About Cyfleon

Our purpose and philosophy

Cyfleon are a social enterprise that specialise in teaching and learning outside of the classroom. Our purpose is to provide opportunities for both children and adults to experience learning in the outdoors to increase awareness of, and connection with nature to foster multi sensory, engaging and fun learning experiences that enhance physical, mental and social development, creativity and empathy and compassion for people and our environment.

 

Cyfleon adopt proven pedagogical approaches to provide children and young people with stimulating, fun and engaging learning environments. Our approach centres on experiential learning approaches that are interest-led to encourage the development of independence and self esteem and which foster positive connections and relationships between children and young people and their surroundings.

 

Cyfleon are affiliated to international education specialists in Scandinavia, Japan and the UK that have pioneered proven outdoor learning pedagogies including Forest Schools and Swedish Outdoor Learning. Through our affiliation with our international partners, Cyfleon are at forefront of promoting the value of learning in the outdoors as means of providing a holistic, interest-led and child centred curriculum. Our programmes encourage participation in outdoor, play focused learning activities that are aligned to the National Curriculum and continued by schools and families post programme delivery to enable the benefits of learning to be sustained over time.

 

Through our experience of working with families, Cyfleon have developed a range of family centred programmes that cater for individual family needs with an approach that focuses on the development of collaborative and nurturing relationships.

 

Our work in the Education sector has involved undertaking comprehensive needs analysis to gain an understanding of the specific learning needs from both a child and school perspective. Our partnership approach has enabled us to work closely with mainstream and SEN schools to diagnose learning needs and recommend bespoke learning interventions that target identified learning needs and skill gaps. Cyfleon have substantial experience of translating key educational learning outcomes and incorporating these into the design and delivery of learning programmes. Our affiliation with national Awarding Bodies enables us to offer accredited outcomes for many of our programmes which further reinforce the value of our programmes from both a child/young person and school perspective.