by Tilly Hogrebe | 26 Jan, 2026 | FSA produced guidance notes, FSA Resources, Guidance Note, Planning and delivering Forest School, Promoting Quality Forest School
Forest School sessions and their planning have a unique shape. To plan them effectively, we must understand the Forest School ethos and be guided by the principles. For people used to working in a formal, curriculum-based context, planning for Forest School is very...
by Forest School Association | 25 Oct, 2024 | FSA produced guidance notes, FSA Resources, Guidance Note, KB Subject
Guidance for qualified Forest School Leaders relating to Tree Safety and Woodland Health at Forest School. “Safety is but one of the many goals to which we aspire; the mistake that is often made is to focus on safety as if it is the only goal.” Professor David Ball...
by Nic Harding | 29 Aug, 2024 | Guest Blog, Members' news, News, Research
Morgan Barr, Loughborough University Being a Forest School leader can be isolating, advocating for something you passionately believe in, that outsiders claim to understand but rarely do. Seeing the impact firsthand but explaining how and why it works can be...
by Nic Harding | 23 Aug, 2024 | Guest Blog, Members' news, News, Research
By Lauren Bourn Autistic learners are often viewed by educational professionals as having complex and diverse support needs. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA, 2017) found that half of autistic young people felt their teachers did not know...
by Nic Harding | 1 Aug, 2024 | Conference, Guest Blog, Members' news, News, Research
Hannah Myers, Loughborough University “I’ve only waited twenty years for this” Sara Knight began as she welcomed practitioners and researchers to the first International Forest School Research Symposium. It was a poignant moment, and a long time coming, in recognising...
by Nic Harding | 22 Feb, 2024 | Members' news, News, Research, Uncategorized
Report of a survey on ForestSchool and Outdoor Learning in England Sylva Foundation The Bringing Children Closer to Nature survey (2018) aims to explore barriers and opportunities to activities in wooded areas and forests, including the practice of Forest...
by Nic Harding | 19 Jan, 2023 | Guidance Note, KB tag, Members' news, News
Tragedy and legal repercussions By Sarah Lawfull FSA Chair and FSA Endorsed Trainer Last week Newcastle City Council was found negligent in failing to carry out remedial works on a willow tree in a school playground with tragic consequences. A six-year-old girl...
by Forest School Association | 27 Oct, 2022 | Conference, FSA Resources, KB Subject, KB tag, News, Research
Important lessons about the richness of the theoretical underpinnings of Forest School thatcould inform our future … By Sara Knight, October 2022 For those who don’t know me, I’m the FS leader that writes. And rabbits. I have delivered at least 20...
by Forest School Association | 3 Dec, 2020 | Forest School set up administration and finance, FSA produced guidance notes, FSA Resources, Guidance Note, KB Subject, News, Planning and delivering Forest School, Promoting Quality Forest School
FREE Booklet The FSA are delighted to release the first in a series of new, free to download, booklets that support Forest School practitioners and participants in taking their first steps on the Forest School journey. ‘How to set up a Forest School from the...
by Nic Harding | 20 Nov, 2020 | Members' news, Webinar recording, Wednesday Webinars
Summary & Collated Notes Contributor: Madelanne Rust-D’Eye http://bodyintelligence.ca/ Webinar Style: ‘In the Thicket’ Total Number Registered: 115 Total Number attended: 68 Welcome from Chairperson (Jon), Update from the FSA (Jon): We are currently planning the...
