myForest for Education workshop at the National Forest
The National Forest was humming with discussions about woodland management and forest education at the latest myForest for Education training workshop.
The National Forest was humming with discussions about woodland management and forest education at the latest myForest for Education training workshop.
A young sapling raised from a remarkable oak tree⸺once the focus for our national education and arts project⸺has been planted by children in an Oxfordshire school.
In partnership with the National Forest Company, the Sylva Foundation recently ran a successful one day myForest for Education workshop for Forest School Leaders and woodland owners.
Sylva Foundation staff were pleased to be involved recently in the Botanic Garden Education Network 2015 annual conference: ‘Time for Trees’ at Westonbirt Arboretum.
Last week we were pleased to welcome to the Sylva Wood Centre staff and 19 students undertaking their second year studies for the Foundation Degree (FdA) at Rycotewood Furniture Centre, Oxford City College.
Teachers, woodland owners, and ecologists attended a workshop to help unlock the potential to use local woodlands and school grounds for ecological fieldwork.
The Sylva Foundation is working in partnership with the British Ecological Society to run a half-day CPD and consultation workshop to establish opportunities and constraints to teaching and learning forest ecology in secondary schools.
An important conference will take place on October 1st concerning the challenges facing our woodlands from environmental change. Organised jointly by the Royal Forestry Society and the Woodland Trust, we are pleased to have been invited to contribute.
We are pleased to announce the launch of myForest for education: the UK’s first ever woodland management planning tool specifically designed for education. Funded by the Patsy Wood Trust, myForest for education has been developed as part of the recently launched myForest Version 3.0.
We are pleased to announce that during Artweeks we will be opening the Sylva Wood Centre to the general public for the first time.