Training new Forest School Leaders
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & the Black Country delivers Forest School training at the Centre of the Earth in Winson Green and elsewhere in the City. Courses are delivered by Chris Wishart, our Reserves Officer. Chris is one of the first Level 4 qualified Forest School trainers in the UK, and has longstanding experience delivering education programmes in the urban woodlands of the West Midlands.
Forest Schools is recognised nationally as an innovative way of working outdoors with children and young adults. It supports many elements of the National Curriculum and focuses on the emotional and physical well-being of the participants.
A typical Forest School programme is run outdoors, and aims to enthuse and utilise the interests of the participants to engage them. Some programmes can have a strong practical skills element and so contribute to the conservation management of our urban woodlands.
The courses delivered are Forest School level 3 Practitioners award, which enables the trainee to design and deliver Forest School programmes, and Forest School level 1 training which is more practical in content. Both of these courses are accredited by the Open College Network.
We are a series of accredited training courses at the Centre of the Earth that will help improve the quality of Outdoor and Environmental Education delivery in the West Midlands.
For further information about these courses please contact Chris Wishart on 0121 454 1199 or chris.w@bbcwildlife.org.uk.