Forest School Jo

The beginning of this year sparkled into life with frosty mornings, white-dusted grass, low-hanging mist, crisp air and a new job! Having spent six years building Chartham Forest School up from basic provision to 3 developed sites, becoming training hosts, and providing sessions for the community, it was time to move on. So here I am at Parkside in Canterbury, a mere 30 minutes away, an weirdly, despite being much more of a city school, it's a place with much more actual woodland!  The school is ready to build their own reputation, and it's not from scratch. There was a very good FSL in place up until Summer 2025. The gap over the next 6 months took a toll, like any garden left untended, the result is a lot of tidying! So here we are, a fortnight into a new Forest School journey! The weather has thrown everything at us. Luckily, this corner of Kent missed the outskirts of the winds Storm Goretti battered the Channel and South West with, and the snow that has landed frequently h...