Circle R Ranch Ontario

Summer Camp & Outdoor Education Centre
Delaware, Ontario, Canada
Est. 1966
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Nature School Staff Bios

Jeremiah Riehl – Nature School Director, Skills fiend

Jeremiah has been working as an outdoor educator at Circle R Ranch for ten years.  Six years ago he started running his own Forest School programs for homeschool families, as well as Coyote Mentoring days for kids on weekends.  He has training in survival skills, mentoring, leadership and permaculture design.  In 2011 he began developing a permaculture Forest Garden which he uses to teach Earth stewardship and Ecology.  He loves to sculpt things with his hands, from carving wood and stone to making cordage and primitive tools.  He is immensely grateful to have any opportunity to share his passion and knowledge of the land.  He is also a writer, musician and father of an 2 year old boy named Sage.

Liam Farnworth aka Quazar Bellybongo

Circle R has been a special place for Liam since he was a wee tyke.  He has known many types of leaders at camp, and always felt at home on the land at Circle R.  He had the joy of participating in the Leadership Adventure Program (LAP) and Leaders in Training (LIT) at Circle R, as well as being a camp councillor for four years.  He is very excited to return to Circle R and offer his creativity and passion for working with kids.  Let’s get back to nature and find the wild within!

Claire McCann

Claire is a qualified teacher with over twelve years experience working with children and youth in outdoor settings. She immigrated to Canada/Turtle Island from Scotland in 2005 and is grateful to be on this land. Claire plays some guitar, whittles some wood, enjoys backcountry camping and birdwatching and is always connecting with and learning from nature.

Rob Read

Rob is a home-schooling dad, writer, and permaculturalist. For over a decade, he has been researching and trying various homesteading techniques, currently at Willow Creek Permaculture Farm. He enjoys growing food, from vegetables, to fruit and nut trees, and also gathering food from the wild. Rob has a love for connection with nature, and a passion to share that love with others. His closest tree friend is currently White Pine. Rob also writes poetry (mostly adapted from spam email), and young adult novels (about a nightmare world where it’s illegal to grow your own food). 

Wendy Bestward – Grandmother Goodness

Wendy is a recently retired Kindergarten Educator with a love of the outdoors and children.  Wendy loves discovering the wonders of nature.  She is excited to share hands-on experiences with others to deepen their connection to nature.  Some hobbies include hiking, paddling, reading, exploring, nature crafts, jamming on the ukulele, spinning, yoga, practising mindfulness, gardening and loving life.  She feels a deep connection to nature, and is a lover of animals, friends and encourager of all.

Sabrina Novoa aka Wildflower

Sabrina is and has been an avid outdoor adventurer for as long as she can remember. She is a graduate from the Adventure Expeditions and Interpretive Leadership program and was the director of the LAP (Leadership Adventure Program) here at Circle R Camp in 2017. She is excited to get back out and spread her knowledge with any young new adventurers who share her love for nature!

COVID-19 Nature school protocols

April 6 Update:
We are being forced to pause all our programs at this time until the end of the province-wide shutdown. Once we return to the Ontario Response Colour Framework, if we are in the Orange/Red zones for COVID-19 restrictions we are hoping to be able to run outdoor programs with a maximum of 25 people gathered. Participants will have to wear a mask if using our indoor facilities, but masks are not required while outdoors.

COVID CONSIDERATIONS

We at Circle R Nature School are staying up to date with the changing situation of the COVID 19 pandemic in Middlesex-London.

We are feeling very thankful we have this beautiful and diverse landscape to share and allow children and adults to access fresh air and exercise in nature.

We, like all businesses, have had to adapt and develop our own safety and health protocols for the remainder of this pandemic.  As with the seasons, the situation is ever-changing, and we will keep our families posted on any changes in protocol as we are informed by our local health unit.

If for some reason the Ontario government brings our locality into lockdown and deems it unsafe to run our programs, you will be refunded for the remaining sessions.

Our protocols at Circle R Nature School are:

-participants in our program are asked to keep physical distance of 2 metres from other participants that are not in their household (like siblings or family).   If one of our staff have to enter you or your child’s 2 metre space during our programs, both parties must put on a mask.

-our programs are primarily outdoors.  However, there is a dedicated program space which we may use in case of severe weather and cold.  Any time spent indoors, whether to use our bathrooms or warm up, participants must wear a mask.  During possible lunch times indoors, children will keep extra space as they need to remove their mask to eat.

-sharing of items will be kept to a minimum, and proper cleaning and sanitizing protocols are in place

-hand hygiene will be practiced regularly

-if any participant is showing symptoms on the day of the program, they are asked to not come for the day.  If any child is showing obvious symptoms during the program, parents will be contacted to come pick them up. 

-all participants will be screened using the COVID-19 Self-assessment tool before coming to Nature school. This tool can be found here:
https://covid19checkup.ca

December 6, 2020 by Nigel

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Family Nature School

**PLEASE NOTE: At this time our Family Nature School groups for Spring 2021 are full and running. To get on a Waitlist for one of the groups in the fall, please email us at
familynatureschool@circlerranch.ca

Family Nature School is a half-day program that runs every two weeks for families to get out and play and learn together in the woods at Circle R Ranch. Each day includes a check-in, a focused lesson, as well as time to hike, play and explore the land. Survival and homesteading skills will be shared and practiced. Families are asked to commit to the entire series. Maximum of eight families per group, or 25 people total.

Activities include:

  • Skiing/Snowshoeing
  • Maple Syrup making
  • Tracking
  • Wild food foraging
  • Survival skills (Fire, shelter making)
  • Plant and Tree Identification

… and much much more

Series & Dates

Cardinal Group
Tuesday afternoons
1 pm – 3:30 pm
Series Dates: March 2, March 23, April 6, April 20, May 4, May 18, June 1, June 15


Robin Group
Thursday mornings
9:30 am – noon
Series Dates: March 4, March 25, April 8, April 22, May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17


Bluejay Group
Saturday afternoons
1 pm – 3:30 pm
February till June
Series Dates: March 6, March 27, April 10, April 24, May 8, May 22, June 5, June 19

To register please email Jeremiah at familynatureschool@circlerranch.ca

Circle R Nature School

Our mission is to connect people with nature.

Drop off Forest School Children’s Programs:

Owlets Forest School
Half-day program for ages 4 – 8
Tuesday mornings
9 am – noon (3 hours)
Runs May to June (8 sessions)

Fox Walkers Forest School
Full day program
for ages 7 – 14
Mondays
9am – 4pm (7 hours)
Runs March to June (14 sessions)

Fledglings Forest School
Full day program for ages 4 – 8
Wednesdays
9 am – 4pm (7 hours)
Runs May to June (8 sessions)

Other Nature School Programs:

Coyote One-day Adventures

Coyote Mentoring 3-Saturday Series

Family Nature School
A half-day series that runs every two weeks

THE WILD CHILD SHALL RISE AGAIN!!!!!

Circle R Nature School
Delaware Ontario Canada
3017 Carriage Rd
N0L 1E0
519 471 3799

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