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Become a scientist for the day!

It is British Science Week. Join us and explore the wonders of Science through exciting experiments and quirky fun.
This can be a messy activity, please wear clothes you do not mind getting messy.

You will also receive a goody bag to take home after participation!

Please note: This activity is strictly for children 6 yrs +

Limited spaces available.
Book in advance at the welcome desk at Redbridge Central Library or by phone on: 0208 708 2414.
Payment must be made at time of booking.

Welcome to Forest Explorers, a bushcraft programme for 6-11 year olds run by Tinder Sticks! Develop your outdoor confidence and skills by having fun at Hainault Forest.

Why is it so important to have a good shelter? How can you be prepared? Have a go at putting up a tarp shelter and find out the best way to make a debris shelter from branches and twigs.

Welcome to Wild Adventures, a bushcraft programme for 12-18 year olds, run by Tinder Sticks! Develop your outdoor confidence and skills by having fun at Hainault Forest.

Woodland Tools. Saws, knives, axes and hand drills….learn how to use all of these tools safely and create a craft project to take home! Look out for our intermediate level event later in the year – you must attend an introductory level event to qualify for the intermediate level.

Welcome to Forest Explorers, a bushcraft programme for 6-11 year olds run by Tinder Sticks! Develop your outdoor confidence and skills by having fun at Hainault Forest.

Woodland Tools. Saws, knives, axes and hand drills….learn how to use all of these tools safely and create a craft project to take home! Look out for our intermediate level event later in the year – you must attend an introductory level event to qualify for the intermediate level.

This session is for 12 – 16-year-olds that are home educated, flexi schooled etc.

Branching Out Forest School with Tinder Sticks CIC builds outdoor confidence, resilience, and resourcefulness. Come and join us and give your child the chance to experience bushcraft, nature crafts, wild art, nature connectedness, campfire cooking and to build community with one another. Runs weekly during term time with seasonal themed sessions throughout.

Welcome to Little Acorns Forest School with Tinder Sticks CIC, where we aim to build outdoor confidence in the under 5’s and their parents / carers.

Stay & play fun in the Forest! Wild play, nature crafts, wild art projects, exploring the woods, discover the minibeasts, getting muddy, getting cozy round the campfire, snuggling for stories, swinging in the hammocks! There’s lots to do every week and different seasonal themes throughout the term.

Runs weekly during term time and open to all preschool age children (ideally over 18months old).

Join Tinder Sticks and bring the tribe to the woods! Learn how to use a bushcraft knife (over 8’s only) and whittle and amazing campcraft project! Learn how to make a shelter from the bits and bobs in the forest (no tarps this time!). Learn how to make string from plants and which ones you can use in your First Aid Kit.

Celebrate inspirational women with Cat and Hutch this Women’s History Month!

We need your help to save the forest!

Learn how a little action can go a long way in this fun-filled drama workshop inspired by the book, “Greta and the Giants”, by Zoë Tucker and Zoe Persico based on Greta Thunberg and her stand to save the world. This workshop encourages imaginative play and creative fun by using movement, voice-work drama games and roleplay.

For ages 4+

Please note, each ticket reserves a space for one adult and one child.

Book on eventbrite by selecting library below:
Fullwell Cross Library 
South Woodford Library

Who are the great people from our past and present that are our local heroes? Come and explore and found out!

Join us for some professional free art and study sessions created for adults with disabilities.

Create your very own artistic masterpiece and enter into an art contest for a chance to have it displayed at Tate Modern this summer.

Sessions run from 10AM to 3PM every Wednesday and Thursday from 21st February until 28th March. Lunch is provided and the sessions are FREE! There are 6 spaces per session.

No need to bring anything except your support worker if you need one.

Friends, neighbours, aunts, cousins – please join us for a fun printing workshop for all the family. Learn from Artist, Walker and creative Learning Practitioner Remiiya Badru, as we explore meaning in our own lives to create a symbolic design from which to print. We will be inspired by traditional Ghanaian decorations known as Adinkra symbols which are used extensively in fabrics, and logos and enjoy printing our own to form a large wall hanging. Other table top drawing and design activities will also be on offer.

Please note there are residential parking restrictions around Baddow Close so we advise parking in the Ray Park Visitors Car park which is just next to the school, off Snakes Lane East (https://my.redbridge.gov.uk/map/parks-and-open-spaces/ray-park) (then walk through the cut through, just past the medical centre on Snakes Lane East, to get to the main office and front entrance of the school).