Are you truly wild at heart?– strongly in touch with your warrior side and LOVE to play ? Do you have a keen sense of wonder and can enjoy and
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Guardians of the Environment
How to cope with the future? Fix our deep disconnection with the natural world and create Future Guardians of the environment. Even in Central London where I live there are
MoreIntroducing our new 6 Acre woodland in East Sussex
Urban Outdoors are extending their provision to our brand new Ancient Woodland in East Sussex near St. Leonards-on-sea. Our new 6 Acre woodland is a semi-ancient woodland of Chestnut, Hazel,
MoreInto the Wild we go – watch the film from our Youth Group
Urban Outdoors is featured in the Guardian Newspaper
We are proud to have been interviewed by the Guardian on an article about the uptake of Forest Schools since the pandemic hit. We welcomed the photographer to our after
MoreNettle cordage and sustainable fibre making
After carding (with dog brushes!) The nettle fibre, we all let out a gasp as we saw the fibres forming into a soft marshmallow of spinable wool – it’s just SO satisfying!!!
MoreMastery & Play
The children are experimenting, challenging themselves and one another, discovering truths about forces and absolutes, finding out about natural consequences, feeling, touching, smelling and hearing everything in acute magnification. This...
MoreWomen’s wellbeing and the Sit Spot
05/07/2020
by nfiege
For a number of years parents from my Forest school clubs have remarked on how they would get a lot out of doing Forest School themselves. Watching our children thrive
MoreFostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners
05/06/2020
by nfiege
Operant conditioning, such as reward stickers and coercive reward systems and certificates, are detrimental to self determinism in the context of Forest school, decreasing intrinsic motivation of the learners.
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