Forest School Leadership Programme (Level 3 Certificate) Feedback

Why did you choose this training? “I don’t feel I’ve got the skills in outdoor education, I was drawn to watching other people do their sessions and I love seeing young people get really engaged with being outdoors. Listening to people who have done Marina’s courses before I found that there is a lot more … Continue reading »

Woodland Mayhem

GREETINGS!! Are you excited? I certainly am! I have got so much to talk about in terms of what I have been doing with Circle of Life Rediscovery recently! So, hold on to your hats and away we go… So, as mentioned in my March blog I was taking part in a woodland day with Circle … Continue reading »

“I’m a Forest School Leader!” – Forest School Training

Guest Blog from Lynne, a participant on Circle of Life Rediscovery’s most recent Forest School Level 3 Training. Mixed feelings swirling around after finishing the practical and theory sessions on Circle of Life Rediscovery’s Level 3 Forest school training. I’m sitting in an office longing to be back in the woods, making rope swings, playing … Continue reading »

Easter

Welcome all, to the slightly late March blog… which is being uploaded in April so one could argue that this is an April blog- lucky you, getting two blogs in one month! *jumps for joy* First and foremost, I believe a ‘Happy Easter’ message is needed- HAPPY EASTER! I hope you had a good Easter/bank … Continue reading »

Jonathan Porritt at the South Downs National Park Conference

Edited from Jonathan Porritts speech at the South Downs National Park Outdoor learning conference March 2013: “Most of my world is spent talking about great, big, abstract issues, and sometimes they’re lumped under the framework of sustainable development, sometimes under environment, sometimes under green politics, whatever it might be. Big, abstract, conceptual ways of looking … Continue reading »

Hidden Beauty

Emma’s Monthly Blog – a Youth Participant from Circle of Life Rediscovery It’s goodbye February and hello March! That’s right, soon the blustery months of winter will be gone and seem like a distant memory! I am welcoming March with open arms, I can’t wait for the beautiful Daffodils and Snow Drops to come out … Continue reading »

Sir David Funkenborough’s Funky Planet

Let’s ensure a funkier future for our planet!

Winter Wonderland

Emma’s Monthly Blog – a Youth Participant from Circle of Life Rediscovery 2013. New Year. New Beginning. It only felt like last week that Christmas was around the corner. It’s amazing how fast time flies, January is nearly over! I love January, there’s something about the freshness of the first month of the new year … Continue reading »

TOP TIPS for connecting to nature!

Nicola Chester’s top tips for getting yourself and your family closer to nature: What worked for Nicola as a child • Spend some time just being outdoors no pressure because you’re not ‘doing’ anything. • Gardening, walking a dog, photography, collecting – finding a new way. • Find new ways! Raise butterflies and tadpoles. • … Continue reading »

How connected to nature are you?

“I NEVER TOOK IT FOR GRANTED, but nature was always in my life: I loved it, need it and it defined me. Somehow it made a connection with everything else. As a child, we walked a lot. Not having a car, my mother was resourceful and independent and could find her way home from anywhere. … Continue reading »