Get in touch with us at hello@thegentlewild.co.uk
About Us
Welcome to The Gentle Wild.
We provide forest school sessions for children and their grown ups on Mitcham Common.
The Gentle Wild’s ethos is captured in our motto:
Life’s better outdoors.
We’re in the business of reclaiming a wild and free childhood in all its muddy wonder.
We’re here for fire making / healthy risk taking / tree climbing / den building / friend making /
muddy fingernails / imagination / storytelling.
We are for all children, not just for the intrepid explorers. We can’t wait to meet you!
Book Your Spot
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1 hr 30 min
From 12.50 British pounds
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2 hr
From 15 British pounds
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6 hr
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2 hr
5 British pounds
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4 hr
35 British pounds
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Meet the Team
Siobhán De Jonghe - FOUNDER
Siobhán is a local mum of two lovely (and often muddy!) children.
She is an accredited Level 3 Forest School Leader and holds Qualified Teacher Status. Siobhán is passionate about providing a resource for families that will support a rich, imaginative and intentional childhood. Forest School is the antidote to the stresses of our technologically driven society and provides children with the space and time to engage in creativity, challenge and healthy risk.
Siobhán is Outdoor Paediatric First Aid trained and certified.
Testimonials
“Wonderful to see the children so engaged and busy in nature. Siobhan pitched the sessions so well for their age and stage.” - Jenny (Mum to Jack, Benji and Felicity)
“Children were all carefully listened to and attended to; space was given to them to develop their own interests as well to develop their own games together.”- Cat (Mum to Micah and Mila)
Bookings
The Gentle Wild run nature based play and forest school sessions for children up to the age of 11
around SW London. We can’t wait to meet you!
Block booking discounts available. Please see session details for more information.
Refund policy:
Once you have made your booking, your place will be reserved and the session will be resourced according to the number of participants booked on. On this basis, we are not able to offer refunds if you are unable to attend for any reason. Under very exceptional circumstances credits and refunds will be given at the owner’s discretion otherwise the fee is non-refundable. We thank you for your understanding on this.
Our staff are DBS checked and our ethos is to support each child according to their individual needs, all children and their grown ups are welcome here. Please get in touch if you have any questions ahead of booking.
The Gentle Wild take safeguarding seriously. If you have any concerns or complaints, please contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead Siobhan De Jonghe. And please contact us for a copy of our policies.
