What Do We Do?

Farm, forest, nature and education.

Acorn Hollow is the seed of an idea rooted in the land and Wolds around us.
It’s the very essence of promoting curiosity, enthusiasm, wonder and connection with the outdoors and natural environment through outdoor learning using forest school methods.

Forest School
We hear the term Forest School a lot but what does it actually mean?
It is a way of teaching through the outside world and outdoor classroom to affect the internal world of the learner, inspiring emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual and physical development. Learning in a forest environment is recognised to lead to better emotional understanding, problem solving and resilience among many other benefits.

Here at Acorn Hollow we take the Forest School ethos and blend it very uniquely within a small farm setting. We aim to take Forest School as an environmental learning pathway and push this further in to understanding the uses of our land for resources, farming and food. Working alongside our livestock helps to make this link.

We work with children and adults alike to embrace our outdoor environment and provide a space to acquire simple skills and inspire connections with nature and animals.

What will You do at Acorn Hollow?
Our family sessions, after school and holiday clubs, school trips and workshops can include any of the following in our broad range of activities:
Nature walks, foraging, lighting camp fires, outdoor cooking, outdoor art, tasty treats and campfire hot chocolate, exploration games, campfire crafts, learning woodland skills, building dens, farm and sustainability education, mud kitchen fun, weaving wool from our own sheep, felting, lambing experiences and willow art.

You can visit us in many different ways : Families, After school and Holiday clubs, School visits and Workshops are all different and tailored for ages and seasons but with the same unique Acorn Hollow ethos running through them.

Social Aims

  • Building self confidence, well being and self esteem through hands-on tasks

  • Inspiring a love of learning and the outdoors in a positive and safe environment

  • Learning to work with other and develop social awareness and compassion

  • Working in a holistic rather than subject-based way

Conservation Aims

  • Ownership of and responsibility towards the outdoor site

  • Responsibility and respect for the wider natural environment

  • Promote sustainability and the need to conserve out environment

Community Aims

  • To build a community based on a love of the outdoors

Hand holding soil and small earthworm.
A group of children and an adult roasting marshmallows over a campfire outdoors. They are sitting on logs and grass, surrounded by nature.
Two children holding trays of soil and seeds in a garden setting.