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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Join Lily and Jenny for a mindful day’s exploration of natural dying, printing and pigment-making in the Studio Morland and the beautiful grounds of Morland House.
Throughout the morning you will be gently guided through some simple botanical dyeing techniques. Learn how to wrap and bundle fabric and paper to steam over an open fire. Discover leaf and flower printing processes. Find simple but inspiring ways to extract natural dyes and pigments from foraged and found materials in nature.
During the afternoon there will be time to play!
You will be given the opportunity to further explore and expand on any (or all) of the processes in which ever manner you choose.
A wonderfully immersive experience where you will be encouraged to explore your creativity through colour, nature and playfulness in a welcoming and supportive environment.
Spaces are limited so please book early.
Workshop The Studio Morland, Morland, Penrith CA10 3AZ
Sunday 16th April
10-3.30 pm
Cost £45
Your Tutors are……
Lily Horseman – Forest School Practitioner and Nature connected craftsperson
Jenny Brook – Arts practitioner specialising in Textiles.
All materials included in the cost.
*** This Course is Now Fully Booked ***
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (27th November 2023) Cost £850 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
Please be aware that should the Covid19 legislations change, the dates and other elements of the course may be subject to change.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
BOOK HERE
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates complete a 2 day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at own cost
- Second week – Consisting of 5 days of further training and benchmarking
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).
*This venue has no accommodation, however, there are B&B’s close to the venue.
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (w/c 20th November 2023) Cost £900 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Kindling Play and Training, but we can recommend good providers).
- A Second week – Consisting of 5 days for further training and benchmarking.
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).
*This venue has accommodation onsite at an additional cost of £200 per week.
BOOK HERE
This course is now fully booked
This Forest School training course also includes a second and third block of training:
Block 1: Tuesday 26th September – Thursday 28th September 2023 ( 3 Days)
Block 2: Wednesday 6th December – Friday 8th December 2023 (3 Days)
Block 3: Monday 15th April – Thursday 18th April 2024 (4 Days)
Attendance at all course dates is essential as these form part of the learning hours of the course requirement. Timings each day are 9am – 5pm for participants.
Cost £900 includes all blocks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk-benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Training days: 3 days of initial training, followed by 3 days of skills & theory training and 4 days of consolidation and assessment.
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Bright Futures Educational Trust, but we can recommend good providers).
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).
The cost of this course includes 10 days of training, course materials, and ongoing support during the course.
We are working in partnership with Kindling Play and training to deliver this course. Lily Horseman will lead the facilitation with Janet Green from Bright Futures delivering alongside her for the duration of the course. Lily is a fully endorsed Forest School Association training provider and is currently training Janet to become a trainer.
Venue:
Lime Tree Primary Academy and local woodland (car share to get to the local woodland may be helpful if you are willing to, it will be approx 5 minute drive away).
What do I need to bring?
Waterproof and warm coats and pants ( we will be out in all weather apart from high winds or thunderstorms).
Waterproof footwear (walking boots or wellies)
Clean footwear for inside working
Notebook and pen
Lunch
Refillable water/drink bottle
A sense of excitement and adventure
About Lily Horseman:
Lily Horseman of Kindling has been working with children and training the children’s workforce since 1999.
Lily is experienced in working with children of all ages and adults.
She has worked with and for a number of community and voluntary sector groups, Schools, Early Years settings, playwork associations and playwork training providers and environmental charities
She has also worked for a Local Authority and in partnership with Sure Start, Children’s Centres and other statutory agencies.
Lily first undertook Forest School training in 2004, and has completed the Forest School OCN Level 4 delivered by Forest School Education. She is a Forest School Association Endorsed Forest School Trainer who holds F.E. teaching and assessing qualifications; she is a qualified IQA and has completed qualifications in Assessing Vocational Achievement and Internal Quality Assurance and is also a trained First Aider. She also holds woodland management qualifications and has managed a number of woodlands in Cumbria.
Lily is a director of Stomping Ground CIC which is a cooperative of practitioners based in Cumbria. She is also a director of the Forest School Association and from 2017 to 2021 was Chair of the FSA.
In 2013 Lily became an APIOL- Accredited Practitioner of the Institute of Outdoor Learning.
Before setting up Kindling in 2009, Lily worked for Bradford Metropolitan District Council managing the work of the Play Team and delivering playwork training. This role included overseeing Bradford’s first self-build adventure playground and a number of open access, inclusive play opportunities for children. The role also included working with a wide range of settings and schools to improve the quality of provision, delivering training which included experiential workshops and accredited training up to Level 3.
In Bradford Lily was actively involved in the Forest School network working in partnership with Bradford Community Environment Project to develop and support Forest Schools across the district. This built on work Lily had done previously with Herefordshire Nature Trust.
In 2002 Lily began developing the successful WildPlay project for Herefordshire Wildlife Trust. She worked with a range of settings to encourage them to use the outdoors. The WildPlay project also delivered open access playwork in partnership with a number of Housing Associations, delivered training and events and worked with children and families across Herefordshire.
Previous to this Lily had been a freelance playworker, trainer and creative workshop leader working for Herefordshire Travellers Playscheme, Carnival Arts, Herefordshire EYDCP, Sure Start and Herefordshire Playcare Association.
About Janet Green:
Janet has been working with children, young people and families since 1996. Janet initially started her working life in Youth and Community work, where she led and developed teams to deliver street based and building based youth work in both the statutory and voluntary sector.
Janet trained to become a Forest School Practitioner in 2013; her love of the outdoors and her passion to see young people accepted as they are and able to play in nature, very much the driving force behind this.
In 2014 Janet started her journey at Lime Tree Primary Academy where she took on the role to lead Forest School and develop the outdoor learning for the children and staff. There she has developed the school grounds, supported teachers with outdoor learning as well as lead the forest school sessions which have recognised provider status from the Forest School Association.
Janet has been facilitating the Trafford teaching School Alliance Forest School network group for the last 5 years and has experience of supporting other schools to develop their outdoor settings. Janet delivers workshops and grounds development work for Learning through landscapes and is a LTL accredited professional.
Delivering Forest School training has always been a dream for Janet as she loves to share her passion for working with children and connecting with nature. Now, training alongside Lily Horseman of Kindling Play and Training, this is a new beginning of Janet’s Forest School journey and hopefully an exciting one for you as you embark on your forest school adventure.
BOOK HERE
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (May 2024 – exact date to be confirmed) Cost £900 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Kindling Play and Training, but we can recommend good providers).
- A Second week – Consisting of 5 days for further training and benchmarking.
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).
*This venue has accommodation onsite at an additional cost of £200 per week.
BOOK HERE
Come and join us for a day exploring human needs!
We will respond to the needs of the group (of course we will), but we anticipate that these ingredients will form part of our time together:
– Understanding needs, their relation to our behaviours and the behaviour of our participants;
– Unmet needs and what they might look like: how do we respond appropriately, and how do we look after needs in a time of dysregulation?
– Marrying up theories with our experiences and discussing the challenges of applying them;
– The dynamics and quality of human connection;
– Working with needs in nature and woodlands: the problems and possibilities.
Who is this for? Those who work in Forest School and other participant-centred settings as well as for those who aspire to develop their practice in this area. You may be experienced in theories but are looking for time and space to share experiences with others. Or you may be new to these ideas but are excited to learn.
The course will be facilitated by Lily Horseman and Froo Signore. As Forest School practitioners and facilitators they will draw from their own rich experience of relating theories and practice. There is nothing they like more than unpicking the juicy aspects of human behaviour and how this shows up in their session delivery.
Come and join us for a day exploring human needs!
We will respond to the needs of the group (of course we will), but we anticipate that these ingredients will form part of our time together:
– Understanding needs, their relation to our behaviours and the behaviour of our participants;
– Unmet needs and what they might look like: how do we respond appropriately, and how do we look after needs in a time of dysregulation?
– Marrying up theories with our experiences and discussing the challenges of applying them;
– The dynamics and quality of human connection;
– Working with needs in nature and woodlands: the problems and possibilities.
Who is this for? Those who work in Forest School and other participant-centred settings as well as for those who aspire to develop their practice in this area. You may be experienced in theories but are looking for time and space to share experiences with others. Or you may be new to these ideas but are excited to learn.
The course will be facilitated by Lily Horseman and Froo Signore. As Forest School practitioners and facilitators they will draw from their own rich experience of relating theories and practice. There is nothing they like more than unpicking the juicy aspects of human behaviour and how this shows up in their session delivery.
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (June 2024 – exact date to be confirmed) Cost £900 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Kindling Play and Training, but we can recommend good providers).
- A Second week – Consisting of 5 days for further training and benchmarking.
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).
*This venue has accommodation onsite at an additional cost of £200 per week.
BOOK HERE
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (7th October 2024) Cost £900 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Kindling Play and Training, but we can recommend good providers).
- A Second week – Consisting of 5 days for further training and benchmarking.
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).
*This venue has accommodation onsite at an additional cost of £200 per week.
BOOK HERE
This Forest School training course also includes a second week of training (4th November 2024) Cost £900 includes both weeks of training, course materials, ongoing support and membership of the Forest School Association.
NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership (RQF)
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.
Book Here
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
- Holistic development
- Neuroscience
- Theories of Learning and Development
- Woodland conservation, history and management
- Wellbeing and nature connection
- Risk benefit assessments
Course Duration
- Initial training week – consisting of 5 days of training
- Portfolio work – candidates take away their portfolio to work on (For about 7 months)
- First Aid – Candidates will need to complete a 2-day ITC outdoor paediatric first aid course at their own cost (this is not provided by Kindling Play and Training, but we can recommend good providers).
- A Second week – Consisting of 5 days for further training and benchmarking.
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).
*This venue has accommodation onsite at an additional cost of £200 per week.