YOUR MUDDY LITTLE SECRET
Bold Alternative Provision Helping Swamped SENDCos Support Children With SEMH Needs To Avoid Exclusion From Primary School In 90 Days, Using Forest School.
Total Children Supported
School Reintegration
18
Primaries Worked With
FROM STRUGGLING
TO MANAGING
Stop us if any of this sounds familiar. You’ve got a child with SEMH needs, on the brink of exclusion. Bright. Sensitive. Struggling.
Why can’t they manage school?
Because they don’t have the skills to cope with the daily pressures they face. They’re overwhelmed. Lashing out. Lost. As are you.
You know what they need. But there just isn’t the headcount, backup or hours to teach them how to regulate their feelings.
That sinking feeling? That’s what hurts you most. You do what feels possible. Referrals. Reduced Timetables. CPD.
That intervention that sort-of worked for that other child last year. But 'needs' still aren’t being met.
So you’re stuck in No Man’s Land.
That brutal middle ground where you’re out of ideas, services ghosts you, and the system says “just try harder".
There are no happy endings here. Just exhausted staff. A burnt out child. Another difficult call home. Another exclusion letter in draft.
If that’s you, take our hand. In 90 days we’ll navigate you and them from “What next?” to “We see real change”
DREAM MODE : ON
HERE'S HOW THE
MAGIC WORKS
You’ve got less patience for BS than school glue sticks. You don’t want a 19-week referral process. Or clipboard consultants.
Or another strategy that lives unused in a ring binder. You just want (and they need) immediate action so fast you'll need a seat belt.
14 days to take off it is. How do we do that? We’re nosey. And needy. We’ll demand documents and shine our torch in a lot of corners.
If we can help, our Crew will become yours. A back-to-basics intervention that plugs right into your school support options.
Like it was always meant to be there. Without adding to your workload or stepping on toes.
Targeted coaching of coping skills, done as they play freely in the woods, like we used to.
Helping them manage stress better when it comes. By practising when it’s off.
90 days later you’ll often see fewer incidents of challenging behaviour, better mental health and happier parents.
All you have to do is plug it in, turn it on, and fast-forward to the good part. Here's some of things you'll find in your goody bag;
2 Set Days Per Week
Regular Reports And Tracking
All Policies, Ready To Roll
Strategies We Use
Attendance At Key Meetings
Your Favourite Song On The Radio.
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Hectares Of Woodland
Children Per Session
7+
Crew Per Session
GOT QUESTIONS?
WE'VE GOT ANSWERS.
They get wet?! We have a number of sheltering options available to us to keep off the worst of the British weather. No matter the weather conditions we're out in it. Except winds above 32 mph. That makes it to dangerous to go into the woods in case of falling branches, trees....or squirrels. As a fall back plan we hire out a local church hall and enjoy a day inside.
Being outdoors requires certain clothing worn in a certain order. A guide is sent to each family we onboard of what to wear for each season. We also purchase a new set of waterproofs for every child that enters our Tribe.
We have our own portable toilet facilities we bring in and out each session. It's more of a glorified bucket to be honest. But it does the trick.
Each time we see a child, known as a session we take pictures and videos of what they get upto. This then gets uploaded into that child's Google Classroom once a week. These images are analysed for learning and development. Helping build our understanding of them. Each Half Term we complete an Update Of Progress for each child. Simply put a report. We also meet with school and parents to go over things to that point.
One of our Company values is Radical Transparency. Meaning we share a lot of things. Sometimes to much. This really helps when we work with schools, families and other Alternative Providers. Everyone knows where they stand and there are no surprises.
OMG! I'VE SEEN ENOUGH
I'VE READ EVERYTHING
This is exactly what we need.
Beautifully crafted Alternative Provision
That takes the pressure off.
But I'm still sceptical...
I want to see it all in action; trees, mud, children, Crew, safety, Ofsted credentials.
That reassures me this ain't too good to be true.
An satisfies the Heads questions.
I'm able to make or speak to the decision maker.
THAT'S THE END.
ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THE LEGAL BIT...