What's On: September & October 2023

14 October is one of our favourite days of the year - it's Forest School Day!

Issue 3 of our free to download Outdoor Practitioner magazine has a Forest School Focus

Forest School activities: whittle your own hazel knife • square lashing • autumn inspirations • leaf needle felting • autumn hanging mobiles.

Articles on • nature connection • Forest Schools in an urban setting • Guides to fascinating fungi & storm kettles • Practitioners Voice section and more!

Read or download it here.

NEWS

FUNDING for Forest School Training - Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council are pleased to announce that they can offer funding options towards the cost of Forest School training. This includes Introduction to Forest Schools, Level 2 Forest School Assistant and Level 3 Forest School Leader starting this September / October.

Find out more here.

Events

There are loads of fascinating and inspiring events on our website!

You'll find conferences, annual events, special days & campaigns with a focus on nature, the outdoors and wellbeing. Plus courses, training and workshops for every level - from those just starting out to seasoned practitioners.

Clicking a date will take you to our Events Calendar where you can find out more.

September

15-24 September: Great British Beach Clean

19 September: International Talk Like A Pirate Day

23 September: Autumn Equinox

23 September: start of Seed Gathering Season

26 September: European Day of Languages

October

All month

Popcorn Poppin' Month!

International Walk to School Month

The Big Draw

4 October: World Animal Day

5 October: National Poetry Day

6 October: National Badger Day

7 October: UK Fungus Day

8 October: World Conker Championships

13 October: Forest School Day

14 October: World Migratory Bird Day

15 October: Global Handwashing Day
Read our guide to handwashing outdoors here.

21 October: Apple Day

23-29 October: National Mammal Week

23-29 October: Big Wild Walk

28 October: Clocks fall back

Workshops in September/October

September

• 25 & 28 Sep: CPD for Forest School: Whittling & Easy Makes, Daventry/Coventry
• 26 & 27 Sep: CPD for Forest School: All Things String, Banbury/Peterborough
• 27-28 Sep: Paediatric & Forest School First Aid, Exmouth (also 18/19 October)

October

• 2-4 Oct: Working with Distressed Behaviour in the Outdoors with Jon Cree, East Sussex
• 10 Oct: Philosophy for Children (P4C) Outdoors, Blackburn (also 16 Nov)
• 18 Oct: Certificate in Nature-based Practice, East Sussex
• 21-22 Oct: Forests From Seed, East Sussex

Forest School Training

Find out more about Forest School training and view our list of trainers signed up to the Muddy Faces Trainers Community here.

• Forest School Leader: Level 3 training here
• Forest School Assistant: Level 2 training here
• Other Forest School-related training & CPD here

Conferences & festivals

29 September - 1 October: FSA National Conference

This year's theme is: 30 YEARS OF CONNECTION.

Muddy Faces can support your conferences training & events

Do you deliver Forest School training, or other outdoor play or learning training?
Are you running an outdoor or outdoor-related conference this year?
Join our Trainers Community.

• discounts for you & your students in the Muddy Faces shop
• free event listings on our website and links in our newsletter
• catalogues & other free gifts for your events

To find out more send an email to clare.ruskin@muddyfaces.co.uk