Outdoor Classroom Day 2020

by | May 18, 2021 | CPD|Early Years|Kate Macairt|kids|Marina Robb|nature benefits|Nature Connection|Nature Play|nature-based workshops|Outdoor Classroom Day|Outdoor Learning|Play therapy|Uncategorized

Play? Naturally! By Kate Macairt Today is Outdoor Classroom Day 2020! As we tentatively begin to emerge from our safe spaces how are we going to re-adjust to human contact and integration? The enforced lock-down has in many ways been merely an exaggeration of the...

Just Imagine…a Blog for Mental Health Awareness Week

by | May 18, 2021 | CAMHS|CPD|Education|Forest School|Health|Kate Macairt|Mental Health Awareness Week|Mental Health Awareness Week 2020|therapeutic play|Uncategorized

Just Imagine, by Kate Macairt – Circle of Life Rediscovery Director This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2020. Thinking back to New Year’s Day 2020, there I was sending out positive messages to family and friends; ‘2020 Vision Happy New year!’ I think I was...

Nature Play and the Early Years

by | May 18, 2021 | CPD|Creative Star Learning|Early Years|Education|Forest Kindergarten|Juliet Robertson|learning resources|Literacy|Maths|Messy Maths|nature benefits|Outdoor Learning|Schools|teachers|Uncategorized

Nature Play is essential for all our learning and development. In the early years of our lives we explore and experiment. What makes the human species so special? It has to do with all the care and time we are given by the adults around us as well as the variability...

Forest Kindergarten Training

by | May 18, 2021 | Childrens Rights|CPD|Early Years|Education|Forest Kindergarten|Forest School|International Day of Forests|Kindergarten|nature benefits|Nature Connection|nursery|Teacher training|teachers

Opening Up The Outdoors Forest Kindergarten is modelled on a Forest School approach and is based around child-centred learning through play in the Early Years. Forest Kindergartens offer young children frequent visits and regular play opportunities in a local, natural...

Forest School Training Feedback

by | May 18, 2021 | Forest School|Forest School Sessions East Sussex|Forest school Training|Forest School Training Level 3|Nature Connection|nature-based workshops|personal development|Uncategorized

Forest School Training Level 3! Our 2019 3 part Forest School Training course in East Sussex has just ended – find out what our trainees thought about our training. The next course commences 18th March 2020 – see below for details! What have you most...