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Let’s start with some basics. So, what is a forest school? In short, it is an outdoor classroom where students spend time learning in nature. But there’s so much more to it than that! These unique schools offer countless benefits that traditional classrooms just can’t match. For one, forest schools provide an opportunity for students…
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Elizabeth here – I’m the one on the team at The Practical Forest School who mainly stays behind the scenes. I don’t run groups, I’m not out in the woods, but I do communicate with the parents who send their children to our forest school sessions, I manage our social media channels and I sort…
It’s nearly half term already, and we’re putting away the thermals in anticipation of better weather… although it might be a bit soon for that! Here’s what we’ve been reading, watching and listening to this month. Listen Kristen RB Peterson of Learning Wild has a podcast, and while this is an episode from December, I…
Back in 2019, the Sylva Foundation ran a national survey with the aim of gathering evidence about forest school practice, in particular the barriers and opportunities to provision of forest school and outdoor learning. The results were (and still are) eye opening, but times have changed. In particular, the coronavirus pandemic of recent years has…
