The Cabin is our space for home educated young people aged 5-11, It is open from 10-3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays during term time, and you can choose to attend either one or two days (space permitting).

Each person's experience of the day is unique to them, depending on where their needs and curiosity leads them. Throughout the day young people are supported by the Facilitator Team, to develop relationship and community skills rooted in our Guiding Principles,

Frame for the Day
We have a 'frame for the day', which includes: the opening meeting, lunch break, tidy up time, and the closing meeting. Everyone needs to be present for these parts of the day. The rest of the day is when we run our co-created Plans for the Day, and is where people practice their consent-based self-direction. 
 
10-10.15am: Arrive and settle in. 
10.15-10.30: Opening meetings 
10-12: Practicing consent-based self-direction including the Plans for the Day, and access to the Cabin resources and Garden. 
12-12.30pm: Lunch
12-30-2.30: Practicing consent-based self-direction including the Plans for the Day, and access to the Cabin resources and Garden.
2.30-2.45: Tidy up time
2.45-3pm: Closing meetings and pick up. 

Plans for the Day:
Activities proposed in the Closing Meetings form the plans for the next week, and include a combination of things suggested and organised by young people and facilitators. These plans are optional (unless it's your plan to run!).

Resources:
The Cabin has a range of resources that can be accessed by young people during the day. New resources can be requested in the Closing Meeting, so this list of resources is constantly being added to and evolving to reflect young people's interests.  We have a budget each week to purchase resources, and anyone can request a new resource.

Current resources include:

Den building
Arts, crafts and sewing
Card and Board Games
Lego
Piano and ukelele 
Gardening equipment
Balls and outside games
Speaker for music
Laptops for supervised internet access
Dolls house
Cooking equipment
Fire pit
Blankets and cushions
Books
Marble run
Hammocks and swing

Offsite Trips
The Cabin is based in the beautiful market town of Saffron Walden, and we can go offsite to make use of the resources that the town has. 

To enquire about a place at the Cabin, please email us at: hello@downatthecabin.com