by Gareth Davies | 21 Dec, 2017 | Members' news, News
Introduction We are delighted to announce that the FSA has appointed the first Assessors for the Forest School Trainers Quality Assurance scheme, which was piloted during 2017 and will be officially launched in January 2018. The following people have been selected...
by Gareth Davies | 20 Dec, 2017 | Members' news
All FSA Members have been emailed the following concerning on-line Forest School Training. Emails sometimes end up in ‘spam’ folders so do please check there first if you have not received it. Also, we are unable to send group emails to role based email...
by Gareth Davies | 19 Dec, 2017 | Members' news
The FSA Recognised Forest School Provider Scheme was ‘soft launched’ earlier this year and officially launched In October. Some numbers and statistics: We’ve had 63 notifications since the soft launch. Of these, 37 have gone on to submit their...
by Gareth Davies | 5 Dec, 2017 | Members' news, News
Date for your diary: The National Forest School Conference 2018 will be held over the weekend of 5th, 6th and 7th October 2018. Venue: West Acre Estate (Harlequin site) – located just off the A47 (the main road in Norfolk) More information to...
by Gareth Davies | 23 Nov, 2017 | Members' news, News
What has happened? The FSA has worked with Forest School Trainers and ‘Open College Network West Midlands’ to revise the suite of Forest School qualifications. Indicative content for Trainers has been produced. All Forest School Trainers are advised to move over to...
by Gareth Davies | 17 Nov, 2017 | Members' news, News
Dear FSA members, The FSA is considering our response to the current Government consultation on proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons. Below is a framework outlining the FSA board’s thoughts on the act. We are writing to you to get your...
by Gareth Davies | 10 Nov, 2017 | Members' news, News
The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Forest School Association (FSA) will be held on Saturday 13th January 2018, between 1pm and 2pm at 12 Camley Street, Natural Park, London N1C 4PW. Please note that the AGM is a stand-alone event. There will be sandwiches...
by Gareth Davies | 24 Oct, 2017 | Members' news, News
We have heard that Sara Knight’s book ‘Forest School in Practice’ is to be translated into Chinese and published in China. This will be the first time a Forest School book has been translated into Chinese (as far as we are aware). There are a number...
by Gareth Davies | 9 Oct, 2017 | Members' news, News
The Forest School Association is circulating a Press Release in time for Outdoor Classroom Day on 12th October 2017. It concerns the launch of the FSA Recognised Forest School Provider scheme. As the professional body for Forest School in the UK we have devised this...
by Gareth Davies | 5 Oct, 2017 | Guest Blog, Members' news, News
What is the Forest School Association? The FSA is a membership association. There are many different types of membership association; clubs, political parties, unions and professional associations (bodies). Each represents members’ interests where those members...
