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JOB: Emotional & Social Support for SEMH Children
Location:  Forest Schooling UK CIC, Kingston Upon Thames Salary & Hours:  £ 17.00PH Monday -Thursday 9.00am - 12.15pm Contract Type:...
May 5


JOB:Teaching Assistant – Forest School Support (SEMH Focus)
Location:  Forest Schooling UK CIC, Kingston Upon Thames Salary:  £ 13,680 Mon - Thur 9.00am - 3.00pm (Term Time only) Contract Type:...
May 5


JOB: Part-Time Teacher Outdoor SEMH Provision
Part-Time Teacher (3 Days per Week) Outdoor SEMH Provision Location: Â Forest Schooling UK CIC, Kingston Upon Thames Salary: Â FTE MPS =...
Apr 30


Site development
Things are beginning to progress on the new school site. We've directed the site clearance team to create a 3m fence line, paving the way...
Mar 27


A Sneaky Peek
We've moved into our new woodland, which houses our new Berryland's School. The location is beautifully tucked away within brambles and...
Mar 14


Results of our Survey
To help us understand how people feel about what we do, we asked our Parents, Young People and Staff about their opinions on Forest...
Feb 26


"The traditional education system had failed me"
We recently had the opportunity to meet with educators who share our views. Like us, they recognize the need for a more diverse and...
Feb 16


Watching the forecast
It will remain quite cold this week. Ensure you're dressed appropriately to enjoy yourself. Here's a helpful guide from our Canadian...
Feb 9


Our Quality Assurance process
To ensure we provide the highest quality of Alternative Possible, we receive support and challenges from the Pupil Support Service each...
Jan 11


It's time to name the goats!
Our new goats have settled well and love hanging out with all the children. We have asked our staff to come up with names for you to vote...
Dec 15, 2024


Help us name our new chickens
WINNERS: Betty, Babs and Bree We have added some new chickens to our growing flock. We have added a Copper Maran a Blue Maran and a...
Oct 31, 2024


GOAT Fund ME!
We are raising funds to create a special place for children in primary education to experience the healing power of animals! Our goal is...
Sep 17, 2024


Response to a Guardian article published on 16th August 2024
Some of you may have read the article that appeared in this morning’s Guardian “I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the...
Aug 16, 2024


Living Wage Employer
We are pleased to announce that we are officially a Living Wage Employer . We believe our excellent and committed staff should be paid...
Jun 4, 2024


Our 2024 Newsletter
You can read our latest newsletter by clicking on the image below, or download your own copy by clicking the PDF link. A4 physical copies...
May 30, 2024


Open Day
Come and meet our staff and see our chickens and rabbits. Children can take part in our treasure hunt around the site. There will even be...
Apr 24, 2024


Younger Children Now Accepted at Our Alternative Provision
We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting children in Year R into our new provision at St John's School in Kingston upon...
Apr 22, 2024


KS3 Sessions, Wednesday’s 1pm-3pm
PLEASE NOTE: These sessions were originally advertised as a Monday. Following on our success with KS1 & KS2 children at our Alternative  ...
Feb 25, 2024


Welcome to our Lead Allotment Volunteer
We are very happy to announce that Jo Land is to become our lead volunteer and will be helping develop our allotment for community use....
Jan 23, 2024


Solid Gold!
We have received our lovely solid wood plaque to celebrate being awarded GOLD! by the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Award Scheme. Green...
Jan 18, 2024


Lead Allotment Volunteer Opportunity
The children enjoy growing and eating the food from our allotment and gain a lot from being in the space. As we have become busier, we...
Jan 2, 2024


Quality Assured
We are often asked how we are evaluated to ensure we meet with all current guidelines, policies and safeguarding procedures to keep our...
Sep 12, 2023


Exciting News for St John's Children - More Forest School!
Children at St John's Primary School where our first site is based have always had access to the Forest School. In order to make sure...
Jul 13, 2023


NEW KS3 Forest School
NEWS RELEASE : 8th July 2023 NEW KS3 Forest School Forest Schooling UK are delighted to announce we will start accepting referrals for a...
Jul 10, 2023


2023 Annual Report
Our first annual report since becoming a CIC. We have operated on our St John’s School site for over 5 years and in March 2022 we...
Mar 15, 2023


The Bunny Money Hunt!
Saturday 25th March, Three Bridges Path, KT1 £3 per child on the day, £5 for two children. Pay on the day, cards accepted. Open for all...
Mar 2, 2023


The Easter Bunny needs a Home
After the successful arrival of the chickens last year we have decided to expand our little sanctuary and introduce rabbits for the...
Feb 5, 2023


Cold Weather Clothing
Being outside all day is a brilliant thing and a winter forest school session is a lot more fun with the right clothes. Cold weather can...
Dec 11, 2022


A new Forest School site
We will be opening our second site shortly! We have been made to feel very at home by Thames Water at their Hogsmill Nature Reserve in...
Oct 20, 2022


Our chickens & eggs
Our 8 chickens were hatched in our school and as a result are very tolerant of children. They were born on 9th March 2022. Members of the...
Oct 17, 2022


We are the subject of a new book
Over the past few months illustartor Gabriel Liu has been observing the goings on on our site. Gabriel has been watching us, quietly,...
Jun 12, 2022


Summer Holiday Workshops
Woodland Warriors is back! This time it's for everyone in Primary School in Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas. We will be...
May 20, 2022


Feed our Chickens
Come and feed our chickens and to say thanks we will reward you with an exclusive "I fed the chickens" badge! This is a free service for...
May 11, 2022


We have won Gold!
We have been awarded GOLD! by the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Award Scheme. Green Tree Schools Award encourages outdoor learning and our...
Apr 13, 2022


Primary Alternative Provision (AP) for SEMH Children
24th February 2022 We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting referrals from other Primary Schools in the Kingston upon...
Feb 24, 2022


2021 Newsletter
Well that was another odd year. When writing this newsletter last year we really didn't think we'd be talking about lockdowns and home...
Dec 19, 2021


#wearealldifferent
We have been talking about all of our “invisible differences“ and have put together a fun video helping people understand what we do on...
Dec 15, 2021


Tesco Grant
We are pleased to let you know we have received a community grant from Tesco of £950 to help pay for our chicken coop which we will be...
Nov 4, 2021
A wonderful week at Hampton Court
The Community Bain's garden was very well received this week at the Hampton Court Flower Festival. We took part with 7 like minded...
Jul 11, 2021


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, 2021


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, 2021


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020


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, 2020
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