Forest School
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What is Forest School?
Forest School is an inspirational process where the same group of learners return to the same place throughout the seasons.
“a learner-centered or child-led process with close links to regular curriculum objectives. The success of Forest School is to a large degree dependent upon the skills of the Forest School leaders who can identify and capitalise on the varied opportunities for learning that emerge from the children’s interaction with the setting” (Irish Forest School Association )
Creative by Nature can facilitate Forest School sessions for your school, group or community.
Biodiversity | Forest School
Siobhán Sloane is the founder of Creative by Nature, providing outdoor learning and development opportunities through nature-based summer camps and after-school sessions.
Creative by Nature workshops and field trips are designed to encourage a sense of wonder about the natural world, giving children the opportunity to slow down, tune into their senses and see themselves as part of the web of life, not separate from it.
Siobhán has a BA (Hons) in Heritage Studies and is a qualified children’s yoga instructor. She has studied Forest School Leadership with Circle of Life Rediscover and Brigits Garden and is a member of the Irish Forest School Association. She has worked as Environmental Educator with the Burren Nature Sanctuary and has travelled to Vermont to experience a range of approaches to connecting to nature in the outdoor classroom.
Siobhán offers nature-based games, scavenger hunts, forest school art and craft activities to inspire curiosity and build a connection to natural environments close to school grounds and local areas.
Forest School
Forest School is a child-led, play-based inspirational process where children have the opportunity to practice traditional skills, engage in free play, experience supported risk, and create nature art and crafts.
Forest School aims to build resilience and develop nature connection in an increasingly risk-averse, digital world.
Forest School is a long-term process with regular sessions in a wooded or natural environment throughout the seasons, rather than a one off visit. Schools can avail of Forest School sessions by booking a series of visits.
Siobhán Sloane is a qualified and experienced yoga therapist, hatha and yin yoga instructor and environmental education practioner.
She runs yoga and nature-based programmes for adults and children and wellbeing in nature experiences in the west of Ireland.
Siobhán has a BA in Heritage Studies and is a member of the Forest School Association and Yoga Therapy Ireland.
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