Sensory Saturdays

Our SEN Stay-and-Play's!

Sensory Saturdays are weekly themed stay-and-play sessions, these sessions run on Saturday mornings from 9:45am-12:00pm.

They are designed for children aged 0-12 for stay-and-plays to engage in play that supports fine motor, gross motor, speech, social skills, and emotional regulation. These sessions offer a sensory-informed, inclusive environment, with structured but flexible activities, lots of support, and a community feel.

Discovery Days

Learning through play!

Friday term time 1:30-3:30pm

Discovery Days with Autism Explorers supports home-educated and flexi-schooled children with specialised learning-through-play sessions held every Friday. These sessions are designed to provide meaningful, structured learning opportunities while relieving some of the pressure parents and carers often feel when educating their explorers at home.

Each Discovery Day follows a hands-on, child-centred approach and connects to the theme of our weekly Sensory Saturdays. This creates continuity, familiarity, and deeper learning, allowing children to explore concepts in multiple ways across different contexts.

Our goals are rooted in developing life skills, basic learning foundations, and practical understanding through sensory-informed, interactive activities. Whether through creative workshops, real-world tasks, problem-solving challenges, group discovery play, or thematic exploration, every activity is designed to nurture confidence, independence, communication, and curiosity.

Discovery Days offer a welcoming, pressure-free learning environment where children can thrive at their own pace, and where parents and carers feel supported, not overwhelmed. It’s a chance for explorers to build knowledge through doing, experimenting, and connecting with others in a calm, inclusive setting.

Family Explorers

Friday Mornings 10am-12pm

Our Friday mornings are aimed at preschool and Key Stage 1 children, this Friday morning term-time group provides gentle, child-led play and sensory exploration in a relaxed setting.

Enjoy arts and crafts, unstructured sensory activities and much more! This is the perfect group to explore as a family.

After School Club: Wind Down Den

Supporting Transitions through the Wind Down Den Every Friday term time 4:00-5:15pm

At Autism Explorers, we understand that the move from school to the weekend or half-term can be overwhelming for children with additional needs. Our After School: Wind Down Den is a specialised after-school provision designed to bridge that gap.

Our sessions prioritise emotional regulation and relaxation. By combining sensory stations, Lego therapy, and calming crafts, we create a predictable and safe inclusive space where every child can decompress at their own pace.

Let us help turn "Friday fatigue" into a calm, positive start to the weekend or half-term break.