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30thMay 2023

Clyde Climate Forest ‘Tree Count’ gets underway – have you made your trees count?

30.05.23|Categories: Events, Places|Tags: , , , |

The Clyde Climate Forest (CCF) has this month launched its Annual Tree Count, with organisations and community groups encouraged to register trees planted since this time last year to contribute to this year’s grand total. In the past year alone, around 50,000 trees have been planted in urban areas by local schoolchildren [...]

22ndMay 2023

Save the date – Forest School Research Symposium

22.05.23|Categories: Events, Research|Tags: , , |

The FSA news bulletin has announced the world's first Forest School Research Symposium entitled 'The Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Practices, and Principles of Forest School’. This event is being developed in partnership between the FSA and the University of Liverpool.  Save the dates 26th – 28th of June 2024.

18thMay 2023

Scotland’s Young People’s Forest project shortlisted for a national charity award!

18.05.23|Categories: Events, Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , , , |

Youthlink Scotland share some exciting news to share. Their Scotland’s Young People’s Forest  project is a finalist in the Climate Conscious category for this year’s Scottish Charity Awards! The vision of Scotland's Young People's Forest is to create the first forest in Scotland that is co-designed, led and governed by young people.

11thApril 2023

What do the children want?

11.04.23|Categories: Miscellaneous|Tags: , , |

School Outdoor Learning have shared this post (March 26, 2023) by a teacher and Forest School practitioner. She listens to the children she works with, and shares her thoughts. This includes the insight ‘ What I hear from the children doesn't just reinforce all the studies that show that outdoor [...]

11thApril 2023

Learning Through Landscapes training courses Summer 2023

11.04.23|Categories: Training|Tags: , , , , |

LTL are offering the following Forest Kindergarten and Fire Lighting training courses in the coming months in Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow. This includes a discount for multiple bookings on any course. Forest Kindergarten (Stirling): 19-21 April Fire Lighting (Stirling): 15 May Forest Kindergarten (Edinburgh): 31 May-2 June Fire Lighting (Edinburgh): [...]

23rdMarch 2023

Forest school training opportunities 2023!

23.03.23|Categories: Training|Tags: , , , , , |

Checkout the following offers from FSTC:  FlexiFOLA Forest School Training May 2023 Jupiter Artland, East Calder - starting Tues 16 May (online) and Thurs 25 May (woodland) More information and booking forms can be found on the FSCT website 16-hr Forest School First Aid training May 2023 Bonaly Scout Centre, South Edinburgh  - [...]