Schools are part of Naturesbase and not just visitors and we like to share the responsibilities for running the place. So after cooked breakfast and before the main activities each morning groups help feed the pigs, feed lambs with a bottle, collect eggs from the chickens, record the weather forecast, make the lunch, empty the compost and tidy their tents/ lodges.

In tribes, children learn how the Celts survived in the Aeron valley years ago. After setting the scene, we will track footprints to the woodland, build shelters next to the stream, light small fires with a spark, make herb tea, make pots from the river bank and weave dream catchers.

On the day you arrive groups will embark on an exciting discovery journey around the farm. Using a map to follow a trail they will develop their own interpretation and sense of place discovering new sights, sounds and smells on the farm. We will make smelly potions, listen for sound maps, create Native American journey lines, and making paint from what we find.

We will consider what life was like in the iron age and compare a children’s life with the present day. Through a series of carousel activities children will have the opportunity to create hedgerow jewellery, smelt coins, weave hurdles and daub mud, make runes from ancient scripts and make soap with herbs.

Become a farmer for a day and learn important skills that have been passed down through the generations in this strong farming community. We will make hurdle fences, feed animals, create scarecrows, muck out, grind corn and make flour then bread for supper, churn butter and finally sow seeds before completing a taste tour of the veg patch!

As Naturesbase Camp is a sustainable centre children are immersed in a world where renewable energy, waste reduction and energy conservation are a way of life, promoting a deeper understanding of environmental issues. We will discover the sustainability trail around the site, make and cook in solar ovens, locate the best place for a wind turbine, make cob/earth bricks, build a solar oven, help construct a bug hotel and make and float a solar powered boat.

Taste the difference. Children get to compile their own Pizza for lunch or supper made from ingredients many ingredients grown on the farm. Cooked in our own wood fired earth oven – proves just how effective non electric cooking is – and how much more delicious food can taste.

With lines, nets and buckets we set off to catch the crafty crabs of Aberaeron. See if we can beat the current Naturesbase Camp record of 17 crabs in half an hour. Then build theme parks for the crabs to run around or side ways in on the beach.

A green design teambuilding challenge on the Aberaeron beach. Participants are split into groups that must design and construct a raft from flotsom found on the beach. Rafts will be set free into the Irish Sea with a message and a candle glowing in the breeze.

Through a series of imaginative team challenges, children will experience a variety of problems to solve, testing leadership and group skills along the way essential skills towards active global citizenship, with a lot laughter, frustration, and fulfilment along the way!

We will become minibeast detectives as we explore the woodland, hedgerow, meadow and stream habitats for the diverse range of creatures that share the farm with us. This is an ideal way to discover predator / prey relationships, investigate camouflage, explore the fascinating ways many animals have adapted, and study food webs.

From scavenging in the landscape we can create natures palette, sculptures, wet clay faces and puppets, natural tie dying, name plates collages, mobiles, leaf bowls, aboriginal art paintings, nettle paper, cob bird boxes, and masks.

Why not learn about streams by standing in one? Flowing through the farm we have an ideal stream to carry out a real fieldwork investigation on, bringing relevance and meaning to the study of river processes. Measuring, recording speed, comparing similarities and difference, and then testing the quality of the water by studying what creatures live in the water.

Learning how to work and live in nature, make string, light fires, collect and cook lunch, filter water, stalk and be stalked!

Discover the people and history of this coastal town at first hand as we follow the imaginative explorers trail, identifying local landmarks, interview residents and holiday makers in order to investigate this fascinating environment. There are opportunities for sketching, writing and offering personal reflections…..and eating honey ice creams!