Continued Professional Development Training

Circle of Life Rediscovery is passionate about training schools, organisations and education departments, in Outdoor Learning, Forest School and Nature-based Practise.

Our tutors all have a background in education as well as sustainable schools, nature connection, nature-centric models, the curriculum and the natural world. Our bespoke trainings aim to improve outdoor learning in your setting.

We draw on best practice from around the world and offer a holistic approach. This enables practitioners to foster a more mature relationship with the natural world and will leave you inspired with a bag full of practical and theoretical tools that link to an educational/learning based setting.

If you are interested in Forest School Training Level 3 or Forest School First Aid, please click here.

EARTHWALKS WORKSHOP WITH JON CREE

Date: 6th April 2020.
Lead Facilitator: Jon Cree
Cost: £95.00.
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex.
Time: 09.30 - 17.00
For full course information click here.
Booking: Please book online here.

NATURE PLAY & THE THERAPEUTIC SPACE (TWO DAY TRAINING)

Date: 22nd & 23rd April 2020
Lead Facilitator: Kate Macairt and Marina Robb
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BP
Cost: £175
Time: 09.00 - 15.30

For full course information click here.

Booking: Please book online here.

SPRING FORAGING & WILD MEDICINE

Date: 27th April 2020.
Facilitator: Alice Rose Betony.
Location: WoWo Campsite, Wapsbourne Manor Farm, Sheffield Park, Uckfield, TN22 3QT.
Cost: £65, children over the age of 10 welcome for £30.
Time: 10.00 - 15.00.
For full course information please click here.
Booking: Please book online here.

FOREST KINDERGARTEN 'OPENING UP THE OUTDOORS' TRAINING

Date: 7th & 14th May 2020.
Facilitators: Marina Robb & Louise Hack.
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex & St. Ann's Well Gardens in Brighton.
Time: 09.00 - 16.30.
Cost: £175.
For full course information click here.
Booking: Please book online here.

MESSY MATHS WITH JULIET ROBERTSON

An Outdoor, Playful Approach for Early Years

Date: 21st May 2020
Lead Facilitator: Juliet Robertson
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BP
Cost: £120 or £220 if booking the Literacy course also (see below course).
Time: 09.00 - 15.30

For full course information click here.

Booking: Please book online here.

LIGHTING THE LITERACY FIRE WITH JULIET ROBERTSON

Developing your Early Years Outdoor Provision

Date: 22nd May 2020.
Lead Facilitator: Juliet Robertson
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BP
Cost: £120 or £220 if booking Messy Maths also (see above course).
Time: 09.00 - 15.30

For full course information click here.

Booking: Please book online.

AUTUMN FORAGING & WILD MEDICINE

Date: 16th September 2020.
Facilitator: Alice Rose Betony.
Location: WoWo Campsite, Wapsbourne Manor Farm, Sheffield Park, Uckfield, TN22 3QT.
Cost: £65, children over the age of 10 welcome for £30.
Time: 10.00 - 15.00.
For full course information please click here.
Booking: Please book online here.

WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR, IN THE OUTDOORS, WITH JON CREE
3 day course with optional Accreditation

Date: 9th-11th November 2020 at Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex.

Lead Facilitator: Jon Cree.
Cost: £325 for the 3 day course, £55 for the Accreditation (optional). This Level 3 West Midlands Open College Network Accredited Course.
Time: 09.00 - 17.00.
For full course information click here.

Booking: Please book online here.

PLAY STRUCTURES (ROPES & FRAMES) WITH JON CREE

Date: 12th & 13th November 2020.
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex.
Facilitator: Jon Cree
Time: 09.00 - 16.30.
Cost: £175 for both days or £100 for one day.
For full course information click here.
Booking: Please book online here.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME?
Understanding Mental Health & Well-being in the classroom. A two day training for teachers in the outdoors blending theory and practice

Date: 2020 TBC
Location: Mill Woods, near Laughton, East Sussex.
Cost: tbc
Time: 09.00 - 16.30.
For full course information click here.
Booking: Opening soon. Please email to register your interest.

For more information please email:

Harriet@circleofliferediscovery.com
01273 814226 / 07966 514469

What is Outdoor Education?

Learning outside the classroom

What People Say

"I enjoyed the Forest Kindergarten training so much! Having already been doing Forest School with the older children I was struggling to do fun and exciting things with the early years- you have bought back my confidence and given me lots of ideas and ways to improve my practice."
2020 Participant

"The course was excellent and the trainers were very inspiring. I am now re-inspired to go back into practicing forest school."
Jennie, CPD Participant, 2019.

"I have been through a range of emotions from tears to sheer joy! I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The training has made me take a step back and look at how we can support children in their development rather than specific knowledge. I have loved every minute and feel totally inspired."
Sarah, Forest School Training Ireland, 2019.

"The Fire and Tools CPD was a great day! There was so much packed in and still space to accommodate our questions and needs. It was an inspiring day, ticking off some personal goals and leaving me hungry once more. Thank you!"
Heather Hadley, CPD participant, 2018.

"Thank you so much for a fantastic day in the woods on Friday - I loved it! The course was the perfect mixture of practical and theoretical (and also a little bit magical too!). I loved thinking of plants in terms of directions and times of life."
Lucy Collins - Founder, Bee in the Woods, 2018

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