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Group Programs

Designed for Children and Adults 

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Kids Country After School Program

6-12 Years

Our Kids Country Program has been designed for children to connect to themselves, to others, and to the earth. With those focuses in mind, we really focus on building social skills and meeting new friends, along with self-regulation and how to control our emotions through various strategies.

 

Through our 8 week program, we cover:

- Mindfulness (Breathwork, grounding, connecting to self)

- Rewilding (growing vegetables, raising chickens, etc)

- Survival Skills (navigation, peripherals, building structures)

- Social skills (Team building games and activities)

- Horsemanship & Liberty (advanced and beginners available)

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8 Week Program (Term to Term)

This program runs on Wednesday's from 4pm until 5pm.

Nerf Social

8-12 years & 12-15 Years

Join the ultimate battle! 

Are you ready for the most action-packed, adrenaline-pumping after school program ever? Our Nerf Social program is here, and it's going to be EPIC!

Lead by an ex-serviceman, this is no ordinary Nerf experience. With expert tactics, strategy tips, and a whole lot of fun, your kids will learn skills that even the pro's would envy. From intense battles, to sneak attacks and team missions, every moment will have them on the edge of their seats! Each week, we create new missions and strategies, with mateship and teamwork being at the forefront of every mission.

The focus is social skills, teamwork, and learning how to regulate our emotions under stress. With a structured social program, it can enhance children's ability to learn how to develop new friendships, and how to work as a team. 

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8 Week program (Term to term)

This program runs Monday's and Tuesday's from 4:00pm - 5pm

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Family Circle

8-13 and 14-18 Years

Join the ultimate program that has been specifically developed to assist children in learning strategies to help regulate emotions, nurture new friendships and overcome daily challenges, along with supporting families to further nurture these strategies, implementing them into our daily lives.

What does this program involve?

- Weekly kids circle zoom session

- Weekly parents circle zoom session

- Monthly day on the farm to nurture friendships, regulate emotions and overcome daily challenges using our horses and other farm animals

- Resources and strategies emailed weekly

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Term-to-Term (10 weeks)

Zoom sessions run Wednesday and/or Thursday evenings. Day on the farm runs monthly on a Saturday, whilst 1-1 support can vary.

Adult NDIS Farm Day

18+ Years

Our adults NDIS Farm Day is to assist participants in connecting and caring for our animals, which has been shown to be very therapeutic. In  this program, we also develop some incredible life skills, learning how to maintain a farm, care for animals, and develop skills in building children's structures & activities for our kids programs. 

These programs do require support workers to attend also.

- Feeding the animals

- Maintaning animal areas

- Working the ponies & horses (leading)

- Brushing & Grooming the ponies and horses

- Watering our gardens and harvesting our veggies

- Collecting the chicken eggs

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Every week on Mondays from 9:30am - 10:30am

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Equine-Assisted Learning Group Program

Adults and emergency services

Working alongside Horse Whispering Youth Program, we host an 8-week Equine-Assisted Learning program to assist adults by supporting them through trauma, support and emotional regulation. We focus on fostering trust, a safe space where we can be ourselves, and a place where we can work on challenges that we face in our lives.

Our program includes:

- Equine-Assisted Learning

- Horses at liberty

- Emotional Regulation

- Mindfulness

- Boundaries

- Overcoming our daily challenges

- Self-confidence/competence

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This is an 8-week program running Wednesdays 12:30pm-2pm

Emergency Services Group Program

Adults 18+

Working alongside Horse Whispering Youth Program, we host an 8-week Equine-Assisted Learning program to assist emergency services and veterans by supporting them through trauma, support and emotional regulation. We focus on fostering trust, a safe space where we can be ourselves, and a place where we can work on challenges that we face in our lives.

Our program includes:

- Equine-Assisted Learning

- Horses at liberty

- Emotional Regulation

- Mindfulness

- Boundaries

- Overcoming our daily challenges

- Self-confidence/competence

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This is an 8-week program running Wednesdays 12:30pm-2pm

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