Solihull Practitioners Group
Meet - Share - Develop
An invitation for all practitioners who
are involved in Forest Schools in Solihull
Come to meet others involved in running or
supporting Forest School programmes across Solihull
Share ideas, stories and experiences.
You are invited to the Forest
School's Practitioners events as follows:
Forest School Craft Ideas - Thursday 9th
September 2010 from 3.45 - 5.45pm (Come when you can - your own
children are welcome!) at Newland Bishop Farm, Berry Hall
Lane, Cathering-de-Barnes
Wednesday 10th November 2010 from
9.15am - 12 pm at Newland Bishop Farm, Berry Hall Lane,
Catherine-de-Barnes
Please let us know if you are able to make
it.
NEWS from Solihull Forest School
in Solihull:
We hope you have had excellent Forest
School experiences with the groups you work with - seeing them
grow, learn and develop throughout. We have had a good year,
with nearly half the primary schools in Solihull being involved,
plus other groups and organisations. We have new sites in
operation, continued Practitioners' Group Meetings and held a very
successful winter event at Earlswood.
There are a few things we want to tell you
about as we approach the end of the academic year:
1. Waterproofs
If you have waterproofs on loan from us, we want to extend to you
an opportunity to purchase them for your school at £7.50 per item
(i.e. trousers and jacket set would cost you £15 - exceptional
value!). If you would like to own these waterproofs, please
let us know ASAP as they would then not need to be returned to us
at the end of the academic year. If you do not intend to
purchase, they will need to be returned to us (cleaned and dried)
at the address below by Friday 16th July 2010 to be matched up with
the numbers in your contract.
For the next academic year, please tell us
your waterproof requirements by Friday 10th September 2010.
Please note that large numbers of waterproofs / different sizes
than you currently have may not be able to be supplied.
2. Kit
If you have a Leader Kit on loan from us, this needs to be returned
to us at the address below by Friday 16th July 2010 as per your
contract.
If you require a kit for the next academic
year, please tell us by Friday 10th September 2010. We will
be reducing the content to a basic kit. If you require
further items (e.g. a storm kettle or bill hook), we will supply
these on loan if available.
Practitioners' Group
We have continued to run the Practitioners' Group this year, aiming
to meet, share and develop as practitioners. We believe this
has been interesting and very helpful for those who have
come. Next year, we intend to double this provision by
meeting twice termly - once during the working day and once as a
twilight session. Hopefully this will enable more of you to
benefit from this opportunity.
4. Feedback
We value any feedback you can give us from children, parents,
teachers and governors. Please gather any relevant
observations, comments or photos (we need to ensure appropriate
consent is obtained - see attached document) which tell of how
Forest School is impacting the lives of anyone involved, by the
time of the annual review meeting.
5. Annual Review Meetings
As usual we would like to meet with you for a short review of how
Forest School has been this year, and we will be in touch to
arrange this with you.
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