The Blog @ Shropshire Wildlife Trust

An amazing opportunity has arisen for anyone wanting to become a Forest School Leader. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have places on their 5 day, level three training courses held at Brandon Marsh, just outside Coventry.

They are accredited through Evesham College and are a BTEC qualification, allowing successful participants to set up and run their own Forest Schools.

The best bit? They are only charging £100 for the course! WWT have received Lottery funding for this training project, allowing them to save you money, while still providing a high quality qualification.

If you would like to book a place, or would like to know more about Forest School training in the West Midlands (including Shropshire) then please call Sarah Klaes on 024 76302912, or Sara Bellis 01743 284284.

STOP PRESS….There are still spaces on a level three course starting next Monday (21st Jan) - call 0247 6302912 to book your place.

Our education team at Shropshire Wildlife Trust have recently completed part one of their Level 3 Forest School Leader course. It’s exciting, as we’ve wanted to develop more Forest Schools for a while.

Helen Howes has, through SWT, been running a very successful school on the Walcot Estate, south Shropshire, for the past five years. Children from local schools and nurseries have been able to toast marshmallows, play in the mud, look for mythical dragons and sing campfire songs- all in all a magical experience which we hope will stay with them for many years to come.

Now it’s North Shropshire’s turn… Wood Lane reserve near Ellesmere is currently developing a base camp to welcome children from Kinnerley Primary school. Pupils aged 7-9 years will take part in regular sessions for six weeks. We’ll post regular updates here on the blog, in our magazine and on our main website.

Wood Lane Forest School will become available for schools and community groups to use from Summer 2008. If you would like to find out more, please call Sara or Helen on 01743 284284/297, or fill in our contacts form on the main website.