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Jan 11
Our Quality Assurance process
To ensure we provide the highest quality of Alternative Possible, we receive support and challenges from the Pupil Support Service each...
Dec 15, 2024
It's time to name the goats!
Our new goats have settled well and love hanging out with all the children. We have asked our staff to come up with names for you to vote...
Oct 31, 2024
Help us name our new chickens
WINNERS: Betty, Babs and Bree We have added some new chickens to our growing flock. We have added a Copper Maran a Blue Maran and a...
Sep 17, 2024
GOAT Fund ME!
We are raising funds to create a special place for children in primary education to experience the healing power of animals! Our goal is...
Aug 16, 2024
Response to a Guardian article published on 16th August 2024
Some of you may have read the article that appeared in this morning’s Guardian “I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the...
Jun 4, 2024
Living Wage Employer
We are pleased to announce that we are officially a Living Wage Employer. We believe our excellent and committed staff should be paid...
May 30, 2024
Our 2024 Newsletter
You can read our latest newsletter by clicking on the image below, or download your own copy by clicking the PDF link. A4 physical copies...
Apr 24, 2024
Open Day
Come and meet our staff and see our chickens and rabbits. Children can take part in our treasure hunt around the site. There will even be...
Apr 22, 2024
Younger Children Now Accepted at Our Alternative Provision
We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting children in Year R into our new provision at St John's School in Kingston upon...
Feb 25, 2024
KS3 Sessions, Wednesday’s 1pm-3pm
PLEASE NOTE: These sessions were originally advertised as a Monday. Following on our success with KS1 & KS2 children at our Alternative...
Jan 23, 2024
Welcome to our Lead Allotment Volunteer
We are very happy to announce that Jo Land is to become our lead volunteer and will be helping develop our allotment for community use....
Jan 18, 2024
Solid Gold!
We have received our lovely solid wood plaque to celebrate being awarded GOLD! by the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Award Scheme. Green...
Jan 2, 2024
Lead Allotment Volunteer Opportunity
The children enjoy growing and eating the food from our allotment and gain a lot from being in the space. As we have become busier, we...
Sep 12, 2023
Quality Assured
We are often asked how we are evaluated to ensure we meet with all current guidelines, policies and safeguarding procedures to keep our...
Jul 13, 2023
Exciting News for St John's Children - More Forest School!
Children at St John's Primary School where our first site is based have always had access to the Forest School. In order to make sure...
Jul 10, 2023
NEW KS3 Forest School
NEWS RELEASE : 8th July 2023 NEW KS3 Forest School Forest Schooling UK are delighted to announce we will start accepting referrals for a...
Mar 15, 2023
2023 Annual Report
Our first annual report since becoming a CIC. We have operated on our St John’s School site for over 5 years and in March 2022 we...
Dec 11, 2022
Cold Weather Clothing
Being outside all day is a brilliant thing and a winter forest school session is a lot more fun with the right clothes. Cold weather can...
Oct 20, 2022
A new Forest School site
We will be opening our second site shortly! We have been made to feel very at home by Thames Water at their Hogsmill Nature Reserve in...
Jun 12, 2022
We are the subject of a new book
Over the past few months illustartor Gabriel Liu has been observing the goings on on our site. Gabriel has been watching us, quietly,...
May 20, 2022
Summer Holiday Workshops
Woodland Warriors is back! This time it's for everyone in Primary School in Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas. We will be...
May 11, 2022
Feed our Chickens
Come and feed our chickens and to say thanks we will reward you with an exclusive "I fed the chickens" badge! This is a free service for...
Apr 13, 2022
We have won Gold!
We have been awarded GOLD! by the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Award Scheme. Green Tree Schools Award encourages outdoor learning and our...
Feb 24, 2022
Primary Alternative Provision (AP) for SEMH Children
24th February 2022 We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting referrals from other Primary Schools in the Kingston upon...
Dec 18, 2021
2021 Newsletter
Well that was another odd year. When writing this newsletter last year we really didn't think we'd be talking about lockdowns and home...
Nov 4, 2021
Tesco Grant
We are pleased to let you know we have received a community grant from Tesco of £950 to help pay for our chicken coop which we will be...
Jul 11, 2021
A wonderful week at Hampton Court
The Community Bain's garden was very well received this week at the Hampton Court Flower Festival. We took part with 7 like minded...
Dec 17, 2020
2020 Newsletter
Well that was an odd year! Despite the lockdown and all the restrictions, we felt extremely lucky to be working outside with all the...
Dec 17, 2020
Forest School of the Year 2020
We are absolutely delighted to share the news that we have been awarded Forest School of the Year 2020 by the Woodlands Awards! This...
Nov 17, 2020
Our allotment story - huge thanks!
Thank you all so much for your donations, our allotment has undergone a huge transformation this term. We have achieved so much more than...
Feb 10, 2020
Year 3 Forest School at Kingston University
The year 3 children from St John’s School Kingston enjoyed the second of their Forest Schools up at Kingston University. One of the...
Jun 24, 2019
The Hogsmill
We are fortunate that our Forest School boarders the Hogsmill River, a globally rare chalk river. Recently we attended the premier of a...
May 19, 2019
St John's Class 3 at Kingston University
Class 3 from St John’s School Kingston had a fun day of Forest Schooling at the Kingston University Campus today, with whom we have...
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