Join us for a Green Christmas as we put the joy of giving at the heart of Wiston! Let us take you back to a Christmas celebrating nature, in an interactive sensory experience. From 25 November, we’ll welcome you for a festive season like no other, where children will be
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Build fires, hunt for treasure, fly broomsticks, mix up a mud pie and help make a scarecrow this autumn! We’ll be welcoming back children at half term to help us warm up for Halloween! Our final school holiday week of the year will stretch their imagination and creativity, keep them
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We are thrilled to have received an award from the The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland for our Path of the Little People! The fund’s Young Start grant has secured £90,000 to secure its future. Since 2017, more than 4,000 children, many with vulnerabilities, have made use of the Path.
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Did you know nettles can be spun into silk? Have you heard of solar dyeing? Discover how textiles can be made from the plants and natural materials around us in a hands-on workshop with two parts. Textile artist and historical interpreter Kirsten Milliken will demonstrate a variety of ancient skills
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A fabulous five-week programme is live for our full age groups of Bumble Bees (5-7) Otters (8-11) as well as a Wolves Week camp for older ones. It’s a packed programme starting on Monday 10 July and running five days a week until Friday 11 August. We’ve two camps on
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Get ready to hop along to our Easter family event, Good Friday, 7 April, noon-3pm! Hunt for animal clues along our Path of the Little People trail, get busy in the mud kitchen, toast marshmallows at the fire-pit, visit the story-teller and try your luck at tombola! Have a shot
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Projects officer Alan explains what it’s taken to look after some of our key features over the past year. A lot of work goes into maintaining parts of the grounds used for our learning development with children, and 2022 saw the biggest changes for some time. At the start of
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Bookings for our summer activity programme are now live! Join us for 4 weeks of outdoor fun and adventure on themed days taking advantage of all the activities we have to offer on site – try your hard at archery, high ropes challenges, team games, canoeing, raft building, hill climbing
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Bookings are now open for our childrens’ holiday programme! We’ll be running day activities from Monday to Thursday 4-7 and 11-14 April, 9.30am-3.30pm. We often get asked to give programmes a distinct creative flavour and this Easter we’ve decided to get things rolling with a day aimed at all things
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“With residentials off the table, pupils were missing out on a big opportunity to engage themselves in developmental learning. These experiences are known to have a profoundly positive impact for young people. Taking Wiston on the road seemed like the natural way to re-engage with those who were missing out.
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