Glasgow forest school: ‘Children aren’t meant to be sitting at a desk all day’.
Children in Scotland have shared this article in The Herald (18th February 2024 - digital subscription may be required): Glasgow park: 'I feel full of adventure in forest school'.
Forest School Research Symposium June 26th – 28th 2024
The Forest School Association (FSA) and the University of Liverpool offer the world’s first International Research Symposium of Forest School: The Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Practices and Principles of Forest School. It will take place at the University of Liverpool, in the Hub on the 26th – 28th June 2024. Find out [...]
Woodland training and workshops available in 2024
Forest School Training Collaborative are offering training sessions for Forest School FOLA (all levels and step ups), Outdoor Woodland First Aid, and Woodland Workshops. See below or email Forest School Training Collaborative. Note these sessions are charged. Forest School (FOLA) from April 2024, invoice on booking. Blended in person full-day [...]
Promoting Pro-social & Pro-ecological Behaviours at Forest School
The Forest School Association (FSA) have shared their November webinar recording ‘Promoting Pro-social & Pro-ecological Behaviours at Forest School’ on their Public Archive. FSA Ambassador Jon Cree shares the latest neuroscience and somatic practices focusing on a needs-based approach to working with behaviour.
Forest bathing, public health and the senses
This paper describes research to evaluate which activities, elements of nature, and senses are responsible for improvements in well-being. It also monitors the emotional state and nature connection following guided forest bathing walks: A Multi-Country Study Assessing the Mechanisms of Natural Elements and Sociodemographics behind the Impact of Forest Bathing [...]
Forest School pedagogy research in Ireland
The Forest School Association have shared a research article abstract written by Joan Whelan & Orla Kelly (2023): Experiential, relational, playful pedagogy in Irish primary schools – possibilities offered by Forest School. This shares findings from the first national survey of Forest School pedagogy in Ireland, conducted in 2019–2020 as [...]
Nature connection Dutch style – a walking forest?
Would you like a breath of fresh air? Check out this amazing BOSK Youtube video of a ‘walking forest’ in the northern Dutch city of Leeuwarden. The event is also described in this article in The Guardian (4 August 2022).
FSA Chair Sarah Lawfull talks to Coaching Outdoors Podcast
Episode 55 of this podcast features FSA Chair Sarah Lawfull sharing her passion for Forest School, her love of trees and her determination that nature connection should be part of every child's education. Listen to find out what executive coaches and Forest School leaders have in common and why coaching [...]
