Summer Hill - 16th October 2025
Stay and Play at Summer Hill, Papamoa.
319 Reid Road, Pāpāmoa Hills
🗓 Thursday 16th October 2025
🕘 9:30am - 11:00am
🎟 $18 for your first child, $12 per sibling -Use code WILDSIBLING at the check out - if you have more than two children please contact us before purchasing😀
Our outdoor Stay & Play sessions are designed for children aged 0–5 years and their caregivers. Created by qualified Early Childhood Teachers, these playgroups provide enriching, nature-inspired opportunities for little ones to explore, create, and connect, while fostering meaningful moments between parent and child.
Our play stations are thoughtfully set up to support all ages and stages of development. With a mix of low tables, ground-level trays, and open-ended materials, children can engage in ways that suit their abilities and interests. We believe there is no such thing as a single “age-appropriate” experience, every child, from a curious 6-month-old baby to a confident 5-year-old explorer, is capable and competent. Each child will discover, explore, and play differently and all are encouraged to engage at their own pace in a safe and supportive environment.
✨ What to expect:
- 🧒Child-led, nature-inspired play stations.
- 🎨Messy, sensory, and creative activities.
- 💕A welcoming, supportive space for parents and caregivers.
- 🐌Time to slow down, be present, and make memories.
- 🧺Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and ssome food to enjoy during or at the end of the session. It’s a beautiful location to soak up the morning, and younger wildlings may even nap on the way home.
- 🚻 Toilets are available in the car park, close to our haven for the morning. Please note these toilets do not have changing facilities, so come prepared.
📌 Important note: Before purchasing, please read and complete our Registration and Terms & Conditions agreement vis the link below
https://forms.gle/a1XgbXPKYgWZLrde6
(This only needs to be completed once per family.)
⚠️RAMS (Risk Assessment & Management Summary)
Location: Summerhill Farm & Forest
Hazards Identified: This is a working farm!
🚜 Vehicles & Machinery: Active farm and forestry vehicles present and moving.
🌲 Environmental Conditions: Uneven terrain, exposed roots, weather changes, falling branches in high winds. Watch your steps.
⚡️Electric fence: Live fence on, keep children safe and aware.
🚪Gates: Leave every gate the way you find in.
🪤 Animal Traps: Predator control traps in the forest (must not be touched, let's just keep away from them!)
🚴 Shared Trails: Other users such as cyclists and walkers.
⚠️ General Hazards: Slippery surfaces, water play risks, messy play materials.
🧩 Small Parts: Risk of choking for little ones during play.
Control Measures:
- Parents/caregivers must actively supervise children at all times.
- Children to remain within designated Stay & Play areas.
- Clear signage to indicate restricted or unsafe areas.
- Remind families to dress children in weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear. Also remember the wet weather gear.
- Session cancelled or modified in extreme weather (e.g., high winds, heavy rain).
- First aid kit and emergency contacts available onsite.
- Caregivers responsible for toileting and nappy changes.
- Adults reminded of Summerhill’s guidelines: watch for machinery, keep to paths, and follow hazard updates on the whiteboard at the entrance.
Responsibilities of Adults:
- Stay within sight and sound of their child(ren) at all times.
- Support children in navigating uneven paths or hazards.
- Ensure children do not touch or interfere with machinery, traps, or taped-off areas.
- Carry a charged mobile phone for emergencies (call 111 if needed).
- Help children respect and share space with other users (walkers, cyclists).
Emergency Plan
- Rosie and Pip ( Wildling Haven Facilitators), are first aid certified and will provide immediate support if required.
- In the event of an emergency, call 111
- Evacuate to the car park meeting point if necessary.
Email us if you have any questions via our contact us page.