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Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 1:03 pm Post subject: Forest school leader

I'm training to be a Forest School Leader. And I'm very excited about it! I won't be qualified for at least another 9 months, but the course is really fantastic. (loads of work to do now).
There's a wondeful pedagogy behind Forest School, an holistic approach to children's development. It centres everything on the child gaining self esteem, confidence, physicality, understaning of the world around us, and skills from social to hands on.

I was wondering if anyone here was a Forest School leader?
I'm also looking to borrow some books/have book recommendations/buy second hand books on FS.

I'm hoping to go back into self employment futher into my course, and will start getting things ready for parent and toddler groups, and linking in the local schools for ages 6-16.

My plan for my long term future is to create a place where I can teach young people about growing food, cooking food, and skills that come with living sustainably. Alongside that I'll run forest schools.

Ah, sweet dreams. Realizing them is slightly daunting!

VM

Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 1748
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 1:05 pm Post subject:
I'm not, but know someone back in Manchester who is.

cassy

Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 1047
Location: South West Scotland

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 1:19 pm Post subject:
That's really exciting to hear! Best of luck with it and with your long term goals which also sound great.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 3:11 pm Post subject:
That sounds really interesting with scope for development and growth of the business if you wanted. Last edited by Went on Mon Mar 04, 13 6:31 pm; edited 1 time in total

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 6:24 pm Post subject:
Our kids love Forest School. I think HenX runs one in the Forest.

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 8:40 pm Post subject:
thank you! I'm really happy about it. if any of you have a chance to attend a forest school with your kids, go for it, : )

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 8:41 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Our kids love Forest School. I think HenX runs one in the Forest.

that's so great that they love it. : )

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 13 9:49 pm Post subject:
My youngest did 2 weeks a couple of years ago, in the summer holidays. He found it really boring. (He was 10, and with friends) I think they missed messing about, like they do at home, without all of the rules.

bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
Posts: 188
Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 13 6:03 pm Post subject:
We don't do forest school stuff ourselves, but the local primary school use our woods for their forest school activities. We don't know what they do but they seem to have a lot of fun doing it.

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 13 6:18 pm Post subject:
What a fab career chooice. You will be wonderful at it too

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 13 6:21 pm Post subject:
thanks Nell : ) - I certainly hope so!

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