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Issue 4: Health & Wellbeing Focus

Winter/Spring 2022

Contents

Health & Wellbeing Focus
Reclaiming snack time - the importance of comfort: exclusive article from outdoor expert Dr Mel McCree

• Building in Inclusion with WWT • Bringing Therapy outdoors - Forest School & mental health • snow day at Forest School • Talking about climate change with Learning through Landscapes • theory & practice of an outdoor programme for disadvantaged families • The healing power of gratitude • Forest bathing with Forestry England

Features
• A child’s eye view of Forest School • Nature Premium update

Activities
Campfire popcorn & make your own sieve popcorn cooker

Practitioners Voice
Working with different access needs • Fiery Fox fire safety book • Project postcards - outdoor opportunities at a Brighton Primary School & a loose parts project in London

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Issue 3: Forest School Focus

Autumn 2022

Contents

Forest School Focus
Forest School Day • Nature Connection or Nature Contact • 7 ways to deepen your connection to nature • Forest in the City - Forest School in an urban setting • Forest School Stories - overcoming an arson attack • 6 Forest School Principles

Activities
Whittle your own hazel knife • Square lashing • Autumn inspirations • Leaf needle felting • Autumn hanging mobile

Guides
Fascinating Fungi with the British Mycological Society • Storm Kettles

Practitioners Voice
Reflecting on access to nature programmes & Forest School • Letters from projects in Edinburgh & Croydon • Book review: Creating A Forest School – from the roots up! • Outdoor Ed Chat - join the online discussion

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Issue 2: Hand Washing focus

Summer 2021

Contents

Features
The Natural Play Principles from Professor Jan White
Hand Washing focus
Embedding outdoor play training in Early Childhood courses at Glasgow Clyde College

Activities
Sun prints - bunting & cyanotype prints
How to make a foot operated soap dispenser from Richard Irvine
Nature Chatterbox from the National Trust
Tree ID - the oak

Contributors
Learning Through Landscapes (LtL) - overcoming outdoor learning barriers at Grand-y-Care, Scotland
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) - 5 top tips for learning outside the classroom
Forest School Association (FSA) - the Forest School Provider programme
National Forest - Creating a Forest for Learning
Thrive Outdoors - supporting Scotland’s children to grow, play & learn outdoors

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Issue 1: Outdoor Clothing Focus

Spring 2021

Contents

Features
Outdoor Clothing focus
The Breeze Project, Newcastle - impacting young people’s wellbeing through Forest School
Outdoor case study: Milford Pre School, Hampshire

Activities
Fire - how to choose & use a fire steel
Campfire cooking - campfire bread on a stick
Bushcraft knots - clove hitch

Contributors
National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE)
National Trust - 50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾ & Ways to Have a Mini Adventure
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

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