Enrollment is open

Registration and questions: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210.
Saturday workshops in English in Powsin / Kabaty Forest dedicated to children aged 4-14.
Birthday parties in the forest in English and Polish.
Weekdays Forest School (cooperation with preschools, schools, and communities around Warsaw).
Pines Primary – a forest school near Warsaw accepting children aged 4-11. Click here to learn more about Pines Primary (curriculum, educational offer, location, ethos).

About Pines Forest School – all weather, all season child-led outdoor learning

Pines is a British Forest School in Warsaw based on the Scandinavian all-weather school model and pioneered by British OCN trained Forest School practitioners. The School works with a variety of schools and communities around Warsaw, with children as young as two, right up to fifteen. Pines runs weekend sessions in Kabaty. All year round you can have a birthday party in the forest with Pines in Kabaty (Powsin Park).

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.

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.

Pines Forest School ethos and philosophy:

Pines ethos is bred from the belief that risk taking and independent led learning are necessary to successfully support the development of young people
Forest School is a long term process with daily interaction with natural space, not a one-off visit. Planning, adaption, observations and reviewing are integral elements. Pines offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and themselves in our safe and inclusive Forest site whilst using a range of learner centred processes to create a community for development and learning
Facilitators and children spend 100% of their time outside, working closely with individuals across a range of age groups and abilities creating a community which cares for each other and the environment around us
Children are encouraged to explore the site, build shelters, use their imagination and work together to come up with new games and activities
- Tool usage: safely learning how to use an axe, hatchet, bushcraft knife, saw, carving tool and steel
- Forest craft: children will practice their skills by making various items, such as a small canoe, name disk and mallets
- Animal tracking: children will learn the basics in tracking and identifying animal tracks
- Flora and fauna identification: basic introduction to various plants and wildlife, uses and identification
- Fire safety: basic fire lays, how to start and maintain a fire safely
- Risk and benefit: within our free play we encourage the children to challenge themselves
- Additional: rope and knots, preparing a ‘leave no trace’ site, hanging hammocks and tarps, basic survival and bushcraft skills

“Come rain or shine, the children will be outside experiencing nature. We encourage the children to interact with one another and the world around them, to be brave and adventurous.“

“Allowing children the independence to deal with challenging situations – rather than relying on the teachers. Our team is trained to avoid interrupting a child’s ‘flow’. Children are given the freedom to learn by experience.“

Pines Primary

Pines Forest School invites to their Primary – enrollment open.
Pines Primary – a forest school near Warsaw accepting children aged 4-11.
Click here to learn more about Pines Primary (curriculum, educational offer, location, ethos).

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: contact tab, info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210

Languages:

English and Polish

Pines Forest School’s location in Warsaw:

Powsin Park (Ursynów/Kabaty), Park Kultury w Powsinie

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.

“At Pines, we give children the opportunity to express themselves in a caring, relaxed and nurturing environment well away from the four walls of the classroom. Pines Forest School provides a platform to build on some of the most important learning: that which takes place outside those four walls.”

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