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Advance Certificate in Forest School & Outdoor Learning: The Spring
Advanced Certificate in Forest School & Outdoor Learning
Welcome to the Advanced Certificate in Forest School & Outdoor Learning (1:00)
Module 1: EARLY SPRING
Welcome to the Spring module (2:33)
Sense meditation (2:31)
4 key dynamics (5:44)
Fairy cakes in a biscuit tin using a fire bowl (7:08)
Beeswax sandwich wraps on a fire (10:04)
The wonder of clay (5:50)
Making seed bombs (3:22)
Basic whittling and knives (2:43)
Cooking with marshmallows in an urban space (1:20)
How to make a bow and arrow (9:14)
Silver birch tapping (10:05)
Nest robbers game (2:21)
Make a Tippy Tappy (9:08)
Making popcorn in a sieve (5:14)
Tool use indicators (7:19)
Masterclass 1: Best practice Forest School
Welcome to the Module 1 Masterclass
Lesson 1: What is Forest School within the wider context? (28:28)
Lesson 2: The key dynamics (10:29)
Lesson 3: A holistic and connected approach (24:09)
Lesson 4: Building blocks & well-being (7:41)
Lesson 5: The evidence (15:04)
Lesson 6: Planning for Forest School programmes (27:29)
Masterclass Downloads
Masterclass 2: Best practice Outdoor Learning
Welcome to the Module 2 Masterclass
Lesson 1: Outdoor Learning & the wider context (27:17)
Lesson 2: Why Outdoor Learning? (8:51)
Lesson 3: Session planning & overview (28:04)
Lesson 4: Curriculum opportunities (42:24)
Masterclass downloads
Bonus Chapter from 'The Essential Guide to Forest School & Nature Pedagogy'
The evidence and green interventions
DOWNLOADS: Weather & Climate (Curriculum)
Module 1: Overview of the downloadable documents
Spring Mind Map
Curriculum session plan ideas: Weather & climate
How to guide: Climate session ideas
How to build a weather vane
The Beaufort Scale
OPAL air survey
OPAL lichen ID chart
Generic woodland games RBA
Shelter building RBA
Cooking with Fire RBA
Daily Risk Assessment Check List
DOWNLOADS: Spring Bulbs & Plants (Curriculum)
Session plan ideas: Spring bulbs & plants
How to guide: Making paper pots; Pyramid game and basic botany
Plant cycle journey
Green light plants
Best woods for campfires
Best woods for cooking
Best woods for crafting
Gathering resources and the law
UK knife law guidance notes
Cooking with fire RBA
Generic tools RBA
Wild food RBA
Fire RBA
Simple woodland crafts RBA
Downloads: Birds, Eggs and Natural Cycles (Seasonal)
Session plan ideas: Birds, eggs & natural cycles
How to guide: Eggs and natural dying
Games for nature connection: Beetle Tag, Scavenger Hunt and Bat and Moth
Egg drop RBA
Nest building RBA
Egg blowing RBA
Egg dying RBA
Natural paints RBA
Generic woodland games RBA
DOWNLOADS: Birds (Seasonal)
Session plan ideas: Birds
Gathering resources and the law
Generic woodland games RBA
Using felt needles RBA
Nest building RBA
DOWNLOADS: Fire & Food (Generic)
Session plan ideas: Fire and food
Games for nature connection: Finger Grab and Fire in the Forest
Fire: Key considerations
Fire RBA
Cooking with fire RBA
Generic woodland games RBA
Beeswax sandwich wraps on a fire RBA
Fairy cakes in a biscuit tin using a fire bowl RBA
DOWNLOADS: Trees (Generic)
Session plan ideas: Trees
Opal tree identification guide
Opal tree health survey booklet
Tree stories through the year
Plant propagation by stem cuttings
Tree Nursery Schools Project Ireland: How to collect and grow local tree seeds
Meet a tree game
How to guide: Trees
Silver birch tapping RBA
Generic tools RBA
Generic woodland games RBA
Module 2: LATE SPRING
Spring Equinox and plant cycle (6:10)
Spring journey stick (20:33)
Sit spot (4:56)
Bee song (0:38)
Bee crafts (6:38)
Bee homes (2:51)
Pruning using the 3 step method (4:04)
Bee log homes (4:53)
Bee Story (8:09)
Egg blowing (6:29)
Egg dying (18:55)
Whittling a rolling pin (2:03)
Cardboard butterflies and birds (7:55)
Gathering wild garlic for a wild pesto (4:04)
An introduction to wild garlic and cleavers juice (3:45)
The 5 voices of birds (5:46)
Birds and beetles game (9:43)
Talbot game (2:35)
Spring tonic (3:06)
Masterclass: Writing Forest School and Outdoor Learning Risk Benefit Assessments Masterclass Part 1
Welcome to the Module 2 Masterclass - Part 1 & 2
Lesson 1: Health and safety (12:06)
Lesson 2: Risk management and assessment (30:01)
Lesson 3: Site appraisal (13:56)
Lesson 4: Site risk benefit assessment (8:22)
Masterclass downloads
Masterclass: Writing Forest School and Outdoor Learning Risk Benefit Assessments Masterclass Part 2
Lesson 1: Activity risk benefit assessment (14:15)
Lesson 2: Generic risk benefit assessment (8:19)
Lesson 3: Daily risk assessment (18:19)
Lesson 4: Emergency planning (21:54)
Lesson 5: Missing child, toilets, hygiene & disease (14:50)
Spring Songs
Spring is coming
Tiny mouse
Spring is here
Building a fire song
We are going
I'm a busy, busy bee
You are a seed
DOWNLOADS: Magic Toy Year 1 (Curriculum)
Module 2: Overview of the downloadable documents
Session plan ideas: Magic toy
The lost words explorer's guide
Generic tools RBA
Magic toy photos
DOWNLOADS: Stanley Stick (Curriculum)
Session plan ideas: Stanley Stick
Generic tools RBA
Cooking marshmallows RBA
Cooking with fire RBA
Inspirational ideas: Stanley's Stick and the curriculum
DOWNLOADS: Bees, Living Things & Their Habitats (Seasonal)
Session plan ideas: Bees, living things & their habitats
Polli:Nation survey booklet
Maintenance booklet for pollinators
Bee photo resource
How to guide: Bee hotels and the Honeybee Waggle game
Using felt needles RBA
Generic woodland games RBA
Bee activities & bee houses RBA
DOWNLOADS: Forest School Plant-Based Activities (Seasonal)
Session plan ideas: Forest School plant-based activities
Wild garlic information
Gathering resources and the law
Green light plants
Fire RBA
Wild food RBA
Generic woodland games RBA
DOWNLOADS: Birds, Butterflies and Beetles (Generic)
Session plan ideas: Birds, butterflies and beetles
How to guide: Birds, butterflies & beetles
OPAL hedgerow ID guide
OPAL invertebrates guide
OPAL bug count survey
Generic tools RBA
Cooking with fire RBA
Cooking marshmallows RBA
DOWNLOADS: Animals and Bows and Arrows (Generic)
Session plan ideas: Animals and bows and arrows
Aesop’s Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise story (BBC by Rob Jon)
Tool user level indicators
Making a bow and arrow RBA
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Tree Nursery Schools Project Ireland: How to collect and grow local tree seeds
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