Saturday Skunks
Saturdays 12 till 4.pm. Sleep in, have breakfast, do skunks. Ages 7 -11
Afternoons 12 to 4pm.
Our Saturday program has a scent of it’s own! Being the weekend, we turn the volume up on fun. Skunks is about singing silly songs, being at the fire with buds, and getting out on the land for adventures.
The Saturday session is a great option for young people who are not willing or able to take time out of school hours. It is a half day afternoon session, allowing for a sleep in, or visit to the market before heading into the woods.
Skunks don’t take themselves too seriously, and this session is a great way to develop skills, make friends, and get on the adventure trail.
Like all GOS programs, Skunks is about invisible learning, nature immersion, and mentorship. Professional facilitators work together to identify areas for growth and development for the individual and group. Our model seeks to foster the character attributes of resilient, capable, and service minded people. We look for, and seek to promote: Quiet Mind, Common Sense, Aliveness and Agility, Inquisitive Focus, Caring and Tending, Service to Community, Awe and Reverence, and Self-Sufficiency.
Skunks features hands-on experiences: ancient fire making, mapping, plant identification, storytelling, archery, shelter building, and tracking animals. It is balanced with the so-called ‘soft skills’ of careful listening and using best words, of co-operation and peacemaking, thanksgiving and sharing the story of the day.
This weekly afternoon experience is always dynamic, emergent, multi-sensory, and exciting.
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Saturday Herons
Saturdays 12 - 4pm. Self-Expression, Fun, Being Wiggy. Co-Od Ages 12 - 15
Our first co-ed Saturday program for adolescents, tweens, and teens.
Herons is great way to get out of the house and get busy being yourself out in the woods. Just like our beloved youth, Herons are at once tall and gangly and awkward, but have a characteristic grace, power, and strange wisdom.
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A great option for kids who have grown out of Skunks, or youth who are looking for a welcoming, non-competitive way to get active on weekends. An opportunity for safe self-expression, adventure and exploration, or just unplugging and hanging with new friends who want to do the same, Herons is a unique and timely program.
Caring Mentors offer a levelled-up version of outdoor school which provides ample opportunity for hands-on projects, quiet moments to connect with ourselves and ask the big questions. Big laughs and silly jokes, stories to help us make sense of a strange and changing world, and a positive environment to simply be.
Drama, fire skills, carving, improv, tracking, plant ID, games, and more games, sit spot and adventure to favourite haunts. Herons may just be what your young person needs to round out a week of school, remote learning, or other challenges that need balancing out. Hope to see you out there.
