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Grant award for our rain capture project
We use a lot of water on our allotment and the children love to walk around watering all the plants and vegetables. We are keen to not...
Jun 13, 20211 min read


Adding mature trees
We have been so fortunate to have received 8 donated mature trees from Scotscape Group Ltd and to have them transported to our site by...
May 3, 20211 min read


Links to useful articles
Forest schools flourish as youngsters log off and learn from nature (Guardian 31 Oct 2021) The Guardian view on child’s play: help kids...
Dec 31, 20201 min read


2020 Newsletter
Well that was an odd year! Despite the lockdown and all the restrictions, we felt extremely lucky to be working outside with all the...
Dec 17, 20205 min read


Forest School of the Year 2020
We are absolutely delighted to share the news that we have been awarded Forest School of the Year 2020 by the Woodlands Awards! This...
Dec 17, 20201 min read


Our allotment story - huge thanks!
Thank you all so much for your donations, our allotment has undergone a huge transformation this term. We have achieved so much more than...
Nov 17, 20202 min read


We’re back!
Well, we never really went away! As you know during the full lockdown we had key-worker children and our regular Forest School children...
Sep 14, 20201 min read


Hello from Caroline and Sam!
During lockdown we have been wondering how Caroline and Sam are getting on. Sam is the very well received Pets as therapy dog that visits...
Jul 6, 20201 min read


All OWL energy is green energy
We were very fortunate earlier in the year to be awarded a grant form the Institute of Physics to install a renewable energy project in...
Jun 12, 20201 min read


Year 3 Forest School at Kingston University
The year 3 children from St John’s School Kingston enjoyed the second of their Forest Schools up at Kingston University. One of the...
Feb 10, 20202 min read


IOP grant received
We are proud to have been awarded a grant by the Institute of Physics for our renewable energy project. We will be placing two solar...
Dec 2, 20191 min read


420 trees planted
We received 420 trees from the woodland trust to plant a new wildlife corridor around the green space at St John’s School. Some of our...
Nov 19, 20191 min read


Stone Age Forest School
Children from Year 3 from St John’s school Kingston enjoyed a Stone Age themed Forest School at Kingston University today, 11th November...
Nov 13, 20191 min read


The Hogsmill
We are fortunate that our Forest School boarders the Hogsmill River, a globally rare chalk river. Recently we attended the premier of a...
Jun 24, 20191 min read


St John's Class 3 at Kingston University
Class 3 from St John’s School Kingston had a fun day of Forest Schooling at the Kingston University Campus today, with whom we have...
May 20, 20191 min read


Trees for schools award
We are delighted to have been awarded 420 tree saplings from The Woodland Trust to create a hedgerow around the new garden project at St...
May 17, 20191 min read
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