Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Forest Schools Celebrate 3 years of Heritage Lottery-Funded Forest Schools Training
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Celebrating 3 years of Forest
Schools
Forest Schools celebrated its 3 year
anniversary at the end of May, marking the end of the funding award
from Heritage Lottery Fund. Over
70 people joined the celebrations, including over 55 educational
professionals who have graduated from the programme with a
level 2 or 3 Leader Award.
Forest Schools trains teachers so that
they can provide children and young people with regular
opportunities to gain confidence and raise self worth through a
series of achievable hands-on bush craft and conservation
tasks.
Sarah Capper, Forest Schools trainer,
said, "The programme has been more successful than we could
have imagined: to date 112 students have graduated from 93
different schools - that's 7776 sessions delivered to over 6400
children."
The event included storytelling with the
Wildman of the Woods, willow weaving with willow artist Spencer
Jenkins, campfire cooking and natural crafts.
Forest School Leaders receiving the
Forest Schools Heritage Lottery Funded plaques for their
schoools
Willow-weaving by the new Lottery-funded bell tents.
Looking at photos taken during training
The Wild Man of the Woods tells a story!
Weaving willow with Spencer Jenkins, Willow artist
Weaving willow
e
Making a kazoo
Our celebration cake!
Pauline McAleese from Stockingford Early Years talking about her
experience of Forest Schools
The Forest School team - coordinators (left to right) Andy
Matthews, Sarah Klaes and Sarah Capper and admin assistant Sue
Ell
Pauline McAleese from Stockingford Early Years,
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Chief Executive Stephen Trotter and
Jenni Ord, Heritage Lottery Fund committee member for the West
Midlands, cut the cake.
A buffet was provided by Badgers Tea Room staff.
Making a woodenb xylophone
Entertainment
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