by Nic Harding | 12 Apr, 2022 | Events, Members' news, News
FSA April Wednesday Webinar April 13th – 8.00 pm – 9.30 pm This In the Thickett webinar is being facilitated by Lily Horseman and Jon Cree, both experienced practitioners when it comes to ‘play’ with various developmental stages of child and...
by Gareth Davies | 7 Apr, 2022 | News
The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Forest School Association (FSA) will be held on Saturday 7th May 2022, via an online Zoom meeting between 13:00 and 14:30. The decision to hold the AGM online has been taken because it has proven effective, over the...
by Nic Harding | 3 Feb, 2022 | Members' news, News
Post by Sarah Lawfull Great news from Sara Collins and Sarah Lawfull- FSA trustees and leads of the FSA inspired Nature Premium campaign. “Since receiving the initial grant from the Ashden Trust we have been meeting every three weeks with Sian...
by Nic Harding | 3 Feb, 2022 | Members' news, News, Uncategorized
Post by Jo Phillips The Nature Premium is a simple idea yet radical one. To ensure that nature is threaded through every part of every child’s education, from the early years throughout secondary school. The evidence is abundant in respect of health and...
by Nic Harding | 2 Dec, 2021 | Members' news, News
Lily Horseman Storm Arwen has had a huge impact on many woodland sites across the UK this week. Leaving a trail of uprooted trees and tangles of brash. This is a shocking experience for those of us who know the sites and individual trees well and it has lots of...
by Gareth Davies | 19 Sep, 2021 | Members' news, News
Hello All, ***Sorry folks – We tried our best, worked over the weekend to make it happen, but we will not be able to get the new book delivered to the conference for sale. We expect there to be proofs available for people to see.*** We are working flat out to...
by Gareth Davies | 16 Sep, 2021 | Members' news, News
The FSA was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Ashden Trust in 2019 to develop a very important project for our community. That is a web app that would allow large numbers of Forest School leaders and their participants to generate a national scale stream of...
by Gareth Davies | 14 Sep, 2021 | FSA Administration, FSA Policy Statements and Actions, KB Subject, News
The FSA was approached by Birnbeck Insurance with a question about loose parts play at Forest School. The question was whether or not ‘loose parts play’ involving man-made materials was a core part of Forest School? The question had arisen because of an...
by Dave Brooks | 1 Sep, 2021 | Conference, Members' news, News
Have you missed face to face CPD? Meeting Forest School colleagues? Having time to reflect on and celebrate the amazing work that the Forest School community does? The FSA National Conference offers all of this – a bonanza of excellent speakers,...
by Gareth Davies | 20 Aug, 2021 | News
We are pleased to announce that Qualifications Network UK (QNUK) has gained FSA support for their Forest School qualifications. This brings the number of FSA recognised Awarding Organisations to nine. Forest School trainers work through OFQUAL recognised Awarding...
