Take another step: training courses this autumn
I'm doing three sets of training workshops in October and
November. For all of these, you are welcome to talk to me about the content and
details but to book and discuss money you need to talk to the individual
organisers
Workshops like these are aimed at teachers, countryside
rangers, environmental educators, youth group leaders….
During a workshop, we will aim to
explore
ideas
try
out (hopefully) new or different ways of connecting people to the natural world
experiment
with materials and techniques
give
you time to think and plan for your own situation
meet
fellow professionals
remind
yourself that working with people and nature is fun, and rewarding!
More details are given below but essentially, we have
October, Norfolk
Thursday 8th: Inspired by Nature: trees, leaves and
creative mess
a practical and engaging workshop for KS1 and 2 and outdoor
learning educators combining science and creativity
Friday 9th: Adventures Everywhere: using the environment to inspire
stories, storytelling and poetry: stimulating creativity and imagination in the
outdoors to support younger children's literacy skills
Saturday 10th: the
conference "Whatever the Weather" has been postponed to the spring
November
Wednesday 4th: Botanic Gardens Education Network, annual conference: I am doing 2 workshops inspired by the Celtic Tree Calendar at this lovely event…(at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire)
Thursday 5th: Outdoor Adventures with Younger Children: activities for creative times with younger children - from instant characters to take adventuring to finding treasures, making up stories, looking for secrets…for Wildwise in Devon
More details
1. October: lively times in Norfolk
"autumn's wonders"
explore the world around us with creative techniques for
teaching science and literacy
Autumn's wonders brings two days of related but stand-alone workshops
offering ways of using creative techniques to explore the world around us
From creating instant stories out of a handful of grass and
a stone to lighting a night-walk with lanterns, animating landscapes with
puppets or simply capturing thoughts, feelings and impressions in hand-made
books, these sessions will instruct, inspire and provoke you into a whole new
set of activities
Workshops will invite participants to:
- discuss the value and relevance of creativity in environmental education
- experience ways of drawing inspiration from the world around us
- plan their own workshop sessions using these activities
- build confidence in working with ideas and delivering techniques to groups
- try activities for themselves developing their own creative skills
Thursday 8th October, Inspired by Nature: trees,
leaves and creative mess
a practical and engaging workshop for KS1 and 2 and outdoor
learning educators combining science and creativity
9.30 - 3.30
Friday 9th October, Adventures Everywhere: using the environment to inspire
stories, storytelling and poetry: stimulating creativity and imagination in the
outdoors to support younger children's literacy skills
9.30 - 3.30
Booking
Booking through: outrageousnature@gmail.com
£125 per day
Workshop venue: Catton Park, Norfolk
2. November
2.1 Wednesday 4th: B-Gen conference - find out more here
2.2 Thursday 5th, Outdoor Adventures with Younger Children
9.30 am - 4.30 pm
on the Dartington Estate
£115 / £95 / £70*
Build your own toolkit of activities and themes to use with younger children. Looking at the world around us as a treasure-trove of stories, to inspire language, encourage communication and foster a deep sense of excitement. Discover the best pizza for a troll, and how to call a dragon from a flowerbed! Using readily transferable techniques and easily sourced materials, this workshop will encourage us to value and cherish the creativity of younger children.(I feel I should point out that I am an environmental educator, artist and storyteller - not a bushcarft worker so we'll be happily muddied into art, story and leaves rather than bush-crafter stuff! There are lots of other workshops you can go to for this - look at the rest of the Wildwise programme for a start!)
* rates for business/voluntary-charitable organisations/individuals
Bookings: contact Wildwise.
Wildwise office 01803 868269 / 07919 093784
WildWise Events
Dartington Space
Dartington Hall
Totnes
TQ9 6EN
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