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Nature Play Academy

Locality: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

Address: Sawtell 2450 Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.cel.org.au/nature-play

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25.01.2022 Run run as fast as you can! The big bad troll is coming! What fun we had on our walk today pretending to be Billy Goats and Trolls.... Imaginative play allows children to operate a head taller than themselves... In an imaginative game children can suddenly, compromise, plan, empathize, regulate emotions, navigate rough terrain, and verbalise thoughts/ideas all at once! There is no time for tears when the troll is closing in ... there is however - time to stop and urgent...ly wait for a friend, hoping with all hope that they are alright and the game can continue . . . #playislearning #higherorderfunctioning #childhood #outdoorclassroom #theskyisourroof @Gleniffer @Bellingen See more

25.01.2022 Boambee Bay Wild Camp was full of adventure, fun, hills, fishing, cicadas, prawns, rafts, cubby houses, swings and ofcourse marshmallows What a glorious part of the world we live in

24.01.2022 Climbing trees at Wild Camp Climbing trees is a rite of passage for children The confidence and knowledge acquired from 'simply' climbing a tree lends itself to the strength and resilience needed to overcome lifes challenges. If you can climb a tree you can achieve great things! Don't forget to thank the tree for holding us up and giving us a unique view from the top!

23.01.2022 Nature Play is so enriching for children and adults we are so fortunate to be able to share the beautiful Kalang River with the children of the next generation and are falling in love with our nature play space. Come and see for yourself why Kalang's Nature Play Monday is so special Kalang Hall Kalang Preschool

23.01.2022 Camp Creative Bellingen we hope you are ready for our adventure play zone Here it is before it has been brought to life by the children. We are so excited to watch this space transform in the coming days. Stay tuned and be prepared for some explosive creativity .... . . #campcreative Bellingen, New South Wales @campcreative See more

23.01.2022 Kalang Preschool is launching a bush kindergarten program in 2020! Join us for three days of nature play every week during the school term!! Email us at [email protected] to enquire.

22.01.2022 Wild camp action today in Coramba #challengingourselves #riskyplay #ropeswing

22.01.2022 Summer Wild Camps are now open for registration We have four fabulous camps on offer throughout January! Wild Camps are child led and play based - our activities are tried and tested and have successfully connected children to nature and place for over a year now! We have an exciting new location on offer these holiday's - Coramba! This space has river access and backs onto a rain-forest! ... Places are filling up fast so be sure to get in quick! Email - Erin at: [email protected] to reserve your place today!

19.01.2022 Celebrating outdoor classroom day with real tools, clay, rainforest walks, and river play All in a day's work for us @naturplayacademy . . . #outdoorclassroom #natureplay #usingalloursenses #coramba #coffsfamilydaycare

19.01.2022 Adventures into the Bush offer so many opportunities for children of all ages. At Wild Camp we support children's autonomy and decisions, we follow their lead! Sometimes this can challenge our adult ideas and force us to confront our own fears. When we can successfully balance the desires of the children with our own agendas true learning and discovery materializes (right before us, with very little direction from us). These moments are magic to watch and is all the motivation needed to continue this crucial endeavour to connect children with nature and themselves

18.01.2022 Kalang Preschool and Nature Play Academy are running a 4hr weekly nature play program! Your child must be able to be enroll in our preschool (NSW Preschool) to be a part of the program. Contact us at [email protected] to find out more.

18.01.2022 Today was so much fun! The children have settled in and are getting into the groove of the space - so much experimentation, investigation, risk taking, collaboration, problem solving and PLAYING!! We are so excited for tomorrow of Camp Creative Bellingen

17.01.2022 Beetle Buddies is returning to Gleniffer next Term! We are excited to reconnect with the river after our warm and salty beach adventures! If you are interested in joining us please register with CEL or email Erin at [email protected]. Remember your first session is FREE!

16.01.2022 Term 4 bookings are still open! If you are interested in joining us for some nature play fun in Gleniffer register via CEL today! Remember your first session is FREE when you book in for the term! Plus we have a great new patent library #natureishome #confidencethroughconnection Bellingen Gleniffer, New South Wales, Australia

16.01.2022 That moment when you realise your more airborne than you anticipated Learning how high one can jump requires some considered risk taking Centre for Ecological Learning Camp Creative Bellingen

16.01.2022 Hello Nature Play Community I would like to invite you all to 'Like' the new Kalang Preschool Page. The page will share information on preschool events, programs and information on play and learning within our context. We will also share regular nature play updates - like the one below! Kalang Preschool is 25min out of Bellingen and is open Mon-Tue 8:30 - 4pm. With Wednesday set to open next term from 10am-2pm. Wednesday will have a nature play focus, is FREE and has vac...ancies for 3-5 year olds! So if you are looking into trying preschool - Term 4 at Kalang is the perfect opportunity to try a nature based preschool program! Contact us at [email protected] for more information on the Wednesday Vacancies. https://www.facebook.com/kalangpreschool/posts/1995908700700670

15.01.2022 Starting the day off right by hanging upside down from a tree! Perseverance and resilience pay off when you make it up the tree and onto the rope. Hanging upside down takes it that one step further. Children are amazing and courageous . . .... #playoutside #climbatree #beyourself #natureisenough #overcomefear #growcourage See more

14.01.2022 Gleniffer Wild Camp What is the one thing your child dreams of doing in a park, their backyard or the bush? Nine times out of ten I am sure the answer would be to fly through the trees on a zip line How do I know this? Spend enough time really listening to children and an underlying chorus of adventurous, thrill seeking ideas will come through loud and clear The excitement, risk, strength, thrill and exhilaration they experience from pushing off a tree branch into th...e air cannot be replicated. It is an experience so unique and fun it will stay with the children forever. I had so much fun bringing this childhood dream to life for the children at wild camp. Watching the satisfaction and happiness on their faces gave me the strength I needed to lift them and retrieve the handles for sooooo many "just one more go" Zip line play seemed to be the highlight of the day! A very hard title to achieve next to - raft building, sailing, frying Langos (Hungarian Bread) on the fire, roasting pop corn, eating rice out of paper bark, catching and releasing baby fish, whittling/sawing bows and arrows and venturing across the creek into new territory - oh and rescuing a sock! What a wonderful day of nature connection, joy and freedom . . . #natureplayforlife #liveinthemoment #childhoodmemoriesaremadeoutside Bellingen, New South Wales Coffs Coast See more

13.01.2022 Wild Camp is BACK This JULY we are running two fantastic camps! One in a new location in the beautiful Kalang Valley! Treat your children to a glorious day of play out in the wild with their friends! There really is no other camp quite like wild camp on the Coffs Coast! Kalang Camp - Tue 16th July - for children aged 5yrs - 12yrs... Repton Camp - Thurs 18th July - for children 5yrs to 8yrs only Tickets are now available at: https://events.humanitix.com.au/winter-wild-camp . . . . Bellingen Coffs Coast

13.01.2022 Rainforest adventures with @coffsfamilydaycare

12.01.2022 Looking for something fun and uplifting for your child these holidays? Wild Camps are sure to deliver, our camps offer children a unique opportunity to build resillience, connect to nature and be in the moment. Two camps are schedueled these holiday's in beautiful Gleniffer With only 2 sessions available it is sure to fill up fast. We are so excited to revisit our favourite nature site and continue on our connective journey. Tickets available through eventbrite, ...see the event below for the link. #natureplayisback #schoolholidayfun

11.01.2022 Please take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to enrol in a bush kindergarten program in 2020! You don't have to live in Bellingen to enrol - we will be visiting various bush locations in and around Repton, Gleniffer, Bellingen and Kalang. This program is being subsidised by the preschool to make it more affordable, $45 per day. This is less than $10 an hour and covers two trained nature mentors.... Contact us for more information @ [email protected]

11.01.2022 Early bird registration is now open for our 6 week online nature mentor training

11.01.2022 Loose parts play is the way Join the movement and watch the magic as children are challenged and empowered to get creative! Our week at Camp Creative was full of loose parts and the feedback we received was so overwhelmingly positive! Apparently the children had the best day EVER everyday!!! I was in awe and so inspired by their ideas that I didn’t want the day to end! If only schools valued play as much as children do! For them it is as important as breathing! Camp Creative Bellingen Centre for Ecological Learning

10.01.2022 Kalang preschool is now facilitating a nature playgroup! Join us every Monday at Kalang Hall. For children aged up to 6yrs and their families. (You do not have to be enrolled in preschool to attend) Register via [email protected]

09.01.2022 Wild Camp 2019 Day one of our summer wild camp was so fun and adventurous! We enjoyed the river all day, rafting, swimming, rapid riding, fishing and floating The slackline and zip line afforded us lots of opportunities to challenge our climbing and balance skills. We are always so pleasantly surprised by the strength and determination of the wildlings at wild camp! The forest was full of laughter and shouts of joy, especially when the wildlings caught an eel with ...their fishing rod! Twice! When it took our tiny net that was even more surprising! It was sooo big!!! So many animated stories will be told about that event!! Thank you all for being part of another wonderful day of connection, play and fun! . . #makingmemories #childhood #enrichinglivesinnature Bellingen See more

07.01.2022 When you find a tree fort in the dunes.... you STOP everything and spend the day there! "We are never coming down!" "We found it!" "Wow!" "Cool" The children gained so much from their shared discovery, their joy and excitement was so inspiring. We are very lucky we could give them the time they needed to experience the adventure of the hidden tree fort...... Today the children of wild camp wrote a story together.... one that will be told throughout their lives. The story of the hidden tree fort in the dunes of Tuckers

06.01.2022 Morning I have some exciting news for everyone in the nature play world... The Centre For Ecological Learning is launching Nature Academy an online Australian based learning space. ... We would like to invite you to the nature play pilot, held over 6 weeks in Term 4, 2019. Check out the event below As this is a pilot there are limited places available... Looking forward to seeing you all online soon https://www.facebook.com/events/486216572166143/?ti=as

05.01.2022 Day 2 of Camp Creative Bellingen and we have a new fort, a solid slide, painted bamboo staffs and a fully fledged warrior training area!!

05.01.2022 Wild Camp is fast approaching! Camps are for children aged 5-8 years and run from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Tickets are selling fast but we do have availability left for most days: Tuesday 8th - Gleniffer - 6 spots left Tuesday 15th - Boambee - 3 spots left Friday 18th - Gleniffer - 6 spots left... Tuesday 22nd - Coramba - 6 spots left Purchase your tickets via humanitix and be sure to send an email if you are new to Wild Camp and need to fill in an enrolment form. https://events.humanitix.com.au/summer-wild-camp-2019

04.01.2022 Stunning day for some nature play with @coffsfamilydaycare Coramba provided us with a crystal clear creek as our playground. There are some very happy little people going home a head taller today! . . .... #oraravalley #natureishome #freeplay #confidencethroughconnection See more

03.01.2022 Fostering nature connection among children calls for intentions to be set and a sense of wonder employed. It also helps if you fall in love with a space Sharing the sacredness of the Kalang River is easy for me, I am so lucky to be able to work and play in this amazingly beautiful place The river is still under threat due to logging and needs as much love and support as you can give! Visit Bellingen Environment Centre to learn more about how to #SavetheKalang

03.01.2022 Wild Camp is filling up fast! We only have one spot left on the Tuesday and 6 spots left for the Thursday. The event below originally only listed the one date - please note - there are two sessions Tue 2nd and Thurs 4th - both in Gleniffer. Contact me at [email protected] for more information. Hope to see you there!

03.01.2022 Term 3 - Beetle Buddies 9 weeks of nature play at the beach has provided the children with so many possibilities for play, learning, connection and exploration. We have enjoyed the different landscape - especially the sand dunes and banksia trees,and have made the most of what this space has to offer! The Bundageree Rainforest walk is so rewarding - the children know the twists and turns in the track and are spurred on by a desire to reach our destination ...- the magical rainforest! When we finally arrive we all pause under the canopy of palms for morning tea and pretend we are in the tropics ;) Our story time and connective activities have all been well received - we have made potions with Possum Magic, Frogs with the Rain forest Book, a Map of Australia with native fauna and floated stick boats in the waves! The lino slide is the most thrilling ride and has become our favourite thing to do at Beetle Buddies! We will miss this coastal wonderland and thank the land for all the adventures and knowledge it has shared with us over the past 9 weeks! Next week we will finish the term with a shared meal and hopefully a swim in the ocean with the whales Bellingen Urunga, New South Wales

02.01.2022 Wide open spaces, blue skies and sunshine The beach is a child's wonderland So many opportunities to run, jump, roll and climb, to feel the wind in your hair and sand in your toes! "Follow me" "Let's go!" "Run!" . .... . #childsplay #kidsneedtomove #beachplay #running #comrades See more