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Pines Primary, Pines Forest School, Pines Foundation

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About PINES: Pines Primary, Pines Forest School & Pines Foundation

PINES is a British Forest School based on the Scandinavian all-weather school model and pioneered by British OCN trained Forest School practitioners. Pines Primary (accepting children aged 4-12) is located at the Pines Learning HUBs, thirty-five minutes from the center of Warsaw. Pines Forest School runs Saturday sessions in Powsin Park/Kabaty Forest, summer, winter, and half-term camps, workshops, birthday parties in the forest. Pines Foundation supports the social and emotional wellbeing of children, teenagers, and adults struggling with illness, social barriers, restricting conditions, and disability. 

“Pines is broken up into three distinct areas. Pines Forest School, Pines Primary and Pines Foundation. Following the same core principles and ethos. Inclusivity, promotion of wellbeing and independence and positive educational experiences. What started in August 2019 with three children, one Forest leader and a backpack has evolved beyond any expectations we had.”

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Summer 2025 camps

  • Pines Forest School offers summer half camps in Powsin/Kabaty Forest and overnight full camps in their Learning HUBs.
  • More in English about Summer Camps with Pines Forest School.

Pines Primary

  • The age range of students: children aged 4-12.
  • Languages of instruction: English and Polish.
  • Location: Pines Learning HUBs, thirty-five minutes from the center of Warsaw. Location on Google map. Transport from Warsaw: 650 PLN. Pines Learning HUBs are state-of-the-art and designed just for Pines, as learning spaces and classrooms. They are furnished with kitchenettes, toilets, and showers. Alongside the HUBs, there is also a tool usage area, various wildlife areas, a pond, a stream, a garden, and raised beds for plants and herbs. All inside a beautiful old forest.
  • Admission process: Pines Primary enrolls students during the whole year depending on the availability of the spots. More information: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210. Click here to register your interest.
  • Fees: monthly price: 3000 PLN, catered meals: 420 PLN.
  • Pines Primary offers a core curriculum that is based on the EYFS, British early learning goals, and Polish early learning goals. This will allow the children to transition into an international school/ Polish school in the future if required.
  • The core curriculum is delivered in an inclusive, safe, and stimulating environment. Children learn in a manner that is cohesive with their individual needs and learning styles – tailored around their interests.
  • Pines school day runs from 9:00 – 15:30. Children do not have to attend everyday/ all day. The core curriculum is delivered in the form of small group inputs/project-based activities to keep the children interested and on task. Some children may be involved in more inputs than others, depending on their goals/ targets, peer group, and age.
  • Afternoons at Pines are dedicated to project-led learning, e.g. yoga, Polish, ceramics, woodwork, and music. Throughout the day children also have the opportunity to partake in a variety of activities including art and design, woodwork, music, sport, cooking, and photography.
  • Click here to learn more in English about Pines Primary (their daily schedule, team, curriculum, projects, calendar).

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Pines Forest School

Saturday Forest School

  • Your children can attend one Saturday session or sign up for the whole year.
  • Location: Powsin Forest / Powsin Park (Kabaty area). Meeting point on a Google map (a car park next to Park Kultury in Powsin).
  • Ages: children aged 4-14.
  • 10 am – 2 pm. Selected Saturdays (check the schedule of Saturday sessions on the Pines website).
  • Languages: English or Polish.
  • Cost: 120 PLN per learner per session, sibling discount available.
  • Activities include tool usage (safely learning how to use an axe, hatchet, bushcraft knife, saw, carving tool, and steel), forest craft (making various items, such as a small canoe, name disk, and mallets), animal tracking, flora and fauna identification, fire safety (basic fire lays, how to start and maintain a fire safely), additional: rope and knots, preparing a ‘leave no trace’ site, hanging hammocks and tarps, basic survival and bushcraft skills.
  • More information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210, online session booking.

Summer and winter camps, half-term camps

  • Pines Forest School offers half camps in Powsin/Kabaty Forest, overnight full camps in their Learning HUB located forty minutes from the center of Warsaw, as well as half-term camps.
  • Check the schedule of the upcoming camps on the Pines website.

Workshops

  • Throughout the year Pines runs additional workshops. These workshops vary between ‘Cooking in the Forest’, ‘Tool usage’, ‘Adult friendly workshops’, and special guest workshops. Information regarding these workshops can be found on their social media or on the Pines website.

Cooperation with preschools, schools, and communities around Warsaw

  • Pines runs educational projects throughout the year for various schools and communities. These projects give children the opportunity to lead their own learning, adventure outside of the classroom, and take part in new, exciting activities.
  • If you would like more information or would like to recommend Pines to your school, get in touch with Pines: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210.

Birthday party in the forest

  • Location: Powsin Forest / Powsin Park (Kabaty area). Meeting point on a Google map (a car park next to Park Kultury in Powsin).
  • Languages: English or Polish.
  • Group size: 16 participants. Ages: no age restriction.
  • For more information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210.
  • Activities include tool usage (safely learning how to use an axe, hatchet, bushcraft knife, saw, carving tool, and steel), forest craft (making various items, such as a small canoe, name disk, and mallets), animal tracking, flora and fauna identification, fire safety (basic fire lays, how to start and maintain a fire safely), additional: rope and knots, preparing a ‘leave no trace’ site, hanging hammocks and tarps, basic survival and bushcraft skills.

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Pines Foundation

  • The Pines Foundation is an offshoot of PINES. Their goal is to support the social and emotional wellbeing of children, teenagers, and adults struggling with illness, social barriers, restricting conditions, and disability.
  • Selected projects include: ‘Donate a classroom’ for students relocating from Ukraine, sign language workshops, family workshops/picnics for those in need, Visually impaired Sensory Forest School, medical supplies for transport into Ukraine.
  • More about the Pines Foundation and its projects.

“Our ethos is bred from the belief that risk-taking and independent-led learning are necessary to successfully support the development of young people. Our core principle places the community at the centre of everything we do. We focus on the relationship between our learners and the natural world whilst promoting holistic learning. This approach guides our learners toward becoming knowledgeable, creative, intelligent, independent, confident, resilient and compassionate individuals who care for the world around them.“

Other information

  • Pines Forest School’s Facebook, Instagram, website in English.
  • More information: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210.
  • Click here to learn more about Pines summer camps and workshops.
  • Why it’s important to get outdoors and allow your child the freedom to move around independently – a featured story by Saul Simpson, forest school leader at Pines Forest School.

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