by An-Ex-Member | 8 Apr, 2016 | FSA in the press, News
If you go down to the woods today, you’ll find two-year-old Freddie Goulden prising a warm, sticky marshmallow off the tip of a twig, straight from an open fire, and appraising it with glee. Next up, is scavenging for “magic stones” (he’ll use those to...
by An-Ex-Member | 24 Mar, 2016 | Members' news, News
The latest announcement on the decline of ash trees in Europe is a saddening and alarming. According to research, published in the Journal of Ecology, the British countryside will never look the same again. The paper says that the ash will most likely be...
by An-Ex-Member | 29 Jan, 2016 | Members' news, News
A radical campaign to keep children out of school until the age of seven is being tabled in Tayside and Fife. For further information please see here
by An-Ex-Member | 14 Jan, 2016 | Members' news, News
The woodland trust along with 48 other conservation and cultural organisations launched today, 13th January 2016, the campaign for a new charter for trees in 2017. As FS practitioners we all stand up for trees and woods, so having the clarion call in the form of a...
by An-Ex-Member | 12 Jan, 2016 | Members' news, News
For all FS practitioners who have strong feelings about the government’s policies in early years and early interventions to improve life chances. There is a current consultation by one of the select committees that closes at the end of February. If you wish to...
by An-Ex-Member | 21 Dec, 2015 | Members' news, News
The Department for Education in England is proposing a new registration and inspection system for out of school settings which centres on keeping children safe and safeguarding issues. If any FS providers who are in such a position wish to respond to the...
by Forest School Association | 24 Nov, 2015 | Members' news, News
The FSA has a new occasional opinion columnist. The Green Man is a member of the FSA who wishes to remain anonymous for the purpose of this column. His opinions are not necessarily shared by the FSA board or members. He has a special FSA member account set up so that...
by An-Ex-Member | 19 Nov, 2015 | Members' news, News
Stuart Welby of Manor House Forest School in Kent makes links with China and supports the set up of forest school to inject some creativity into the Chinese education system, please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GhG4nxJUc
by An-Ex-Member | 9 Nov, 2015 | Members' news, News
Woodland Trust Community Tree Packs The Woodland Trust’s Spring Community Tree Packs are available to groups for planting this Spring. The trees will be delivered March 2016 for Spring. Find out more on here:...
by Forest School Association | 27 Oct, 2015 | Members' news, News
Institute of Outdoor Learning staff have added up the votes cast in the 2015 election for FSA directors. These are a combination of votes by email and votes cast at the AGM last weekend. The results are as follows. Number of eligible voters = 661 Number of voters = 63...
