Forest School Day 2023
Forest School Day is on the 13th October. We're joining in the celebrations with our Forest School focus newsletter & practitioner giveaway.
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Forest School Day is an annual celebration day to connect, share and celebrate everything that is great and wonderful about Forest School.
Outdoor Hub
All Activities
What's New
Art & Creating
mud, clay & sand
pine cones & conkers
leaves, sticks & petals
weaving & wool
wooden discs
campfire craft
sun print
inks, dyes & perfume
pebbles
ice & snow
with tools
Tool use & Traditional Crafts
tool guides
weaving
felting
pewter
hammers
knives
secateurs & saws
palm drills & rotary hand drills
fire craft
Outdoor Play
mud kitchen book
mud kitchen case studies
den building
Other outdoor play ideas
Curriculum Outdoors
numeracy
literacy
science
Inspirations
Festivals & celebrations
Bushcraft & Survival
fire
knots & cordage
shelters
Food Outdoors
foraging
campfire cooking
campfire recipes
Nature
Growing & Gardens
Health & Wellbeing
Activity Downloads
Product Information
All Events
Courses, Training and Workshops
Forest School Training
Forest School Leader Training (Level 3)
Forest School Assistant Training (Level 2)
Other Forest School Related Training
Outdoor Learning Courses
Conferences and Lectures
Annual/Special Days/Weeks/Months
Festivals, Camps and Residentials
Study visit
All Forest School
Benefits of Forest School
Forest School activities & ideas
Forest School articles & blogs
Forest School Day
Forest School guides & books
Forest School history
Forest School kit lists
Forest School principles
Forest School qualifications
Forest School training
Forest School videos
FS research & reports
Key Forest School organisations
Muddy Faces & Forest School
What is Forest School?
Why forests & woods?
All Health & wellbeing
Connecting to nature
Going to the loo & hygiene outside
Hand washing
Health & wellbeing articles
Health & wellbeing books
Health & wellbeing videos
Introduction
Mental health & being outdoors
Pandemic & COVID-19
Ready for any weather
Research, reports: health, wellbeing
Shop for Health & Wellbeing kit
Sit spots
Useful websites: health, wellbeing
All Fire, foraging & food
Books on fire
Campfire recipes
Dragons Sneeze
Dragons Sneeze stories
Fire guides & activities
Fire guides & articles
Foraging & food articles
Foraging & food useful websites
Foraging books
Foraging guides
Foraging tips, recipes & ideas
Introduction to foraging
Reclaiming snack time:
All Methods & approaches
Books
Child led play
Evaluation
Forest School
Benefits of Forest School
Forest School activities & ideas
Forest School articles & blogs
Forest School Day
Forest School guides & books
Forest School history
Forest School kit lists
Forest School principles
Forest School qualifications
Forest School training
Forest School videos
FS research & reports
Key Forest School organisations
Muddy Faces & Forest School
What is Forest School?
Why forests & woods?
John Muir Award
Reports & research
Signposts to key approaches & organisations
Videos
The idea was simple - organise a framework where individuals, including parents, woodland owners, pupils, headteachers, leaders and the general public could connect, share and celebrate their love of Forest School.
On one day in October each year, around the 9th of the month, Forest School Day celebrations are being held all over the UK, and now internationally! You can celebrate by joining local events or creating events in your own Forest School setting, with your own Forest School community.
Read our previous Forest School Day newsletters
Each one features activities, products and Forest School related news.
Forest School Day 2019
We're delighted to join the celebrations and give three cheers for everyone taking part in, involved in and/or supporting Forest Schools around the UK, from children, parents & carers, to families and friends, volunteers, workers and supporters. Thank you!
This newsletter was originally produced in October 2019, some of the information may no longer be relevant.
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Forest School Day 2018
UK Forest School is 25 years old this year and that is definitely something worth celebrating!
This newsletter was originally produced in October 2018, some of the information may no longer be relevant.
See also
Forest School history
Forest School has roots in outdoor play & learning in Scandinavia & the UK.
In the mid 1990s, a cohort of Early Years practitioners & staff from Bridgewater College in Somerset returned from an inspiring visit to Denmark & set about creating their own version of the outdoor play they had witnessed.
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Forest School principles
Six key principles to ensure quality Forest School for children from Early Years to Primary & Secondary schools and more.
The principles lay out the ethos and working practices of Forest School practitioners. They were agreed by the UK Forest School community in 2011.
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What is Forest School?
Forest School is an innovative approach to outdoor play & learning for Early Years, Primary & Secondary school pupils and more. It is child-led regular time outdoors.
The Forest School movement is growing in the UK and internationally, and the evidence for its' benefits to children and adults is well documented.
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