Please find below a video recording of the 2023 FSA annual general meeting, which was conducted online on Saturday 29th April 2023. Minutes to follow Election Results The election of the four candidates took place in line with AGM and election processes and all four were elected to the board. The results were announced during ..read more

FSA members may read the FSA’s 2022 – 2023 annual report below. This is released in advance of the AGM on Saturday 29th April. Please don’t forget to vote in the election – although there are more places than candidates this year, candidates must still receive more than 50% of the vote to take up ..read more

Part one of three It does not seem like 20 years ago! Gatwick Airport might seem a strange place to begin this environmental journey. Sitting in a pub where many great ideas are hatched, next to the newly appointed Gatwick biodiversity manager, Catherine Pye (Cat pie to her friends). A comment from Cat over a ..read more

The FSA is managed by a board that can have up to twelve full members on it at any one time. There will be seven vacant positions on the board at the 2023 AGM. This year three existing Trustees will be re-standing for election because their term is up. In addition, we have received one ..read more

Details of the 2023 AGM for FSA members only. We notice that we have been receiving a large number of ‘bouncebacks’ from members’ emails recently so please sign into the website to view this message if you have not received it by email. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in ..read more

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Tragedy and legal repercussions  By Sarah Lawfull FSA Chair and FSA Endorsed Trainer Last week Newcastle City Council was found negligent in failing to carry out remedial works on a willow tree in a school playground with tragic consequences.  A six-year-old girl died and other children were injured.   Link to read the aricle In […] The post <strong>Tree Safety and Woodland Management Plans </strong> appeared first on Forest School Association ..read more

Reading Growing a Forest School from the roots up was like having the privilege of sitting around the fire with a group of knowledgeable and experienced Forest School leaders and trainers I look up to (and some of whom I know personally!). I could hear their voices while reading their words, sense their passion and […] The post Book Review – Growing a Forest School from the roots up! by Caylin Gans appeared first on Forest School Association ..read more

Important lessons about the richness of the theoretical underpinnings of Forest School thatcould inform our future … By Sara Knight, October 2022 For those who don’t know me, I’m the FS leader that writes.  And rabbits.  I have delivered at least 20 workshops and 26 conferences speeches, 4 webinars, 7 peer reviewed papers, 12 book […] The post ‘Back to the Future’, a talk given at the FSA Conference ‘Ten Year Celebration’ by Sara Knight appeared first on Forest School Association ..read more

Important lessons about the richness of the theoretical underpinnings of Forest School that could inform our future ... The post ‘Back to the Future’, a talk given at the FSA Conference ‘Ten Year Celebration’ appeared first on Forest School Association ..read more