Does your team need a change of environment? Take your team OUTSIDE 🌳It's time too... ✨• Reconnect • Recharge • Refocus ...
04/09/2026

Does your team need a change of environment?
Take your team OUTSIDE 🌳

It's time too... ✨
• Reconnect
• Recharge
• Refocus

We’re so excited to be offering FOREST Team Days — designed to encourage communication, collaboration, decision making and critical thinking through engaging, hands-on activities in the outdoors.

✅ Strengthen connections
✅ Build confidence
✅ Recharge away from the workplace
✅ Enjoy fresh air and time in nature

Step away from the office and reconnect as a team in a refreshing outdoor setting.

For more information, please email [email protected]

✨ WELCOME BACK TO FRIDAY SEALES HOLLOW STAY & PLAY SESSION! 🌿Come and join us for a morning of outdoor adventures, imag...
04/09/2026

✨ WELCOME BACK TO FRIDAY SEALES HOLLOW STAY & PLAY SESSION! 🌿

Come and join us for a morning of outdoor adventures, imaginative play and nature-inspired fun for preschool children. 💚

This week, we’re heading into the deep, dark wood with one of our favourite stories… 🌳🐾

Join us as we take a stroll through the deep dark wood. We will go looking for the characters, have a go at making habitats for them, and we will even make natural paint to paint the Gruffalo. 🎨🌿

📅 Friday 11th September
🕒 9:30–11:30am
📍 Seales Hollow
📚 The Gruffalo
👉 https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools/e/ev-s1x8a-20260911093000

A lovely opportunity to play, explore, create and get a little bit muddy while bringing one of our favourite stories to life! 🌳✨


🩺🌿 Patch Up, Power Up in 2026!Don’t let your first aid training run out — refresh and upgrade with us! We have two NEW d...
03/09/2026

🩺🌿 Patch Up, Power Up in 2026!
Don’t let your first aid training run out — refresh and upgrade with us!
We have two NEW dates on our bookwhen!!

Join our Level 3 Outdoor & Paediatric First Aid Course — a hands-on, 2.5 day training designed for those working with children in outdoor settings. ⛑️

You'll learn life-saving skills, boost your confidence, and stay fully certified to lead safely and effectively.

Whether you're topping up or starting fresh — this course has you covered!

📅 Book your place now – www.bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools
📧 Email us for more information - [email protected]
🎖️Proud ELCAS Provider - www.enhancedlearningcredits.com

🍂🌳 SUMMER IS FADING… AUTUMN IS ARRIVING! 🌿✨This week at Home Education, we’ll be exploring the changes happening all aro...
03/09/2026

🍂🌳 SUMMER IS FADING… AUTUMN IS ARRIVING! 🌿✨

This week at Home Education, we’ll be exploring the changes happening all around us as our site begins to transition from summer into autumn. 🍁

We’ll be getting outside to become nature detectives, looking closely at the trees around us and seeing how they’re changing. 🔎🌳

Can we:
🍂 Identify the different types of trees on site?
🌳 Learn how to recognise them by their leaves, bark and other features?
🔢 See how many different trees we can find?
🍁 Spot the signs that autumn is on its way?

A hands-on session full of exploring, discovering, counting and learning from nature — because there’s always something new to find outdoors! 🌿💚

📅 Thursday 10th September
🕒 9:30 - 12:30pm
📍 Donisthorpe Primary School
👉 https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools/e/ev-sgwlq-20260910093000

Bookings for this session close 24hrs before the session, please make sure you book with plenty of time 🕰️

🌿 READY FOR WHATEVER THE GREAT OUTDOORS THROWS YOUR WAY? ⛑️Our 2027 Level 3 Outdoor & Paediatric First Aid dates are now...
03/09/2026

🌿 READY FOR WHATEVER THE GREAT OUTDOORS THROWS YOUR WAY? ⛑️

Our 2027 Level 3 Outdoor & Paediatric First Aid dates are now LIVE! 🩺

This isn’t just a tick-box training course. Over 2.5 days, you’ll get stuck into practical, hands-on first aid designed specifically for people working with children in outdoor environments.

From everyday accidents to more serious situations, you’ll develop the skills and confidence to assess, respond and act when it matters. 🌲🔥

Whether you’re renewing your current qualification or starting your first aid journey, come and learn with us in a supportive, practical environment.

📅 2027 dates are now available on Bookwhen!

Learn it. Practise it. Be ready. 🌿⛑️

📅 Book your place now – www.bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools
📧 Email us for more information - [email protected]
🎖️Proud ELCAS Provider - www.enhancedlearningcredits.com

🌾 HARVEST AT FAMILY ACORNS! 🌾At Family Acorns, we’ll be celebrating Harvest with the classic story ‘The Little Red Hen’ ...
03/09/2026

🌾 HARVEST AT FAMILY ACORNS! 🌾

At Family Acorns, we’ll be celebrating Harvest with the classic story ‘The Little Red Hen’ 🐔📖. The children can have a go at grinding wheat, creating their very own hen picture and making bread to toast over the fire! 🔥🍞🌿

A lovely hands-on session filled with stories, creativity, exploring and plenty of outdoor fun! 💚

🗓️ Saturday 19th September
⏰ 9:30 - 11:30am
📍Seales Hollow
📚 The Little Red Hen
👉 https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools/e/ev-sngpr-20260919093000

🍂 OCTOBER HALF TERM IS FAST APPROACHING! 🍂We’re SO excited to announce that we have a BRAND NEW HOLIDAY CLUB LOCATION! 🎉...
02/09/2026

🍂 OCTOBER HALF TERM IS FAST APPROACHING! 🍂

We’re SO excited to announce that we have a BRAND NEW HOLIDAY CLUB LOCATION! 🎉🌿

This October Half Term, you’ll find us at Belgrave St Peter’s C of E Primary School, where we’ll be running 3 Holiday Clubs! 🪵🍂

But that’s not all… we’ll also have 2 Holiday Clubs at Donisthorpe Primary School
and 2 Any Age Stay & Play sessions at Seales Hollow! 🌳💚

That means 7 fantastic outdoor sessions to choose from, packed full of adventures, creativity, muddy fun and exploring the great outdoors! 🍁🪵🎨

🍁 Monday 19th - Holiday Club at Belgrave Primary School
🪵 Tuesday 20th - Holiday Club at Belgrave Primary School
🌳 Tuesday 20th - Any Age Stay & Play at Seales Hollow
🍁 Wednesday 21st - Holiday Club at Donisthorpe Primary School
🪵 Thursday 22nd - Holiday Club at Belgrave Primary School
🌳 Thursday 22nd - Donisthorpe Primary School
🍁 Friday 23rd - Any Age Stay & Play at Seales Hollow

Keep your eyes peeled for all the theme — they are live on our Bookwhen - https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools

✨🌿 COME JOIN US FOR OUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SEALES HOLLOW STAY & PLAY! 🌿✨A welcoming outdoor session for preschool child...
02/09/2026

✨🌿 COME JOIN US FOR OUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SEALES HOLLOW STAY & PLAY! 🌿✨

A welcoming outdoor session for preschool children to explore, play, create and enjoy the wonders of nature. 💚

This week, we’re heading into the woods for some bear-themed fun! 🐻🌳

The children will be able to:

🐻 Create their own bear pictures using mud
🥣 Make their very own porridge bowls in the mud kitchen
🌿 Explore, play and get stuck into lots of outdoor fun

A lovely morning of messy play, creativity and imagination, inspired by one of our favourite woodland stories! 📚🐻

📅 Wednesday 9th September
🕒 12:30 -14:30pm
📍 Seales Hollow
📖 Goldilocks and the 3 bears
👉 https://bookwhen.com/littleacornsforestschools/e/ev-svd2u-20260909123000


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Park Farm, Acresford Road, Overseal
Swadlincote
DE126HY

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