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Forest School Practitioner Training courses, outdoor workshops, creativity courses and more from Kindling Play and Training

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 Kindling delivers RQF accredited Forest Schools Practitioner Training at NOCN (One Awards) Level 1 through to Level 3. These training courses can be delivered in house f the group size is viable. All courses are facilitated by Lily Horseman, an experienced and creative trainer and Forest School practitioner. Lily has held a Level 4 Forest School Trainers award since 2009, is a director and Chair of the Forest School Association. For more information or to ask questions call Lily on 07789 723 061 (please note that texts or WhatsApp messages may not receive a quick response, phone calls will receive a faster response).

Lily has demonstrated that Kindling Forest School training meets the criteria set out by the Forest School Association and has met the Quality Assurance benchmarks.  

 

 

 

 

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Forest School Practitioner Trining Course Dates

Apr
3
Mon
2017
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Watchtree Nature Reserve, Near Carlisle
Apr 3 – Apr 5 all-day
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Watchtree Nature Reserve, Near Carlisle | England | United Kingdom

NOCN Forest School Level 1 Training

This course is aimed at individuals with little or no experience of working in the outdoors, and aims to build knowledge and confidence in working with children outdoors and an insight into the Forest School Ethos.

Kindling will introduce basic woodland skills, and individuals will develop a basic knowledge of the flora and fauna in a woodland area. The course will allow participants to look at using the outdoor environment to facilitate different ways of learning outdoors and to encourage the development of personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem.

Participants will learn how the outdoors can be used to encourage all areas of development, understand factors that affect children’s behaviour and strategies for the outdoor environment. We will also look at how the outdoor environment encourages independence, self-reliance and self-esteem and promotes healthy, balanced social and emotional growth.

Course Duration: 3 days

Portfolio Completion will take place during the course and be handed in on the last day.

This course is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with children and young people, those who want to explore the possibilities for Forest Schools within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.

This course does not enable you to deliver Forest School programmes as a qualified practitioner.

Jun
8
Thu
2017
Play in the Outdoors— facilitating and observing play in the outdoors @ Bulcliffe Woods
Jun 8 @ 09:30 – 16:30
Play in the Outdoors— facilitating and observing play in the outdoors @ Bulcliffe Woods | Bretton | England | United Kingdom

Experiential course with Jon Cree and Lily Horseman. Starting at 9.30 and finishing at 4.30
How does the outdoors support ‘the ecological and spiritual imagination of the mind’ of the child will be a key question explored on this workshop. We will also be looking at all the other developmental areas humans experience during play.
??Outdoor play and ‘games’ will be shared to explore the many possibilities the natural world and outdoor elements offer for meaningful play – from the creative to the rough and tumble.
?We will be exploring the ‘play framework’ and how we, as practitioners, spot cues from learners to interact with their play without destroying the ‘play’ and the ‘drive’ to play. We will also be examining when a ‘player’ enters a state of flow when the learning becomes integral to the human.
The day will look in detail at what practitioners can deduce from play. Are our observations and evaluations telling us what is really ‘going
on’ for the learner and how do we check they are truthful. This can then inform our inter- ventions and non-interventions as co-players.
How do we re-discover the world and mind of the child? – one of the many questions asked and explored on this workshop.

 

Spaces are limited. Email mail@kindlingplayandtraining.co.uk to book

Sep
22
Fri
2017
Play in the Outdoors— facilitating and observing play in the outdoors @ Bishopswood Centre
Sep 22 @ 09:30 – 16:30
Play in the Outdoors— facilitating and observing play in the outdoors @ Bishopswood Centre | Crossway Green | England | United Kingdom

Experiential course with Jon Cree and Lily Horseman. Starting at 9.30 and finishing at 4.30
How does the outdoors support ‘the ecological and spiritual imagination of the mind’ of the child will be a key question explored on this workshop. We will also be looking at all the other developmental areas humans experience during play.
Outdoor play and ‘games’ will be shared to explore the many possibilities the natural world and outdoor elements offer for meaningful play – from the creative to the rough and tumble.
We will be exploring the ‘play framework’ and how we, as practitioners, spot cues from learners to interact with their play without destroying the ‘play’ and the ‘drive’ to play. We will also be examining when a ‘player’ enters a state of flow when the learning becomes integral to the human.
The day will look in detail at what practitioners can deduce from play. Are our observations and evaluations telling us what is really ‘going
on’ for the learner and how do we check they are truthful. This can then inform our inter- ventions and non-interventions as co-players.
How do we re-discover the world and mind of the child? – one of the many questions asked and explored on this workshop.

Spaces are limited. Email mail@kindlingplayandtraining.co.uk to book

Oct
18
Wed
2017
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Offshoots Garden, Towneley Park, Burnley
Oct 18 – Oct 20 all-day
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Offshoots Garden, Towneley Park, Burnley | England | United Kingdom

NOCN Forest School Level 1 Training

This course is aimed at individuals with little or no experience of working in the outdoors, and aims to build knowledge and confidence in the Forest School ethos and principles.

Kindling will introduce basic woodland skills, and individuals will be required to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the flora and fauna in a woodland area. The course will allow participants to look at using the outdoor environment to facilitate different learning styles and to encourage the development of personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem.

Participants will learn how the outdoors can be used to encourage all areas of development, understand factors that affect children’s behaviour and strategies for the outdoor environment. We will also look at how the outdoor environment encourages independence, self-reliance and self-esteem and promotes healthy, balanced social and emotional growth.

Course Duration: 3 days

Portfolio Completion will take place during the course and be handed in on the last day.

This course is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with children and young people, those who want to explore how Forest Schools could work within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.

Funding for subsidies for practitioners in the South Pennines comes from Heritage Lottery Fund and Newground Together administered by Pennine Prospects.

Feb
17
Sat
2018
Pewter Casting craft workshop @ The Morland Studio, Morland, Cumbria
Feb 17 @ 14:00 – 16:00

Wonderful Pewter Casting Workshop! 17th Feb 2-4 Pm at The Studio, Morland, Cumbria 

Explore the alchemy of this wonderful craft. You will have the opportunity to design and make your moulds and cast your design in pewter under the experienced eye of tutor Lily Horseman.

This workshop is suitable for those aged 8 and above. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
£20 per person plus a few pence per gram of pewter used for any finished pieces you want to take away.
Please book by emailing us at thestudiomorland@gmail.com or by phone: 01931714444 

petwer casting

Feb
23
Fri
2018
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Wigton Infant School, Wigton, Cumbria
Feb 23 all-day
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Wigton Infant School, Wigton, Cumbria | England | United Kingdom

NOCN Forest School Level 1 Training

Wigton Infant School, 23rd Feb, 2nd March and 9th March 2018

This course is aimed at individuals with little or no experience of working in the outdoors, and aims to build knowledge and confidence in the Forest School ethos and principles.

Kindling will introduce basic woodland skills, and individuals will be required to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the flora and fauna in a woodland area. The course will allow participants to look at using the outdoor environment to facilitate different learning styles and to encourage the development of personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem.

Participants will learn how the outdoors can be used to encourage all areas of development, understand factors that affect children’s behaviour and strategies for the outdoor environment. We will also look at how the outdoor environment encourages independence, self-reliance and self-esteem and promotes healthy, balanced social and emotional growth.

Course Duration: 3 days

Portfolio Completion will take place during the course and be handed in on the last day.

This course is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with children and young people, those who want to explore how Forest Schools could work within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.

 

Funding for subsidies for practitioners in the South Pennines comes from Heritage Lottery Fund and Newground Together administered by Pennine Prospects.

Apr
18
Wed
2018
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Offshoots Garden, Towneley Park, Burnley
Apr 18 – Apr 20 all-day
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Offshoots Garden, Towneley Park, Burnley | England | United Kingdom

NOCN Forest School Level 1 Training

This course is aimed at individuals with little or no experience of working in the outdoors, and aims to build knowledge and confidence in the Forest School ethos and principles.

Kindling will introduce basic woodland skills, and individuals will be required to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the flora and fauna in a woodland area. The course will allow participants to look at using the outdoor environment to facilitate different learning styles and to encourage the development of personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem.

Participants will learn how the outdoors can be used to encourage all areas of development, understand factors that affect children’s behaviour and strategies for the outdoor environment. We will also look at how the outdoor environment encourages independence, self-reliance and self-esteem and promotes healthy, balanced social and emotional growth.

Course Duration: 3 days

Portfolio Completion will take place during the course and be handed in on the last day.

This course is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with children and young people, those who want to explore how Forest Schools could work within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.

Funding for subsidies for practitioners in the South Pennines comes from Heritage Lottery Fund and Newground Together administered by Pennine Prospects.

Aug
4
Sat
2018
Pewter Casting craft workshop at Wood Spirit camp Silverdale @ Wood Spirit camp
Aug 4 all-day

Wonderful Pewter Casting Workshop! 

Explore the alchemy of this wonderful craft. You will have the opportunity to design and make your moulds and cast your design in pewter under the experienced eye of tutor Lily Horseman.

This workshop is suitable for those aged 8 and above. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
cost a few pence per gram of pewter used for any finished pieces you want to take away.
This  workshop is only available for people attending the Wood Spirit event. 

 

petwer casting

Sep
7
Fri
2018
Play in nature and the nature of play. Workshop for the IOL @ Low Wray Campsite, Ambleside, Cumbria
Sep 7 @ 09:30 – 16:30
Play in nature and the nature of play. Workshop for the IOL @ Low Wray Campsite, Ambleside, Cumbria | Low Wray | England | United Kingdom

Outdoor play in nature will be experienced and explored, looking at the many possibilities – from the creative to the rough and tumble- and how these impact on the child.
We will be exploring the ‘play framework’ and how we, as practitioners, spot cues from learners to interact with their play without destroying the ‘frame’ and the ‘drive’ to play. We will also be examining when a ‘player’ enters a state of flow when the learning becomes integral to the human.

The workshop will look at what practitioners can deduce from play. Are our observations and evaluations telling us what is really ‘going
on’ for the learner and how do we check they are truthful. This can then inform our inter- ventions and non-interventions as co-players.
How do we re-discover the world and mind of the child? – one of the many questions asked and explored on this workshop.

This workshop is part of the IOL NW practitioner meeting and cannot be booked separately. 

Nov
28
Wed
2018
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Dove Cottage, Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
Nov 28 – Nov 30 all-day
Level 1 Forest School Practitioner Training @ Dove Cottage, Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere | Grasmere | England | United Kingdom

NOCN Forest School Level 1 Training

This course is aimed at individuals with little or no experience of working in the outdoors, and aims to build knowledge and confidence in the Forest School ethos and principles.

Kindling will introduce basic woodland skills, and individuals will be required to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the flora and fauna in a woodland area. The course will allow participants to look at using the outdoor environment to facilitate different learning styles and to encourage the development of personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem.

Participants will learn how the outdoors can be used to encourage all areas of development, understand factors that affect children’s behaviour and strategies for the outdoor environment. We will also look at how the outdoor environment encourages independence, self-reliance and self-esteem and promotes healthy, balanced social and emotional growth.

Course Duration: 3 days

Portfolio Completion will take place during the course and be handed in on the last day.

This course is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with children and young people, those who want to explore how Forest Schools could work within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.

 

 

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