GOAT Fund ME!
We are raising funds to create a special place for children in primary education to experience the healing power of animals! Our goal is...
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Aug 163 min
Response to a Guardian article published on 16th August 2024
Some of you may have read the article that appeared in this morning’s Guardian “I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the...
Jun 41 min
Living Wage Employer
We are pleased to announce that we are officially a Living Wage Employer. We believe our excellent and committed staff should be paid...
May 301 min
Our 2024 Newsletter
You can read our latest newsletter by clicking on the image below, or download your own copy by clicking the PDF link. A4 physical copies...
Apr 241 min
Open Day
Come and meet our staff and see our chickens and rabbits. Children can take part in our treasure hunt around the site. There will even be...
Apr 221 min
Younger Children Now Accepted at Our Alternative Provision
We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting children in Year R into our new provision at St John's School in Kingston upon...
Feb 251 min
KS3 Sessions, Wednesday’s 1pm-3pm
PLEASE NOTE: These sessions were originally advertised as a Monday. Following on our success with KS1 & KS2 children at our Alternative...
Jan 181 min
Solid Gold!
We have received our lovely solid wood plaque to celebrate being awarded GOLD! by the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Award Scheme. Green...
Jan 22 min
Lead Allotment Volunteer Opportunity
The children enjoy growing and eating the food from our allotment and gain a lot from being in the space. As we have become busier, we...
Sep 12, 20232 min
Quality Assured
We are often asked how we are evaluated to ensure we meet with all current guidelines, policies and safeguarding procedures to keep our...
Feb 5, 20232 min
The Easter Bunny needs a Home
After the successful arrival of the chickens last year we have decided to expand our little sanctuary and introduce rabbits for the...
Oct 17, 20221 min
Our chickens & eggs
Our 8 chickens were hatched in our school and as a result are very tolerant of children. They were born on 9th March 2022. Members of the...
May 20, 20221 min
Summer Holiday Workshops
Woodland Warriors is back! This time it's for everyone in Primary School in Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas. We will be...
Dec 15, 20211 min
#wearealldifferent
We have been talking about all of our “invisible differences“ and have put together a fun video helping people understand what we do on...
Jun 13, 20211 min
Grant award for our rain capture project
We use a lot of water on our allotment and the children love to walk around watering all the plants and vegetables. We are keen to not...
May 3, 20211 min
Adding mature trees
We have been so fortunate to have received 8 donated mature trees from Scotscape Group Ltd and to have them transported to our site by...
Dec 31, 20201 min
Links to useful articles
Forest schools flourish as youngsters log off and learn from nature (Guardian 31 Oct 2021) The Guardian view on child’s play: help kids...
Sep 14, 20201 min
We’re back!
Well, we never really went away! As you know during the full lockdown we had key-worker children and our regular Forest School children...
Jul 6, 20201 min
Hello from Caroline and Sam!
During lockdown we have been wondering how Caroline and Sam are getting on. Sam is the very well received Pets as therapy dog that visits...
Jun 12, 20201 min
All OWL energy is green energy
We were very fortunate earlier in the year to be awarded a grant form the Institute of Physics to install a renewable energy project in...
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