The challenge of a stick, the reflection of a puddle!

Archimedes Forest Schools Education

Forest Schools Education

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to become one of the first US Forest Schools Practitioners

Be a part of the vision www.forestschools.com

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Forest Schools Symposium USA

1. Using the Natural environment to nurture, to inspire and to motivate

2. Fostering connection, learning and resilience

3. Develop a revolution in outdoor learning

To inform you of the importance of industry standards, along with the benefits and applications

Archimedes Forest Schools and Outdoor Learning 

Forest Schools is an innovative educational approach to

outdoor play and learning that now has practitioners worldwide though our training programme

Participation in engaging and motivating achievable opportunities that allow every learning possibility through tasks and activities, free play and exploration

Development of personal, social, health and wellbeing emotional skills

To encourage and inspire individuals of any age through positive woodland and outdoor experiences

The Archimedes Forest Schools Philosophy

What are Archimedes Forest Schools?

FUN! You love to play, so do your kids

Regular and Long Term

Programmes run daily, weekly or fortnightly during throughout the year.

To enable skills to be transferred and developments to become established into children's’ every day lives

Raising Self-Esteem, Wellbeing and Confidence

Practitioners receive quality training to work in all weathers!

Quality, Inspired programmes that make a difference to children’s lives

Qualified Forest Schools Practitioner

Forest Schools Education Practitioner Training is

essential to run programmes and we are offering our unique

package to US residentsWe will keep you posted

Supporting Evidence

Practical SkillsLearning Theory

Forest School Delivery

You will Produce a handbook of procedure documentation for running Forest Schools

Assessment of quality standards is essential to endorse practitioners

Practical Skills Session Design and

DeliveryChallenging Behaviours

Emotional Learning Brain DevelopmentHealth and Safety Learning Theory

First AidWe recommend that

all Forest Schools Education

Practitioners have an up to date

outdoor First Aid Certificate

Develops Physical & Emotional awareness to support cognitive and social skills

Professional Training

Neuro ScienceAccelerated LearningLearning TheoryNatural CurriculumSchemasHealth and Safety Benefits Analysis and Risk Analysis

What do children do at Forest Schools?Building dens and sheltersFires, cooking and healthy

eatingGames and physical activity

EnvironmentMusic + lots of noiseTrails + Treasure

huntsCreativity + Art

In order to learn the essentials of life and all it has to offer

What will Practitioners and children do at Forest Schools?

• Make full use of the outdoor environment

• Design quality opportunities that link into any curriculum

• Encourage all round development

• Develop respect

• Observe

• Play

All Qualified Forest Schools Practitioners will:

How to handle risks Co-operation with others To use their own initiative

to solve problems Boundaries of behaviour;

both physical and social Health and Hygiene How to safely use full sized

tools First hand the beauty of

the natural environment. Resilience Environmental Awareness

Young people go to the woods in all sorts of weathers and through both free and structured

play, education and activities, learn to be successful:

What are the benefits?

Safe Outdoor Play and Learning

Health & Safety is a major consideration when running Forest Schools.

• Sites are checked and safe

• All Equipment is well maintained

• Children and adults have the correct Personal Protective Clothing

• Health and Hygiene

History

ScandinaviaUK

◦ Rising Sun in Tyne and Wear

◦ Bridgewater Forest School

Archimedes EarthNational

Developments – growing week by week

International Developments- raising in popularity

FSE worldwide USA!

Forest School is Fun!

Benefits and Applications – the challenge to teachers is to facilitate

children to learn and to think Training and Practice is essential

The challenge of the natural environment can be found through

a stick or the reflection of a puddle!

The elements of change - making learning exciting

Questions then please email me

The Forest Schools Practitioner

Be a visionary – then go and make it happen!Work with us in 2015 to achieve your goals

Archimedes Training Ltd © 2011

The Award

Understand the development of Forest Schools

Understand the sustainable management of ecosystems as a learning resource

Be able to demonstrate how to use and facilitate through a range of practical skills appropriate to

Forest Schools

Understand the unique health and safety requirements for running Forest Schools

Archimedes Training Ltd © 2011

Archimedes Training Ltd © 2011

Professional Training

Competency & Application,

Quality Assurance

PedagogyExpertise and competency in facilitation of

learning

SkillsThe practical

skills

SettingEcology and Management

The Forest School Programme

Design, Delivery, Observation,

Recording and Evaluative process

OutcomesEthos driven

The Five Points to Forest Schools

Reserve your place Now info@forestschools.com

Thank you for asking to be involved in Forest Schools

We cherish your enthusiasm, your

excitement and this is the year to become a true game changer in

your area of education and

learning

Your children need you

We look forward to seeing you at the

Symposium