School Programmes

We are offering day or residential camp programmes which will allow students to connect with the natural world, enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Escot, and experience living and studying at our brand new Yurt Village on the Escot estate.

Areas of Study

Team building

We offer multiple activities which will help students learn how to work as a team, solve problems and enjoy each other’s company. We use giant jigsaws, giant skis, scavenger hunts, imaginative scenarios and games to help students better understand the meaning and importance of team work.

Terrestrial Biology

  This area of study may include some of the following activities:  feed the Wild Boar, visit the Red Squirrels, help prepare and watch an Otter feed with the ranger. We play games to teach about adaptations, go on an”each one teach one” student led hike in the woodlands. We also watch a falconry display, go on a nature hike in beautiful Rowden End, facilitate a woodland ecosystem skit activity and make giant nature collages.

The Water Cycle

Using games and hands on activities, like the “Incredible Journey” we teach students all about the water cycle. We go stream dipping to find macro invertebrates, and using microscopic bug boxes, make observations, draw sketches and using dichotomous keys, identify our findings and add them to an important Escot Biotic Index. We do a group watershed puzzle exercise which allows students to understand the importance of taking care of the water in their own school and home communities.

A Living History

This topic allows students to delve in to the past and enjoy activities focused around the time of the Anglo Saxons. Activities may include: Wattle and Daub, lighting fires, making pennies, bread making, spoon making, forging, milling, pole lathing, splitting logs and dressing up. 

Forest School Activities

The activities available in this subject provide students with an insight in to survival in the wild. Activities may include: Fire making, shelter building, campfire cooking, whittling, tool care and tool use, swamp walk.

Barefoot Swampwalk

This activity is part of the Forest School Activities area of study but can be run separately if you wish. Please make a note on your booking form if you wish to do a swamp walk but do not wish to choose forest school activities.

The swamp walk is a 100-metre meander in bare feet through the mire. It is cold, smelly, seriously manky and about 2 feet deep in places finishing with a wash in a pond. It is quite a serious challenge for some and is universally remembered as the best part of the day. There is nothing like getting into it to remember what it’s all about!!  (30-45 mins dependent on group size) wear shorts and bring spare clothes and a plastic bag to carry the dirty set home in.

Wild Night in The Woods

Wild Night in the woods is a one night residential programme focused on forest school activities which takes in the woods at Rowden End on the Escot estate. Children make shelters to sleep in, cook over an open fire and enjoy activities such as environmental arts, greenwood crafts (whittling), archery, storytelling and campfire cooking.

If you wish to choose wild night in the woods as one of your options, please make a note on your booking form. 

If you would like to know more about schools week, please contact Victoria Siddle-Virok, Camp Wild Manager on 01404 822188, or email campwild@escot-devon.co.uk.