Sessions are planned around the Early Years Program Statement, and operations are guided by the Australian Adventure Activity Standards. Our program statement guides a seasonal program designed around building the skill set of young children and incidentally, their holistic development through social interactions and sensory integration in nature. Our Program Statement ensures that facilitators program sessions around place-based opportunities in the local area as we as embedding local Aboriginal perspectives.
While facilitators work with children to develop hands-on skills, the benefits of being in nature include risk-taking and assessment skills, sensory integration, and physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. Children can spend each day in nature with their regular peer group, learning bush and life skills that build their autonomy, confidence and resilience, all while making friends and building social and emotional skills.