Is there a local forest school? Post Reply

[Tilly&Roo]

My 4 year old is getting increasingly interested in sticks and flowers and why things grow and change. Does anyone know of a local forest school or similar? I'm sure he'd love something like that. I know they have one at wandsworth prep but he's not going there so an after school one would be good.

Thanks!

[luckymummy]

Yes would be very interested in that too. So many of our out of London friends have their kids into forest school and for some schools this is part of the curriculum. Anyone heard of one nearby?

[BFW]

I might be completely wrong... but have a look on the Wandsworth Prep website as I think its a forest school?

My children are at another school so don't have direct experience but I saw a Wandsworth Prep class on the common last week and it looked very sweet !

[Tilly&Roo]

Yes wandsworth prep have one. I nearly chose that school because of it but unfortunately he's not going there (state instead) so an after school or summer camp one would be ideal! I guess if there isn't one already we might be able to find someone willing to set one up if there's sufficient interest! So anyone who's interested please let me know and I'll see what I can find out.

[Tilly&Roo]

An interesting link http://www.edsup.co.uk/ArticleView.aspx?pid=344

[twice_as_nice]

I think they have stuff like that going on at the ww common recreational centre (behind the common ground cafe)...

[luckymummy]

May be who ever does it at Wandsworth Prep would be happy to start it up as an after school club or a holiday club.

[sezwedz]

I saw this advertised as i was interested in it for my 2 for the summer. A bit of a trek from Clapham though.
http://www.wild-learning.net

[pinkpeony]

My 7 year old son did a day of Wild Learning Camp on Wimbledon Common last summer and loved it. I'll definitely be booking it again

[BFW]

Dho !!! Sorry I should have read the initial post better !!

[Tilly&Roo]

Thanks for the link to wild learning. It looks great but unfortunately my sons still too young for it. I'll keep it in mind for next summer though!

[Allgood]

www.nature-play.co.uk

Maybe we could all get together to do something on Tooting or Wandsworth Common or Clapham Common along these lines?!

We've done Wild Learning in a few holidays now and loved it.

I've read that Lambeth Council is v.big on forest schooling and introducing it to Lambeth schools.

My child is at Telferscot and they bring bits of forest schooling into the curriculum.

[kfk101]

Http://oasisplay.org.uk/come-and-play/nature-garden/

This looks quite good fun along those lines.

[Jude]

I am not sure if this helps at all but when I was looking for something similar I found that the Steiner school of SW london ran a group on Wednesdays in tooting. Can't tell you what it's like as I didn't actually attend but it might be worth checking out on their website if it's still going.

[lalectrice]

We go to the forest school session on Streatham Common on Mondays, which is brilliant. The group that runs it also do a session in Brockwell Park on a Wednesday. We used to go to the v sweet Hedgesparrows Steiner school group on Tooting Bec common, but it stopped running when the woman leading it couldn't do it anymore. Someone was supposed to take over and start it up again, but we haven't been back to see if that has happened yet.

I'd be v keen to get involved in something more local to Clapham if people were interested in setting something up.

www.naturalchildhood.co.uk Click on About Us / What We Do for group details.