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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families

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Therapeutic Forest Certified Outdoor Mental Health Practitioner, Approved Practitioner & Mentor, Independent Forest School Leader & Certified Mindful Walking Guide

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Last shout for this webinar that I'm running next Wednesday on how to 'become a writer'. Free to attend with the option to make a donation. Please repost. Thank you! ☺️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/become-a-w...
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Become a Writer - Free Webinar with Sue Cowley
In this free webinar, bestselling author Sue Cowley guides you through the process of writing a book, from first idea to final publication.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A busy end to a week, Friday, Animal Therapy & 1:1 support session before driving to Manchester. Saturday, Elders in the Woods, training with The Therapeutic Forest. Sunday, drive home & finish my Animal Therapy Diploma! #Forestschoolpractitioner #Animaltherapy #Certifiedoutdoormentalhealth
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just one lovely day in a very busy week which hasn’t even finished yet! @outdooredchat #forestschool #earlyyearsmatters #getthechildrenoutside
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Saw lots of gorgeous Butterflies on our Mindful Walk in Kings Wood yesterday but this one definitely stopped to pose for us! #forestschooladventures #mindfulwalking #noticethesmallthings #naturetherapy #peacockbutterfly
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A wonderful day at Forest School, time with some funny small humans, a bit of Animal Therapy and gardening…. Back home and so happy to have some surprisingly close interaction with Soozie my Jumping Spider #ForestSchool #curiouschildren #AnimalTherapy #gardening #naturetherapy
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Still time to sign your young person up for this if you are in the Surrey area 😊 #animaltherapy #animalcare #wellbeing #mindfulness #empathy #socialskills
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
When we took the Kingswood Shetlands & Friends, Therapy Animals to UCA Epsom 😊 #studentenrichmentday #animaltherapy #mindfulness #wellbeing #empathy #friendship #connection
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Working on Saturday is a pleasure, I get to be a child again 😊 #forestschooladventures #mindfulwalkingforchildren #denbuilding #foraging #naturephotography
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Move over Ethan Allen, here comes Lucy Welch billmckibben.substack.com/p/special-ve...
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Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Such a happy Forest School session at Blossom Years Childcare, Chislehurst. I got time to work on a new Nature Habitat and notice signs of Spring & curious treasures to fill my own emotional bucket! #Forestschooladventures #EYFS #SENinclusion #Naturetherapy #Animaltherapy #Appreciatethesmallstuff
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A special moment at Forest School today. The lovely horses in a field next to us like to interact with the children. A little boy rushed to find me, worried the horse would eat the bale twine, this is the moment he handed it to me for safety Today he turned 3! #animaltherapy #empathy #childled
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Well we did come home and I think they were pleased to see us! #schnauzerlove #cockapoo 🥰
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
But when are you coming home? #schnauzer #cockapoo
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Yay! 😁 just spotted in Iceland 🐋 #humpbackwhale #iceland #bucketlistevent #happyvalentinesday
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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Keeping play alive. Thank you to everyone who continues to keep play at the centre of practice. Children’s curiosity and joy is so important. Play and learning has a place, holistic development too. Let’s collectively champion a true child centred approach, that is play. #PlayMatters
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
While trotting across the frozen river, this coyote paused to look back at me for a moment 😊 #mammals 🌿
A greyish-brown coyote with a very thick coat and tail is standing on the snow covered surface of a frozen river. The animal is in profile facing left and has turned its head to face the viewer. Its shadow extends across the snow to touch the left edge of the frame.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Just having a laugh to myself remembering the nightmare we went through with our eldest when he reached 17 & was going through that horrible period with us…. #troubledteens #familyproblems
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Visited a Care Home with the Small Therapy Animals from Kings Wood Shetlands & Friends this morning. A lovely end to the week where we got to chat with some very lovely humans & carers. royalalfredseafarers.co.uk/about-us/bel... www.facebook.com/kingswoodshe... #animaltherapy
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Updating my profile before heading out for another exciting Forest School session at Blossom Years Childcare, Imperial Way! #forestschool #naturetherapy #mindfulwalking #animaltherapy
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Enjoyed a Mindful Walking session in Kings Wood, Sanderstead this morning & managed to avoid being hit by a catapult arrow! 😂 #forestschooladventure #naturecrafting #mindfulwalkingwithchildren
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
When your Schnauzer’s a bit broken…. #sleepyschnauzer
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
It took all my negotiation skills & a lot of gentle persuasion to avoid this beautiful rock being ‘stolen’ during our Mindful Walk in Kings Wood, Sanderstead today! #forestschooladventure #mindfulwalkingwithchildren
Young boy with spade looking very proud of a rock he’s just dug up covered in moss.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Therapy Animal session at Castle Hill Academy today. We enjoyed putting on a little fashion show while the children were at lunch. It made the humans laugh although Toothless, Cupid & Hope didn’t seem very impressed! #animaltherapy #laughtertherapy #crochetcrafting #SENinclusion
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Seems like someone decided I needed some 1:1 Animal Therapy this morning when I was setting up for Forest School #forestschooladventure #naturetherapy #animaltherapy
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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Limiting materials does not put a limit on your imagination. Everything you see here is made from recycled cardboard tubes. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #art #sculpture #creativity
A selection of photos of artwork I have made from recycled toilet roll tubes. This includes ships, a train, a skull, birds, a seahorse, houses . . .
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This Robin is always about when I’m in the woods but keeps its distance when my 1:1 Forest School children are near. It comes much closer when I’m alone & getting ready to go home 🥰 #Forestschooladventure #robins #naturetherapy #mindfulwalking
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Eyebrow envy…… not! The Cockapoo’s a charlatan, the Schnauzer wants to be in an 80’s band 🙄 #schnauzers #cockapoos #moneyback #eyebrow-disaster #flockofseagulls
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Fri-yay’s Forest School session with the Blossoms was mostly about bouncing, climbing, throwing yourself on the floor & laughing. Absolutely wonderfully bonkers! #Forestschooladventures #EYFS #naturetherapy #resilientchildren #getchildrenoutside
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Please stop sending DM’s, it’s creepy! Will not reply, will not follow, WILL Mute! #notinterested
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Looking for something different for your animal loving young person? Please take a look at this new Equestrian Course taking place in Caterham, Surrey very soon #horsetherapy #lifeskills www.facebook.com/share/p/18JJ...
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Our first 2025 adventure took us to the O2 to see www.theo2.co.uk/events/detai... The show was amazing, our table was on the stage 😬 Highly recommended, we didn’t expect the food to be good but it was delicious 😋 #experiencesnotgifts #datenight #contortionist #Abba
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I'm doing a little experiment by posting this on here and on Twitter simultaneously. (Please don't judge me, authors also need to earn money!) Currently #bluesky is easily winning on reposts/retweets in relation to my number of followers. 😊😘
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Someone likes leftover crunchy snow! Shouldn’t be surprised, when he hears the freezer door open at, ‘gin o’clock’, he comes trotting in for his ice tax, EVERY time! 🙄 ❤️ #schnauzerproblems #lovemydog
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🧵 1/ Wednesdays are Animal Therapy sessions at Castle Hill Academy, New Addington. One of the students got cross with me previously because I wouldn’t let him bend Toothless’s tail. I was forgiven this session, we sat with Toothless & just admired his fabulousness. #animaltherapy #SENinclusion
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Deb Fielden @debfielden.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
And breathe! We were certainly kept busy last year, it was crazy at times. Incredibly rewarding but hard work and of course there are always heartbreaking stories and incidents to manage alongside all the wonder. What does 2025 hold for us I wonder? #Shropshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cuan Wildlife Rescue: Record-breaking year for animal admissions
The charity, in Much Wenlock, saw more than 6,400 animals admitted to them in 2024.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
He thinks we won’t notice he’s on the bed if he keeps still 🙄 He’s not allowed on the bed because he’s smelly & he steals our socks and underwear! #cockapoodrama
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We had a very short Forest School session yesterday afternoon because it was so cold but we managed to feed the crows & magpies some out of date mince pies which made everyone happy! #forestschooladventures #getthekidsoutside #caringforwildlife #resilientchildren
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This child is amazingly bright & loves being outside. He’s very shy if anyone try’s to speak to him but recently he’s been asking me to film him for his mum if we do anything exciting. #forestschooladventures #mindfulwalking #naturetherapy #resilientchild #getchildrenoutside
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I was supposed to be out on a Woodland Walk session this morning but the wind speed & gusts would have made it impossible. Sharing pictures of a session that happened last week where we explored Owl Pellets! #forestschooladventures #mindfulwalking #naturetherapy #getthekidsoutside
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
🧵 I took these 2 boys out for a Mindful Walk session on Friday. One of the mums handed me 3 x £10 for the session which I put in my jacket. During our walk later, her son asked to see the money I’d been given. I thought I’d turn it into a learning opportunity & we talked about the Queen’s head,
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Spotted my first snowdrop in one of my pots 😊 #signsofspring #wildflowers #gardening
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A brilliant Woodland Walk with 2 boys I taught in Nut Tree Nursery nearly 2 years ago. It’s been lovely to reconnect with them on a 1:1 basis during school holidays. I really noticed how much they’ve grownup 😊 #forestschooladventures #naturetherapy #mindfulwalking
2 young boys dressed for the cold, investigating moss and lichen in the woods.1 young boy, dressed warmly, looking at an ice puddle in a fallen tree.A small glass terrarium with nature items found in the woods.2 young boys dressed warmly digging in the mud.
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Such a nice start to the week for the FiRsT Blossom Forest School session since Christmas & the LaSt one this year! 2024 was good but looking forward to new adventures in 2025 😊
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I spent this afternoon showing my husband the wonderful Kingswood Shetlands & Friends Farm. We spent a couple of hours with the team, mucking out the chickens, ducks, goats & sheep, and came home covered in mud & sh*t! It was wonderful 😆 #therapyanimals #volunteering
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this? If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas, at least the dogs are having a great time! #dogsatchristmas #schnauzers #cockapoos
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Finished my last mindful Woodland Walk at Kings Wood for 2024 yesterday. We hid some treats for the wildlife and my little friend told his mum that we’d made a scavenger hunt for the animals. The Robin didn’t wait! 😊 🎄 🦡 🦊 🐿️ #forestschooladventure #mindfulwalking #naturetherapy
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
So glad to be a Therapeutic Forest AP and having met quite a few of the team & students IRL this year I’m looking forward to 2025 😊 www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vhw...
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Lea Archer Free-range Forest Families @leaarcher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A lovely mindful walk this morning, but I wasn’t on my own, ‘Robins appear when loved ones are near’ 🥰 Back home in front of the log burner, enjoying some peace and quiet with my lovely husband & dogs. #mindfulwalking #naturetherapy #birdlover
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Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This is a brilliant offer...
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