A woodland poem: Reviewing and reflecting
Reviewing and reflecting is a really important part ...
Affordances, or why we feel invited.
When I walk into the woods it's nice to try and see ...
Badges of honour
Many years ago I talked with my friend Martin about ...
Bridge that gap
I've written before about building rope bridges among ...
Building Bridges
Rope Bridges These last few months have seen an increase ...
Challenging Behaviour in the Outdoors
Working with Young People with Challenging Behaviour ...
Char flowers
There is a really fascinating process you can do with ...
Child led learning or how it feels to not be in charge
Giving control over content and intent of play and ...
Comfort-Challenge-Fear
"So, what makes you feel comfortable?" This was the ...
Compound Flexibility
During my years as a Forest School leader one if the ...
Coppice birds
Last year I learnt to make these little wooden birds ...
Did you used to climb trees?
I have a source of pride to share with you; I was ...
Dynamic risk assessment or ‘shall we use our common sense?’
com·mon·sense \?kä-m?n-?sen(t)s\ adjective : sound ...
Forest School – Planning with children at the centre- evaluation
In a previous post I shared a template I use for planning. ...
Forest School reflective diary as a word cloud
I have a love of words and have been using word clouds ...
Forest School- Planning with children at the centre
I've been working on a planning template for my own ...
Look after yourself, look after each other and look after the place we are in
There are many ways that I have used over the years ...
Mad as a March Hare!
March has been an exciting month. So exciting in fact ...
Making Weapons and Group Agreements
I am, by nature a peaceful sort. However I often find ...
Maslow’s hierarchy of need or why, in winter, we always have hot chocolate..
I was just repacking and checking through the safety ...
Protected: Needs in Forest School resources
Resources to support Lily's workshop at FSA conference ...
Only made from wood; a daily advent of festive winter crafts part 1
I have set myself a creative challenge over on my ...
Our story of the day; reflective poems.
Our story of the day. Reflective group poems from ...
Pulling the legs off a spider
“Play is a biological necessity that puts the child ...
Recapitulative play, (we get our fire ready for cooking)
In a recent post a new provocation came from the children. ...
Reflections on Forest Schools
In the last few weeks I have been working with people ...
Rewilding myself. Reflections on Forest School training.
I was reading the reflective diary that Lina submitted ...
Saturday afternoon on the Ridge
I was doing some research on a new site I will be ...
Sing a song of reflection
I'm slowly getting through the backlog of jobs to ...
Skulk of foxes- a whittling project.
I was really inspired recently by a great whittling ...
Springboards
I have been thinking a lot about springboards this ...
Squirrel Fishing
I thought I'd share with you a little doodle I had ...
Sweet Treats: Baking in the woods
Well-being is really important, especially if you ...
The game of Kubb
With Spring on the way and more time on our hands ...
The names of things…
Often on training courses, when I ask what people ...
The next best time is now
I'm working with a group of Forest School trainees ...
The popcorn maker is dead! Long live the popcorn maker!
I took my fire top popcorn maker with me to the woods ...
Things on sticks that aren’t marshmallows.
I got tired of marshmallows a while back but having ...
Walking alongside
Sitting around the fire at a recent Forest School ...
What happens after you feel the fear?
I didn't know how much of this last week would be ...
Who goes there? Who went there?
Snow that is covering lots of the UK at the moment ...
Why is clay cleaner than mud?
Why is clay cleaner than mud? Why are barbecues safer ...
Wind and woods
Not that sort of wind! It is universally accepted ...
Wonky wood cookie wheel – reflective practice
The Forest School principles are a useful tool for ...
Wood cookies swinging in the trees make romantic braids…
Occasionally I see a craft technique and think to ...
‘I climbed right up to here’ or Risk and Challenge in a Forest School
Risk taking is widely understood to be a natural part ...
