Forest Schools Birmingham

Big up the small hands that grow!
Vital life skills 🌱🌱🌱
The child who learns to grow is the child who learns to live a sustainable life and never go hungry!!

To enquire about Outdoor Learning in your setting contact, drop us a line: [email protected]

Growing Children 🌱

In a world increasingly intoxicated by screens, growing food helps children to reconnect with nature, to understand where food comes from, and to appreciate the wonders of the natural world.

Every seed planted is a lesson in hope and patience. Every shoot that emerges is proof that small actions can create something truly extraorinary.

The children we teach to grow today become the adults who will care for our natural world, our wildlife, and our planet tomorrow.

To enquire about our growing programmes contact [email protected]
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We are all different, each of us unique..
We like different things, we learn at different paces
Something that might scare one person, may be a joy to another..
In a Forest School environment, a child has the opportunity to get away from the harsh stimuli of the classroom.. the noise, the constant visuals, the constant instructions..
The child has a chance to breathe, find calm in the natural environment, to play individually or as part of a group in an unrestricted way... to step away from the technology where they often find comfort...
Our Forest School programmes have had profound effects on children with Autism and Developmental Delay conditions...
It allows children to interact and develop in ‘their own time, to find their own pace and space...’
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Our Level 3 Forest School Training last week was so special 🌳❤️🌍

Over the week, we gathered in nature, shared our stories, laughed, sang, explored mental health, therapeutic practice, child development, practical skills, and so much more ❤️🌍

Every training leaves us feeling so deeply grateful for the people who choose this path. Watching another group of compassionate souls head out to into the world ready to support children through therapeutic nature connection is deeply humbling. We love this work 🌳🌳🌳

Thank you to every single person who brought their energy, openness, courage and kindness to the training. We are so honoured 🙏

Our Autumn Level 3 Forest School Training is now open for enquiries, with just 5 places remaining 🍂🌳

To find out more please email [email protected]

Contact [email protected] to bring Forest School to your setting 🌳🌳🌳

Forest Schools Birmingham Forest Schools Birmingham deliver Forest Schools Training, Outdoor Learning programmes and Community Engagement projects throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands.

We thoroughly recommend the provision that Bracken provides to the Birmingham community 🌳🌳🌳

The new Home-Ed Forest School Community Day is now live, with the first session running next week.

This is a shift to a monthly rhythm — a full day in the woods (10–3), with more time for children to settle into what they’re doing, return to ideas, and build on them properly.

With a longer day, we can take on more involved projects and follow them through, whether that’s working with tools, building in the woodland, or cooking on the fire.

It also changes the feel for parents. There’s space to step back, have proper conversations, and get to know other families, rather than everything being squeezed into a couple of hours.

Across the day, there will be:

- Tools, fire, and bushcraft activities
- Open-ended play and exploration
- A shared meal cooked together on the fire
- A small, consistent group (max 12 children)
- Flexibility to stay, step away, or drop off

The first block runs on:

Wed 29 April
Wed 20 May
Wed 24 June

Find out more at: https://brackenoutdoors.com/forestschool/

Training season is about to start 🥰
We adore welcoming new trainees into our beautiful woods and the spirit of woods adore having these incredible souls here… 🌳

You can hear it in the birdsong 🪶

The land feels more nourished each time these people come to learn to pass on the possibilities of Nature Intervention and Forest School 🌳🌳

This work is a privilege 🌳

And to all of you who have trained with us in the past… you are missed.. by us.. and by the land 🥰

There’s a kind of magic in handing a real tool to a small pair of hands and saying, “I trust you.” 🌿

No screens. No saying ‘no, don’t touch that’… Just wood, weather, and their own sense of curiosity.

Confidence here isn’t taught…..it grows. 🌱🌳

You can almost see it…
The pause and adulation being given an ‘adult’ tool.
The spark as they try.
The pride when they succeed: “I did that.”

In forest school, children aren’t rushed. They wobble, experiment, and try again… and in this space, something magnificent takes root:

🌱 Problem-solving without fear of failure
🌱 Resilience through real challenge
🌱 Trust in their own judgement
🌱 A deep sense of capability

This isn’t just sawing wood, is it?
It’s a child learning they can meet this world without fear… and that confidence walks with them everywhere. 🌳

Photo by the magnificent practitioner Magic Mike 🪄✨🧚🧚

Bright Blessings of Spring dear people of the ether ❤️❤️❤️
Cold air. Muddy boots and working together

Out here in the crisp winter air, learning looks a little different. Spades in hand, children work together to dig, build, problem-solve and create something meaningful in the landscape.

What looks like “just digging” is actually teamwork, coordination, resilience, and confidence growing with every scoop of soil.

Fresh air in their lungs. Mud on their boots. Smiles all round.

Let the forest school them…. Please ❤️ 🌿



Photo by amazing practitioner Mike ❤️