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 every Saturday and Sunday. All year round you can have a birthday party in the forest with Pines in Kabaty (Powsin Park) or Bielany (Młociński Forest).

Summer 2022 camps with Pines Forest School

Pines Forest School offers summer half camps in Powsin/Kabaty Forest, as well as overnight full camps in their Learning HUB located forty minutes from the center of Warsaw.
Click here to learn more about summer camps with Pines Forest School.

News from Pines Forest School – Pines Primary

Pines Forest School invites to their Primary – enrollment open.
Pines Primary – a forest school near Warsaw accepting children aged 4-10.
Click here to learn more about Pines Primary (curriculum, educational offer, location, ethos).

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.“

Saturday & Sunday Bushcraft Forest School:

Location: Powsin Forest / Powsin Park (Kabaty area)
Meeting point on a map (a car park next to Park Kultury in Powsin)
10 am – 2 pm
All year round. Every Saturday and Sunday (except one Sunday per month that will be left free for Parent Sundays)
Languages: English or Polish
Cost: 120 PLN per learner per session, sibling discount available.
Ages: children aged 3-15
Activities include forest craft, animal tracking, rope and knots, preparing a ‘leave no trace’ site, hanging hammocks and tarps, basic survival and bushcraft skills, flora and fauna identification, basic fire lays, how to start and maintain a fire safely
More information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210, online session booking

Pines PARENT Sunday:

Once a month – on Sunday (check Pines website for datails)
Parent Sunday sessions dedicated to children and parents
Ages: no restriction/parents must attend
10 am – 1.30 pm
Cost: 120 PLN per family
Location: Powsin Forest / Powsin Park (Kabaty area)
Meeting point on a map (a car park next to Park Kultury in Powsin)
Languages: English and Polish
During Sunday sessions parents can pick up some bushcraft and survival skills, learn a little more about nature, enjoy a slow morning in a hammock with a coffee, and learn with their children
More information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210, online session booking

Weekdays Forest School:

Location: Powsin Forest / Powsin Park (Kabaty area)
Meeting point on a map (a car park next to Park Kultury in Powsin)
Mondays – open session – 2-10 years old (8.30 am – 11.30 am)
Wednesdays – open session – 2-8 years old (8.30 am – 12.30 pm)
Thursdays – open session – 2-10 years old (9.30 am – 12.30 pm)
Thursdays – open session – 4-15 years old (1 pm – 4 pm)
Languages: English and Polish
More information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210, online session booking

Birthday party in the forest:

2 locations in Warsaw: Powsin Park (Kabaty area) and Las Młociński (Bielany area)
All year round
Languages: English or Polish
Price: 1200 PLN
Group size: 15 participants
Ages: no age restriction
More information and registration: info@pinesforestschool.pl, +48660230210, online registration

Cooperation with preschools, schools, and communities around Warsaw:

Pines runs educational projects throughout the year to various schools and communities, in the form of 6 week projects. These projects gives 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

“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.“

Languages:

English and Polish

Pines Forest School’s locations in Warsaw:

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

Młociński Forest (Bielany), Las Młociński

Other information:

The School is open 44 weeks of the year, only closing for the Festive period, Easter and Summer break
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“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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