Ilkley Forest School Cooperative

Not long 'til our 2-day May half-term holiday #Ilkley Forest Fun session! These child-led days for 5-12 year olds (Reception-Yr7) can include crafts, den-building, fire skills, nature-connection activities & rope skills. ALL welcome. bit.ly/3UNzMUb @BfdForestSchls

Lots of fun exploring Harden Moor at the ⁦@BfdForestSchls⁩ skills share. Thanks to Bolton Abbey Education, ⁦@getoutmorecic⁩, ⁦@KangaForest⁩ & SB for coming and sharing.

Pls RT: Tickets are on sale for our May half term (Spring Bank) Holiday Forest Fun session for children in Rec to Yr 7. Tues 28 & Weds 29 May, 9am-3pm. 2 days of child-led play incl. fires, dens, tools, crafts & nature! Booking is online eequ.org/ilkleyforestsc…. @BfdForestSchls

Our Forest School Leaders are dedicated to their ongoing CPD & are always keen to explore & try new activities and ideas.

Bea has been busy cooking up a nutritious, fresh feast at #ForestSchool, with VERY LOW FOOD MILES! #foraging

Pls RT & sign the petition: It’s CRITICAL to maintain local green spaces for people & nature. Please share & support widely (like you did for Otley’s Weston Woods). @MenstonNature @otley2030 @WildaboutOtley @ClimateIlkley @Addingham_Group @wns_nats @KarenShackleto5 @YorksWildlife

💚🌳🪓🧶🪵🔥🍃🕷️ We’ve got last-minute spaces at tomorrow’s #Ilkley #EasterHoliday Forest Fun (like Forest School) for 5-12 year olds, if anyone wants some outdoor fun. And the forecast looks a lot better than today 😂! Further information and booking is: eequ.org/experience/4846

Collective creativity @SpringtimeLive!

Our team has had a fun, very busy day running workshops at ⁦@SpringtimeLive at the Great Yorkshire Showground⁩. #naturalart #archaeology #teamwork

🐚🌹🍃 Agi and I are loving running our #NaturalArt workshop ⁦@SpringtimeLive⁩ today. It’s wonderful to see visitors of all ages connecting with nature through making beautiful, unique artwork. Hopefully this will help improve their wellbeing too💚. ⁦@IlkleyFSCoop⁩

@BfdForestSchls we think you’ll like this!

We love Red Ruth’s (aka Mrs McBain) fun time-lapse video of den-building and play. We’ll try and share the actual video on the comments, too facebook.com/share/v/A5L7p5…

Busy Bea has been cooking up a delicious, nutritious feast at school. @BfdForestSchls

Want to know what’s going on in the Bradford forest school network? 🌲🌳 Check out events section on our website. The website displays all events, practitioners, resources, news, forest schools and more. It’s a great place to stop by 💻 bradfordforestschools.co.uk/events/ #BFSN #website

TICKETS ON SALE: 2-day Ilkley Holiday Forest Fun sessions for 5-12 year olds at Easter (25&26 March) and Spring Bank (28&29 May) eequ.org/experience/4846 Forest School-style child-led play, games, fire lighting, den building, craft activities, nature connection etc.

Bea has been busy at @AshlandsPrimary...

Great to see children being involved in decision-making about risks. And lots of outdoor nature play! Brilliant work by Bea (aka Mrs Manville)… @BfdForestSchls

Ruth has been busy when wind stopped her outdoor session on Monday. Check out what they got up to with the old school Christmas tree!

Thanks to all the local girls who influenced this green space in #Manningham. We'd still like to know more about adolescent girls' experiences of parks in Bradford to help shape other local spaces-please help by completing our survey: bit.ly/3FXsjZC

Please support this local woodland, by bidding in their online auction and/or buying a raffle ticket and/or liking/sharing their post. Thank you 💚🌳🎁🎄