Forest School Training at Chartham in Kent. Term 2. November 2025. Check fsli.co.uk for full details! We'd love to see you here!

Info coming soon!

Can we please just share our favourite photo of the day!?

It's been a busy day! SEND Apple Class helping to fill the new bug hotel in our new Wildlife Area, then making some great Ball Run Tracks,Yr 3 Maple Class writing with sticks, and Yr 1 exploring Under The Trees! It'll have to be a thread! #ForestSchool

We love exploring Nature. Throwback to some discoveries a couple of years ago. #independentlearners #childled #motivation #ForestSchool #naturebasedlearning #learningthroughnature #naturelearningforkids #outdoorlearning #bugs #bughunting #naturalscience #STEM #STEMlearning #wildlife

Our Term 3 blog, packed with photos, is now up and running! #ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #NatureLearning #primaryschool #EYFS #skills #curriculum #ForestSchoolTraining #GoOutdoors #learning #education #ForestSchoolLearning #KS2 #Schools #KS1 mamabeech.blogspot.com/2025/02/2025...

Our Term 3 blog, packed with photos, is now up and running! #ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #NatureLearning #primaryschool #EYFS #skills #curriculum #ForestSchoolTraining #GoOutdoors #learning #education #ForestSchoolLearning #KS2 #Schools #KS1 mamabeech.blogspot.com/2025/02/2025...

2 weeks: 3 FSL 17 Celebration Sessions = 30 hrs of Forest School ALL pupils And... ☕️50 litres of Hot Chocolate (+ 10 non dairy mugfuls!) 🍪480 biscuits 🍡430 marshmallows (plus a bag of vegan mallows) 🪓A bag of kindling 🪵20 logs (+ cotton wool and fire lighters) 500 Skewers PLUS (1/2)

Year 6 end of term celebration with Mrs LeFevre! #ForestSchool #ForestSchoolLearning #nature #naturelearning #Outdoors #outdoorlearning #STEAMLearning #mud #experimentation #selfconfidence #physical #imagination #cooperation #coordination #enjoyment #wellbeing

A new round of Level 3 #ForestSchool #Training coming up with @MyForestSchool! DM for info! #education #outdoorlearning #schools

Year 4 Oak Class learning about fire safety, the fire triangle, and how to spark a flame! #ForestSchool #ForestSchoolLearning #nature #naturelearning #Outdoors #outdoorlearning #STEAMLearning #experimentation #selfconfidence #physical #imagination #cooperation #coordination #enjoyment #wellbeing

Mrs LeFevre's #ForestSchool training is coming on in leaps & bounds! She & Yew Class had a #campfire with songs stories & treats!a Plus climbing building Forest laptops & delights from the mud kitchen #Outdoors #outdoorlearning #STEAMLearning #mud #selfconfidence #imagination #cooperation #wellbeing

On a Tuesday Morning the satellite class from St. Nicholas SEND School's come and explore #ForestSchool

Climbing trees is important! Dry weather forecast this week, I wonder how many learners are going to challenge, flex, and build these skills over the next 5 days!? #ForestSchool

January/20 School days: 🌳35 Forest School Sessions 🦋2 indoor nature sessions 🌻8 small group sessions 🌱Over 20hrs of 1:1 support 🛠 20+hrs of site repair maintenance & development time 🗂Continual planning observing & assessing ⛑️Forest School First Aid hosts 🌬2 big storms ❄️ice & mud & 2 wks left to go!

January was a joy (despite the storms!). Here's to February fun!

Come train at our site in Chartham Kent!

the weather influences the learning but never stops the learning! #ForestSchool #ForestSchoolLearning #nature #naturelearning #Outdoors #outdoorlearning #STEAMLearning #mud #experimentation #selfconfidence #physical #imagination #cooperation #coordination #enjoyment #wellbeing

a little inside AND outdoor learning Wednesday afternoon! #maps #3DMaps #geography #orientation #imagination #finemotorskills #handeyecoordination #perspective #observation #direction #memory #understanding #education #independentlearners #childcentredlearning #activelearning #experientiallearning

Year 5 Sycamore Class had an afternoon of wildlife top trumps map making den designing clay modelling book making life cycle learning and a lot more! #ForestSchool inside can still be fun! #nature #naturelearning #STEAMLearning #handeyecoordination #coordination #muscledevelopment #wellbeing

🗳️ Today marks a pivotal day for the Climate and Nature Bill—its Second Reading in Parliament. 🌿 Will your MP vote for the #CANBill? Watch the debate live at 9:20am 👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x 🐝 @zero-hour.bsky.social

##ForestSchool #FirstAid booking now at Chartham is now open June Course www.fsli.co.uk training provders

Elder Class want people to feed the birds! This is their message ##ForestSchool #birds #BigSchoolsBirdwatch

Day 2 of feeding the birds - this time it was St Nicholas' Apple Class and Year 3 Maple Class practising for the @rspb.bsky.social Big Schools'l Birdwatch! ##ForestSchool #ForestSchoolLearning #nature #wildlife #birds #BigSchoolsBirdwatch

Site development never ends! Mr Leeks has spent quite some time fixing and creating new challenges and spaces for the learners to explore & eyfs did just that! #outdoorlearning #ForestSchool #ForestSchoolLearning #Outdoors

This week we're adding extra bird food everywhere for our feathered friends. And we're looking forward to the @rspb.bsky.social Big School's Birdwatch over the next few weeks! #ForestSchool

This morning, Yr 1 Birch Class had a go at a bit of bird spotting, had a go at retail therapy via stick shopping, and they made their own campfire once they got their haul 'home"! It's fun at Mr Leeks' #ForestSchool sessions! @rspb.bsky.social

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Small group gardening! Just 2 hardy and dedicated year 4s helping to plant a Willow Wall.

Year 2 Hazel Class are determined to be great tree climbers!

Year 6 Willow Class were getting to know #ForestSchool a little bit better this afternoon! They've been having a lot of fun with Ms LeFevre!

we've been busy building skills and confidence this afternoon #tooluse #woodworking #ForestSchool #education #PrimarySchool #childrensmentalhealth #curiositylearning #wellbeing #curriculumenrichment #STEM #teamwork #handeyecoordination #finemotorskills #dexterity #strength #enjoyment

We haven't had snow, but we haven't thawed for a week! Frozen Forest School!

We had so much fun investigating ice last week!

Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play to child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents, by @plantnerd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com @mbrussoni.bsky.social #pediatrics #RiskyPlay

It was a bright and busy frosty-morning for Year 2 today!

This morning, Year 4 did some ice investigations and it hadn't thawed this afternoon when Year 6 came out! There's snow falling elsewhere in the county so it's gonna remain cold outside! #ForestSchool

Year 4 Maple Class honing their peeling skills after a break from tool use #ForestSchool

Year 5 Magnolia Class had #ForestSchool under the rainbow today. The sun came out after the wind died down, and the rain had filled the dig pit, so off they went exploring! They found lots of different fungi as they went!

Our Forest School Team continues to grow! Ms LeFevre is completing her training on site leading Yr 6 sessions for the next couple of terms We have another Level 3 Forest School Leader Course in Spring/Summer 2025 DM for details about training with FSLI here at Chartham. #ForestSchool

Come train at our site in Chartham Kent!

Happy New Year

Our end of term blog full of photos is up n live! #ForestSchool #outdoorlearning mamabeech.blogspot.com/2024/12/rebo...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! #ForestSchool

#ForestSchool #Nature Advent Calendar 2️⃣4️⃣ Common Lizard

Year 6 had great fun making a platform between some trees: #ForestSchool #engineering at its best! Child led idea Child led organisation Adult/Child discussion Peer communication Cooperation & teamwork Child RA & adjustments Testing & adapting Year 2 loved exploring it! #education as it should be!

Happy Forest School Christmas All! We spent 3 weeks tidying our site, feeding wildlife, making decorations, and having Christmas treats, including a familiar visitor! #ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #Christmas

It's the end of Week 3 of our #ForestSchool #Nature Advent Calendar. All the photos come from our site, and in case you missed any, here they are! Just a few days to go! #Christmas

Our end of term blog full of photos is up n live! #ForestSchool #outdoorlearning mamabeech.blogspot.com/2024/12/rebo...