Join Fianna for a week of wild games, skills, stories and challenges. Our fun-packed camps offer a different adventure every day, supporting curiosity and connection, guiding young people into a sense of belonging with the farms and forests of our community.
Campers will spend some of the day in a multi-age group, and some of it in smaller age groupings with 1 dedicated staff mentor for each group of 7 kids. They will learn (without even realizing!) about responsible harvesting, medicinal and food plants, natural materials, wild crafting, navigation, tracking and stalking, bird language, ancestral heritage and local ecology. With strong core routines of games, gratitude, circle sharing, singing, storytelling, exploring and inquiring, we facilitate a nature-connected collective container, grounded in relationships of respect and reciprocity .
The 8 Shields “Coyote Mentoring” approach we use was developed by Jon Young at the Wilderness Awareness School, formalizing the child-led, experiential schooling methods apparent in nature-based cultures. This approach focuses on connection: cultivating children’s curiosity and innate wisdom, guiding them into personal and collective learning experiences that reveal their gifts and support their development towards healthy maturity and wholeness.
If you are making multiple registrations, click below for a complete list of camps.
Where:
Japanese No 1 Historic Park, Cumberland
Day and Time:
July 2-5, 2024
9am - 1pm (4-6 yr olds)
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
4-6 and 7-12
Cost (4-day camp):
$180 (4-6 yr olds)
$270 (7-12 yr olds)
7-12 YR OLDS [FULL}
Where:
Green Haven, Merville
Day and Time:
July 8-12, 2024
9am - 1pm (4-6 yr olds)
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
4-6 and 7-12
Cost:
$225 (4-6 yr olds)
$335 (7-12 yr olds)
4-6 YR OLDS [FULL]
7-12 YR OLDS [FULL]
Where:
Seal Bay Nature Park
Day and Time:
July 15-19, 2024
9am - 1pm (4-6 yr olds)
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
4-6 and 7-12
Cost:
$225 (4-6 yr olds)
$335 (7-12 yr olds)
7-12 YR OLDS [FULL]
Where:
Japanese No 1 Historic Park, Cumberland
Day and Time:
July 22-26, 2024
9am - 1pm (4-6 yr olds)
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
4-6 and 7-12
Cost:
$225 (4-6 yr olds)
$335 (7-12 yr olds)
4-6 YR OLDS [FULL]
7-12 YR OLDS [FULL]
Where:
Green Haven, Merville
Day and Time:
July 29 - Aug 2, 2024
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
7-12
Cost:
$335
Where:
Seal Bay Nature Park
Day and Time:
Aug 6-9
9am - 1pm (4-6 yr olds)
9am – 3pm (7-12 yr olds)
Ages:
4-6 and 7-12
Cost (4-day camp):
$180 (4-6 yr olds)
$270 (7-12 yr olds)
4-6 YR OLDS [FULL]