Forest School Training and Outdoor Learning Training across the UK
Cambium Sustainable Newsletter - summer 2024
Welcome to our round up of summer 2024!
Well that's the end of summer 2024.…possibly! We ended the summer with a brilliant time providing Forest School sessions at Green Man 2024. As with previous years, it's always a really enjoyable, and busy event. We get to meet such a great variety of children, parents and carers - a real privilege!
Contact us to find out about facilitating forest school sessions at your event.
In this blog you can read more about our FREE ONLINE COURSES, finding a new beginning in Forest School and Outdoor Learning information and articles we think you'll enjoy.
This is great if you're right at the start of your Forest School journey or thinking of jumping into the world of Outdoor Learning, so if you're still searching for 'Forest School Training near me' this is a good starting point.
Sign ups for this course have been so popular that we've removed the £50 fee for our additional courses:
If you're ready for a new beginning in your Forest School or Outdoor Learning journey, then our Coordinating an Outdoor Curriculum Level 3 course can be taken if you're already trained with a Level 2 qualification or appropriate experience in education, youth work, childcare etc. Read on for more info.
If you're a Forest School Level 3 practitioner and are looking at delivering sessions by the coast, then our Leading Coastal/Beach School Level 3 qualification can be delivered as a top-up unit, or as a stand alone course.
Sunguarding: Sun and heat protection for sports and outdoor recreation FREE training course Although we are now at the end of Summer, The Melanoma Fund has a free online Sunguarding: Sun and heat protection for sports and outdoor recreation training course - although the content may be of interest to anyone. Modules cover; UV rays, Skin cancer, Sun protection, Heat-related conditions, Legal and moral responsibilities and also includes an interesting sun protection myth busting section.
“What Is Climate Literacy And Why Do Pupils Need It?” From Professor Sylvia Knight, Head of Education at Royal Meteorological Society: When should people develop it and how? What role should climate education play in developing climate literacy, and what does high-quality climate education look like?"
“Simply looking at greenery can boost mental health” Content from Whitney Fleming, Lecturer, School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, Bangor University: “That time is somehow racing away from you, and it is impossible to fit everything in. But then, you step outside into the countryside and suddenly everything seems slower, more relaxed, like time has somehow changed.”
"Striking the balance: preparing the next generation, safeguarding nature and the planet": The Wildlife Trusts’ blog on the latest review from Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examination Board’s latest review, Striking the Balance "...the need to harness the experience and expertise of a much wider set of organisations; to make time to listen to young people and embrace their passion; and to relate the topic and teaching of nature and climate to careers and progression routes where the newly found skills and knowledge can be applied to real world solutions."
Thank you for taking the time and interest in our blog. Please let us know if there is anything in particular in relation to Forest School and Outdoor Learning training that you’d like to hear about going forward.
