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Staffordshire Taster Day The aim of the day was to introduce a number of individuals and organisation to the idea of Forest School and what it can achieve with a range of learners. The day was a partnership between Fallow Way, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Forestry Commission, Rugeley Power Station, Earth Life Company and the Forest of Mercia, held at the Innovation Centre, Chasewater Country Park.

Feedback “Enjoyable and informative – the benefits would be tremendous for a lot of our children” “Very interesting. Has made me more determined to do the training. Loved the Rune activity – will use this in school myself” “Excellent session – thank you. I can see how this can be developed and extended to suit the group” “A useful event and a good introduction to a fantastic scheme” “An excellent session. It has given me many ideas and I hope to become more involved in Forest Schools” “This morning was a really good taster. I now feel as though I know what Forest Schools is all about – I didn’t know anything before.” “Very welcome – many thanks. Would love to pursue if budgets allow” “Very inspirational – will feed back to staff, excellent delivery from all involved” “The taster has made me realise it is possible to have a forest school within my school, it has made me want to find out more…”