Our current year started at the beginning of September 2024 and runs until the end of June 2025.

This year we are running a Pre-Teens group for 12 and 13 year olds as well as a regular Horizon Group for 7 – 11 year olds.

Both groups run weekly on Falkland Estate – the Pre-Teen group runs on Tuesdays and the regular HG on Thursdays.

We may have spaces at either group, please get in touch if you are interested.

We run mainly on Falkland Estate in our Birchwood Camp or on another part of the Estate. Sometimes we have a day on the coast or at a craftsperson’s workshop somewhere in Fife. It is likely the Pre-Teens group will be out more than the regular HG and we will focus more on developing skills – examples include fire-starting, shelter building, natural crafts, bushcraft, tool use, woodland cooking, foraging, plant medicine, and green woodwork – the group will lead us to what they want to do.

Our groups are mainly home-educators, and some flexi-schoolers. Please get in touch if you would like more information about flexi-schooling.

All our sessions focus on connection – connection to nature and the land, as well as each other and ourselves.We always have time for games and our core routines which helps foster those connections. Our sessions throughout the year are planned around what is happening in nature at the time, it influences when we forage, when we cook, what we make, what we wear, and how we want to reflect and explore.

Our Autumn term tends to be about harvesting and making, remembering the wonders of plant medicine. Late Autumn connects us to the time of the Ancestors and traditional crafts, Mid Winter takes us deeper into the importance of trees for our survival and it is the birds that bring us out of winter in early Spring. Foraging encourages more field trips in Spring and early Summer. 

We like people to stay all year and ask that you commit to a term at least. Sessions are paid monthly in advance, the regular HG sessions cost £35 and the Pre-Teens group costs £37 each.

Please email paula@sci-scotland.org.uk to book a place, and for further information.

Our Horizon groups are for home educated 7-12 year olds and are at our main camp on Falkland Estate. Heavily influenced by the with 8-Shields movement, permaculture ethics and non-violent, or compassionate communication, we have woven our own mentoring blend together of what we call The Wilder Ways Way.

Our mentors are committed to holding space for the groups to thrive, with empathy, compassion and no judgement.

The same as for Wilder Ways use tools to nurture connection – to nature, to themselves and each other. Across all of our groups we use the natural cycle and seasons of the year to foster a sense of place and belonging. Our days flow from a connecting arrival through to inspiration, motivation and focus. We naturally need to relax, harvest and share and reflect in the afternoons.

We play, get busy in nature and with nature, make, cook, light fires; use bushcraft, draw, tell stories and just be.

Similarly to the teenagers at Wilder Ways, everyone in the group is gently tracked so we can plan around their passions and edges.

Would you like to join us?

This year we are running 2 Horizon Groups – a weekly group on a Tuesday and a fortnightly group on a Thursday. There are 1 or 2 spaces left in each group which will remain open until the October break. We can also add you to our waiting list in case things change.

If you are home-educating, flexi-schooling, or a craftsperson with a skill to share outdoors we would love to hear from you.