Author Nikki Hills Would you like to know more about the wonderful marine life that lives along our coastline? And how you can help to protect it? Or looking for fun activities to do at the coast or in the … Continue reading
Author Kate Tiffin Our volunteers that help us with schools visits to Woods Mill and the Outreach programme are a fantastic bunch of people that we really couldn’t do without. Just to let them know how much we appreciate them, … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed Wintery sunlight falls through the glass door of the Pump Barn and plays rainbows across the stone floor as I sweep away debris from the weekend family event we held down here at the Seven Sisters. We … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed Getting kids out of school and providing them with opportunities to connect with the natural world is getting tougher. Depressing stuff, for those of us who believe in what we are doing and for the many children … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed The old adage that there is No such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing is usually something muttered between clenched teeth in the face of gale force winds by seasoned, dye hard walkers as they grapple … Continue reading
Author Katie Eberstein Ever wondered about the wildlife that visits your school grounds once the children have left? Brighton & Hove environmental education project (BHee) is able to offer a one week loan of their motion-sensitive, infra-red camera that takes … Continue reading
Author Kate Tiffin New academic year, that is. So that means lots of work at the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Education department, with visits by schools to Woods Mill, Seven Sisters, Rye Harbour and Ashdown Forest and also visits by the … Continue reading
Author Nigel Flynn I’ve just taken part in Crawley STEMfest. STEM subjects are Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and STEM tries to encourage school pupils to think about further study/careers in those areas. My offer was a presentation on Ecosystem … Continue reading
Author Milly Hawkins I am sometimes asked what exactly we do at Forest School. “Supporting participants to strengthen their own relationship with nature”, or “helping them to know, respect, and ultimately protect the natural world”, would be fair answers, but … Continue reading
Author Katie Riley During one of our Forest school Level 3 training weeks at Friston Forest last November we came across some fox remains. Apart from feeling sad for the fox, my next thought was to the educational possibilities that … Continue reading
