Accredited Forest School Training - Dates and Information
Please see below the list of dates for the courses available.
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Premium Level 3 Forest School Leader
Course Information
- Level 3 Forest School Leader
- Qualification awarded: Level 3 OCNWM Certificate for Forest School Leaders
- Course length: 13 days (spread over various lengths depending on course option)
- Trainers: Sarah and Chris
- Host site: check on individual courses for venue
- Cost: £1,350 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
- Price includes 16 hr Outdoor First Aid training, Level 2 Outdoor Food Safety, Delivery Assessment and mentoring
- NB – The Forest School Association and the awarding body requires the learner to be at least 21 years old.
Course Information
The Forest School level 3 qualification provides the practitioner with the skills and knowledge to risk assess, set up and manage a Forest School site, it equips them to plan and safely facilitate challenging, learner led, Forest School programmes with a range of client groups in line with the Forest School ethos and principles. The training covers 5 units of study worth 18 credits at Level 3, requiring the completion of a portfolio of evidence and a group and site-specific handbook.
This course is suitable for school and college staff, teachers, teaching assistants, and parent volunteers, youth workers and other education/ care practitioners – all learners must meet the minimum requirements of the awarding body and the Forest School Association.
In addition to 13 full days training the course costs to include:
- 16-hour Outdoor First Aid training – Covers requirements for Institute for Outdoor Learning Outdoor First Aid Band 3 and Emergency Paediatric First Aid, exceeding the recommendations for an “Emergency First Aid at Work” first aider within a workplace (First Aid – Regulations 1981).
- L2 Food Safety in the Outdoors
- Ongoing mentoring and assessment for learning throughout the training
- Access to skilled Forest School practitioners and the option to visit one in action
- Opportunity to plan and lead a FS session with peers during a training day
- Support to plan, lead and evaluate the first 6 weeks of an Introduction to Forest School programme
- A half day (supportive) delivery assessment during one of these 6 sessions
- Course materials
- Refreshments and lunch
- 50% membership of the Forest School Association
- Access to 3 skill shares/ year
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting.
Course: November 2018 (11 Thursday workshops over 8 months) Nettlebed & Henley
Host sites :
Nettlebed Community School RG9 5DA
St Mary’s Preparatory School, Henley RG9 1HS
- Workshop 1: 07.11.18 – 08.11.18 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid – with a paediatric element
- Workshop 2: 21.11.18 – 22.11.18 Cooking on campfires with children / L2 Outdoor Food Hygiene
- Workshop 3: 6.12.18 Introduction to Forest School- ethos and practice/ site risk assessment/ woodland management
- Workshop 4: 10.01.19
- Workshop 5: 24.01.19
- Workshop 6: 7.02.19
- Workshop 7: 28.02.19
- Workshop 8: 7.03.19
- Workshop 9: 21.03.19
- Workshop 10: 28.03.19
Delivery assessment – learner needs to lead an Introductory Programme of 6 consecutive sessions with the same group of children Summer Term 2019
Optional Portfolio day – Additional mentoring/ tutorial cost £40 (incl. VAT)
Final submission date 28.06.19 – Portfolio and Handbook
Course: Jan 2019 Adventure Plus (Intensive course)
Host sites :
Adventure Plus – Clanfield
Adventure Plus,
Main Street,
Clanfield,
Oxfordshire, OX18 2SN
Week One: 8th-12th April 2019
- Workshop 1: 8th-9th April 2019 16 hour Outdoor First Aid (over two consecutive days)/ Handbook/ Emergency Action Planning
- Workshop 2: 10th April 2019 Introduction to Forest School ethos and practice/ Site risk assessment/ Woodland management
- Workshop 3: 11th- 12th April 2019 Using fire with children / L2 Outdoor Food Hygiene/ Campfire Cooking / Risk Benefit/ Holistic Development
Week Two: 5th-9th August 2019
- Workshop 4 – Ecology and Management – Minimising Ecological Impact – Site Development – Flora and Fauna ID Available to qualified Forest School Leaders as a 1-day workshop £108 incl. VAT
- Workshop 5 – Pedagogy: Learning and Development Theories Into Practice – Holistic development – Play – Ropes
- Workshop 6 -Handbook: Play Policy – Practical Skills – Brains and Behaviour
- Workshop 7- Practical Skills Assessment Days – 2 days (Available to qualified Forest School Leaders as a two-day workshop £170 incl VAT)
- Workshop 8- Observing, Evaluating, Assessing and Planning For Learner Led Forest School (Available to qualified Forest School Leaders as a 1-day workshop £108)
- Workshop 9- Delivery – Reflective Practice – Tutorials – Portfolio Building
Delivery assessment – learner needs to lead an Introductory Programme of 6 consecutive sessions with the same group of children Summer Term 2019
Optional Portfolio day – Additional mentoring/ tutorial cost £40 (incl. VAT)
Course: March 19 (Alternate Tuesdays & Wednesdays) Rose Hill Primary
Host site :
Rose Hill Primary – Oxford City Centre
The Oval, Oxford OX4 4SF
• Day 1 – 12.3.19
• Day 2 – 13.3.19
• Day 3 – 30.4.19 (16-hour Outdoor First Aid Course)
• Day 4 – 1.5.19 (16-hour Outdoor First Aid Course)
• Day 5 – 11.6.19
• Day 6 – 12.6.19 (Day 1: Fire & Food Workshop)
• Day 7- 13.6.19 (Day 2: Fire & Food Workshop- Outdoor Food Hygiene)
• Day 8 – 16.7.19
• Day 9 – 17.7.19
• Day 10 – 17.9.19
• Day 11- 18.9.19 (Level 2 Food Safety Exam)
• Day 12 – 15.10.19
• Day 13 – 16.10.19
Delivery assessment – learner needs to lead an Introductory Programme of 6 consecutive sessions with the same group of children Autumn Term 2019
Optional Portfolio day – Additional mentoring/ tutorial cost £40 (incl. VAT)
Final submission date 12.11.19 – Portfolio and Handbook
Introduction To Forest School (Level 1)
Course Information
- Introduction To Forest School (Level 1)
- Qualification awarded: OCNWM Level 1 Award in Forest School Ethos and Principles
- Course length: tbc
- Trainers: Sarah Lawfull
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £420 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
Course Information
This is great for parents, young people and volunteers who want an introduction to the Forest School ethos. We have different models available for providing this training, it usually takes two long or three short days training with completion of a simple workbook. It could be presented as a set of twilights. This is a practical course which gives a good ’taste’ of Forest School.
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting for a group of adults. Group discounts may apply.
Level 1 Course requirements and details: The Forest School Association and Department for Education require the learner to be at least 14 years old.
Course Dates
- please call for latest dates
Level 2 Forest School Assistant
Course Information
- Level 2 Forest School Assistant
- Qualification awarded: Level 2 OCNWM Award for Forest School Assistants
- Course length: run concurrently with L3 Modules 1-3
- Trainers: Sarah, Jen and Mhairi
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £780 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
- NB – Learner needs to be at least 19 years old at qualification.
Course Information
Many schools and nurseries are finding that a trained Forest School Assistant is a valuable addition to their team. This course requires the learner to support a Level 3 qualified Forest School Leader with the planning and delivery of 3 consecutive sessions of a Forest School programme. We usually run this concurrently with our Level 3 training so learners often attend the first three modules with colleagues who are training as Level 3 Leaders.
Please contact us if you would like to explore this option.
Please note: this qualification does not equip nor qualify the learner to lead Forest School sessions in the absence of a qualified L3 Forest School Leader
Level 2 Course requirements and details:
Learner needs to be at least 19 years old at qualification. Two units of work, equal to 7 credits, evidenced by a portfolio requiring an average of 54 guided learning hours with a total qualification time of 70 hours. This means there are about 16 hours personal study for the learner to do at home.
Course Dates
Course: April 2018 (Alternate Thursdays)Venue TBC
Host site :
TBC
- Module 1
19.04.18 & 10.05.18 - Module 2
24.05.18 & 7.06.18 - Module 3
21.06.18 & 5.07.18 - Portfolio Submission 31.10.18
Top Up Level 3
Course Information
- Top Up Level 3
- Qualification awarded: OCNWM Level 3
- Course length: tbc
- Trainers: Sarah Lawful
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £780 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
Course Information
It is possible to top your level 2 training with this training, within two years of qualifying, by attending the additional modules of the Level 3 training, including gaining the Outdoor First Aid qualification, devising a handbook, planning and leading the first 6 sessions of a Forest School Programme and completing the portfolio of evidence.
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting.
Course Dates
- please call or check back for latest dates
Level 3 Forest School Leader
Course Information
- Level 3 Forest School Leader
- Qualification awarded: Level 3 Certificate for Forest School Leaders Open College Network West Midlands
- Course length: 10 days (spread over various lengths depending on course option) plus a half day delivery assessment
- Trainers: Sarah, Jen, Mhairi and Chris
- Host site: check on individual courses for the venue
- Cost: £1,100 including VAT (per learner) includes all refreshments, lunch, equipment, resources, course materials, registrations, assessment, mentoring, verification and certification
- Out of area assessments costs – an additional charge of £75 plus 45p per mile plus VAT is made for any Forest School delivery assessments carried out beyond a 50-mile radius of the training host site.
- NB – The Forest School Association and the awarding body, Open College Network West Midlands, require the learner to be at least 21 years old and to have a relevant two-day Outdoor First Aid qualification – with our premium training it is part of the course.
Course Information
This qualification provides the practitioner with the skills and knowledge to risk assess, set up and manage a Forest School site, it equips them to plan and safely facilitate challenging, learner led, Forest School programmes with a range of client groups in line with the Forest School ethos and principles.
Suitable for school and college staff, teachers, teaching assistants, and parent volunteers, youth workers and other education/ care practitioners. Organisations wishing to achieve the Learning Outside the Classroom quality badge will find this qualification supports the process.
Level 3 Course requirements and details:
The Forest School Association and Open College Network West Midlands require the learner to be at least 21 years old. The learner is also required to have a relevant two-day Outdoor First Aid qualification – which the learner will need to book separately. With our premium training package, this is included.
This qualification, worth 18 credits over 5 units of work, is evidenced by a handbook, delivery assessment and portfolio. The learner is required to set up and lead the first 6 consecutive sessions of a longer-term Forest School programme, with the same client group. One of these sessions will be observed by a tutor as part of the supportive assessment framework.
Total qualification time 180 hours, including an average of 96 hours self-study over 9-12 months.
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting.
Course: April 2018 (Alternate Thursdays over 5 months) Sonning Common
Host site :
Sonning Common Primary School
Grove Road
Sonning Common
READING
RG4 9RJ
- Module 1
19.04.18 & 10.05.18 - Module 2
24.05.18 & 7.06.18 - Outdoor First Aid
tbc - Module 3
21.06.18 & 5.07.18 - Module 4
19.07.18 & 13.09.18 - Module 5
11.10.18 & 31.10.18
Delivery assessment – learner needs to lead an Introductory Programme of 6 consecutive sessions with the same group of children October/ November / December 2018
10.01.18 Optional Portfolio day – Additional mentoring/ tutorial cost £40 (incl. VAT)
24.01.19 – L3 Final submission date – Portfolio and Handbook
Course: March 19 (Alternate Tuesdays & Wednesdays) Rose Hill Primary
Host site :
Rose Hill Primary – Oxford City Centre
The Oval, Oxford OX4 4SF
• Day 1 – 12.3.19
• Day 2 – 13.3.19
• Day 3 – 30.4.19
• Day 4 – 1.5.19
• Day 5 – 11.6.19
• Day 6 – 16.7.19
• Day 7 – 17.7.19
• Day 8 – 17.9.19
• Day 9 – 15.10.19
• Day 10 – 16.10.19
Delivery assessment – learner needs to lead an Introductory Programme of 6 consecutive sessions with the same group of children Autumn Term 2019
Optional Additional Course Dates –
- 12.6.19 (16-hour Outdoor First Aid Course) & 13.6.19 (16-hour Outdoor First Aid Course
- 18.9.19 (Level 2 Food Safety Exam)
Optional Portfolio day – Additional mentoring/ tutorial cost £40 (incl. VAT)
Final submission date 12.11.19 – Portfolio and Handbook