Countryside visits and nature studies should be part of the school curriculum. This morning BBC Radio Cambridgeshire invited me to come and discuss the results of a survey by the Campaign For Rural England [...]
At Forest School we love exploring the undergrowth looking for minibeasts. However, there is one minibeast we'd rather not encounter and that is the tick. Ticks can carry and pass [...]
The origins of Halloween...our spookiest festival! Most children love Halloween; at Forest School exploring the origins of the Celtic fire festival of Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “sow-win”) is a great way to start [...]
Elderberry Cordial When my children were small a herbalist recommended Elderberry Syrup. Rich in antioxidants, bioflavonoids, vitamins, A, B6 and C. It’s known to be immune boosting and an anti-inflammatory. This year I noticed [...]
One of the best things about camping is sitting around the fire cooking dinner, toasting marshmallows and chatting perhaps singing into the night. Fires are awesome. As a Forest School Leader and Trainer I [...]
To celebrate the return of the sun we decided to have a go at making simple sundials. You can print your own sundial from websites such as https://www.blocklayer.com/sundial-pop.aspx but I wanted the children to [...]
Sitting in the woods the other day pondering the current drive to get learning outside, I suddenly realised that nowhere on my website have I mentioned that all our courses are endorsed by the [...]
It’s been so exciting seeing all the wonderful things practitioners and children have been making at Forest School in preparation for Christmas. Making the video advent has certainly been a lot of fun, chickens [...]
At Forest School, ivy is our friend all year round but in Winter it comes into its own as the perfect adornment to a Christmas Wreath (as featured in our Forest School video advent). [...]
