Characteristics of risky play – How do you support risky play in your setting?
The Forest School Association (FSA) are inviting practitioners to email the FSA about how you manage risky play in your setting, or how risky play isn't supported by your setting. According to Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, there are six categories of risky play. Heights High speed Dangerous tools Dangerous elements [...]
Forest School Research Symposium Proceedings available
The latest publication compiled and edited by Dr Sara Knight offers extended abstracts outlining the research and presentations from the recent Forest School Symposium 2024. Follow the link for this open access publication, now available to download.
FSA Guidance: Food Safety for Forest School Leaders
This Food Safety guidance is available for members of the Forest School Association.
The importance of physical play in woods – video
The Forest School Association share this short film which has lovely clips of children out in the woods and valuable thoughts about the importance of physical play for developing core strength and coordination.
New FSA Guidance Note: Tree Safety & Woodland Health
The Forest School Association have shared this guidance note. This edition, focused on Tree Safety and Woodland Health at Forest School, covers essential knowledge for every Forest School Leader.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Impact on brain, body and behaviour
Following their Wednesday Webinar - Recognising & Understanding Trauma & Trauma Behaviour by Dr Sharon Twigg - the Forest School Association have shared this video on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). This can help outdoor practitioners understand and support children and young people in appropriate ways.
How does Forest School impact your child’s relationship with plants?
The Forest School Association shared this request in their latest bulletin. “Are you a parent of a child who has attended Forest School outside the UK? Becca Warner, an environmental journalist, would love to speak to you about how Forest School has impacted your child's relationship with plants. The article [...]
Forest School Programmes for Autistic and Non-Autistic Learners: A National Survey
This guest blog by a Forest School Association member (23 August 2024) describes how peer-reviewed research investigating autistic learners’ Forest School experiences specifically is limited, and why a national survey is needed. If you are a Forest School Practitioner who is interested in contributing to this study, you can access [...]
