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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Kindling joins the EdenVentures Crew for two amazing weeks of Summer playschemes.
Summer Weeks 2016 – Smardale
Week 1 In the beautiful valley of Smardale near Kirby Stephen
Summer Weeks 2016 – Ousby
Week 2 Looking out over the Eden Valley near Penrith
Expect the usual action packed week of adventure & creative flair for 5 to 13 year olds with volunteering opportunities for 14 to 18 year olds.
for more information visit EdenVentures
Come and join other Forest School practitioners form across Cumbria to share practice, chat over what’s going on in the world of Forest School, get up to date on latest developments and revisit and extend your own skills.
We’ll be exploring the theme of “caring for”; a bit of tool sharpening and a bit of self care, tarp repair & etc! We’ll get a fire lit, a kettle over it, some light refreshments cooked over the fire and there will be a selection of tools and a nice woodland to hang out in.
Bring and share lunch. We’ll be exploring any other Forest School related things that people are engaged in, feel free to bring a question or idea for the rest of the group to help you work through.
Email lily@kindlingplayandtraining.co.uk to let us know you are coming and get detailed directions to the site.
Bradford Forest School Network annual conference will be taking place in April with the theme of ‘Wellbeing, for ourselves and others’. We will be looking at how we can take care of ourselves and through doing that how we are better equiped to care for others. There will be the usual fun and games, camp over and skill shares.
The cost is £100. For those living or working in the Bradford district it is subsidised by Bradford council so the cost is £50. If you would like more information please contact Jen@bcep.org.uk or phone 01274 397641
Lily’s workshop will be ‘exploring the potential for crafting and creativity from fires. We will be looking at a range of techniques using fire to work with metals, clay, fibre and charring as creative processes. We will look at the benefits of these creative processes and the additional risks they pose.
There will be a small charge to cover material costs if you wish to take some items away after the workshop.’
Aimed at people who already use fire in their work or have an existing level of confidence working with fire and wish to extend their practice.
It is not possible to book this workshop separately it will only be available as part of the conference package.
27th-29th September finishing at lunchtime on the 3rd day.
This is a 3 day OCNWMR accredited course worth 3 credits. Delivered in partnership with Jon Cree.
We will delve into: what challenges us as leaders in the outdoors; theory on challenging behaviour, up-to-date neural research; triggers and causes for behaviour that challenges us, ways of dealing with ‘real life’ scenarios; de-escalation and formulating/reviewing your own policies, including looking at the validity of sanctions and rewards in a community based approach. We will look at how to develop our own empathetic responses to children and young people and how to react to their needs.
As this is an OCN Level 3 course worth 3 credits it will require participants to reflect on their own practice and write up a workbook after the course which we estimate would take approx 8 hours work. It is suitable for people who have trained as Forest School practitioners or who work in the outdoors.
“this course has really helped me re-appraise the way I work with some of our students and has actually given me new strategies for working with challenges that have worked!” ~ participant from February 2011 course
*This venue has basic accommodation on site which is included in the price. Other local accommodation is available.
21st-23rd March 2018 finishing at lunchtime on the 3rd day.
This is a 3 day OCNWMR accredited course worth 3 credits. Delivered in partnership with Jon Cree.
We will delve into: what challenges us as leaders in the outdoors; theory on behaviour, up-to-date neural research; triggers and causes for behaviour that challenges us, ways of dealing with ‘real life’ scenarios; de-escalation and formulating/reviewing your own policies, including looking at the validity of sanctions and rewards in a community based approach. We will look at how to develop our own empathetic responses to children and young people and how to react to their needs.
As this is an OCN Level 3 course worth 3 credits it will require participants to reflect on their own practice and write up a workbook after the course which we estimate would take approx 8 hours work. It is suitable for people who have trained as Forest School practitioners or who work in the outdoors.
“this course has really helped me re-appraise the way I work with some of our students and has actually given me new strategies for working with challenges that have worked!” ~ participant from February 2011 course
*This venue has basic accommodation on site which is included in the price. Other local accommodation is available.
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
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.
The annual popular conference for The Forest School Association. But this year you can bring families too.
This is an ideal opportunity to gather with other outdoor practitioners and professionals from the country and attend a varierty of workshops from a wide programme.
Lily’s workshop will be ‘Biophilia and our connections with nature. It will be a playful hands on examination of the ways in which our different feelings and reactions to nature impact on our relationships to it. We’ll look at what those different relationships are and experience that connection with nature for ourselves as well as getting to grips with a bit of theory.
It is not possible to book this workshop separately it will only be available as part of the conference package.
for more info check out the Facebook page.
This course will run December 5th- 7th 2018.
1.30pm-5.00pm on Wednesday and 9.00am- 4.30 pm on the Thursday and Friday.
The cost is £280 for the course. This course can be accredited as a level 3 award at an additional cost of £50. This accreditation will require some additional work and you can decide what you want to do at the end of the course. This is a level 3 OCNWMR accredited course worth 3 credits.
The course will be delivered by Jon Cree and hosted on the Branching Out Forest School site in Liverpool.
This course is aimed at any educator who feels they want to engage and work with students in the outdoors who may be reluctant learners (of any age).
We will look at;
- What do behaviours communicate?
- What is challenging behaviour, what challenges us as leader in the outdoors?
- Behavioural theories and how these relate to our own settings
- ‘Neural development’—the most recent research and how this affects triggers and causes for behaviour
- Causes of certain behaviours’—models for working with behaviour—the 3C’s, non violent communication and the pros and cons of rewards and sanctions’’? ‘What needs do the outdoors cater for?
- Ways of working with ‘behaviours’ interventions and de-escalation’ in the outdoors
- Motivating our learners
- ‘Transferring’ behavioural strategies from the outdoors to everyday life in educational settings and home
- Looking after ourselves
- ‘Policies and procedures’ relating to behaviour, safeguarding & learners safety’
To accredit this as an OCNWMR Level 3 course worth 3 credits it will require participants to reflect on their own practice and write up a workbook after the course which we estimate would take approx 8 hours work. It is suitable for people who have trained as Forest School practitioners or who work in the outdoors.
Jon Cree, training co-ordinator and 11 –19 programme manager at Bishops Wood Centre in Worcestershire, will be facilitating sessions that involve ‘real life’ scenarios, some outdoor exercises, as well as chats around the fire! Jon has been working with youth groups and groups of young people with specific needs, in the outdoors for almost 30 years.
The annual popular conference for The Forest School Association.
This is an ideal opportunity to gather with other outdoor practitioners and professionals from the country and attend a varierty of workshops from a wide programme.
Lily’s workshop will be ‘Needs in Forest School’.
From basic needs to play needs, from universal needs to what the world needs. How can reflecting on ‘needs’ help Forest School practitioners create more sustainability in their work and advocate for Forest School? This is the stuff that has helped me connect with myself, with others and the world. This will be a playful and reflective exploration of theories and practice with some provoking questions and playing with sticks.
It is not possible to book this workshop separately it will only be available as part of the conference package.
for more info check out the Facebook page.