Level 3 Forest School Practitioner Training

This Forest School training course also includes an assessment and development week 13th -17th June 2016

OCN Forest School Level 3 Training

This course is an opportunity to explore to a higher level different approaches to using the outdoor environment in a Forest School setting and is for those who and wish to coordinate, manage and lead Forest School Sessions with children, young people or adults.

You will investigate how best to design and run a Forest School programme and look at how to approach and apply it safely and effectively.

This Forest School Level 3 course is aimed at individuals who have a minimum Level 2 qualification in Youth Work, Child Care, Teaching, or relevant experience in working with children.

The course content of this qualification is based on up-to-date research surrounding aspects of

• Child development
• Personal development
• Neuro-science
• Accelerated Learning
• Woodland conservation and recreation
• Innovative and therapeutic theory in the outdoors
• Risk assessments to enable safe outdoor play and education

Course Duration

• Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
• Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 6 months)
• First Aid – Candidates complete a 2 day ITC first aid course
• Assessment Week – Consisting of 5 days of assessment.

Participants on this course will need to complete a paediatric outdoor First Aid 2 day course before completing their Forest School training. (First Aid not included in price).