FSES Introduction Forest School Education Series 4 Jul 201712 Jul 2017 The Forest School Education Series (FSES) is the awareness website to introduce Forest School’s pedagogy to people who are interested in this unique style of learning, growth and development, and…
FSES Introduction… Letting the child lead in Forest School 17 Feb 2019 By Coach Shimin Parents familiar with Forest School style would know that we let the children ‘lead the way’ in sessions. This includes deciding on where to go as a…
FSES Learning… Forest School Visit: Japan, Kamakura 11 Feb 201911 Feb 2019 Letting Go of the Baggage of Emotions Head tucked in her bag, hands clasped over the ears, Tzmugi was stuck in the abyss of emotions from the little quarrel with…
FSES Learning UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 21 Jan 2019 By Coach Shimin When I was at a pre-school recently, I saw a poster displayed: https://www.unicef.org/crc/index_30177.html UNICEF was first set up post-WWII to establish certain rights and needs for children…
FSES Play… Applying the Forest School ways to Kids Yoga 14 Jan 2019 As a school teacher previously, I greatly disliked the top-down and overly disciplinary way that most lessons were delivered and how students were automatically required to toe the line. Hence…
FSES Introduction… 2018 in Review: Becoming Small 7 Jan 20197 Jan 2019 2018, a full year of forest school in Singapore. A total of 40 weeks of regular sessions, and 12 weeks of holiday camps, coupled with 20 over workshops plus another…
FSES Play Play Fighting Vs Bullying 29 Oct 2018 “I didn’t know what to do, when the manager touched me on my thigh.” Many young ladies and sometimes gentlemen have experienced being physically harassed at work. And more often…
FSES Story Bullying – from the view of an ex-MOE secondary school teacher 22 Oct 201822 Oct 2018 Bullying and the Practice of Mindfulness. By Wei Shimin (Coach & Editor of Forest School Singapore) My first year as a school teacher, everyone avoided this girl in my form…
FSES Story ONLY do well for exams if you want to be an obedient controlling civil servent: An in-depth exploration of the HISTORY of EDUCATION 10 Oct 201814 Oct 2018 What is Education? What is “National Exam”? What is the purpose of education? What is the purpose of national exams? What is the root of the development of education? When…
FSES Story Rifle Range Forest Natural Heritage ConServation Initiative 28 Aug 20182 Sep 2018 Objective: Make a stand to protect and conserve the elements, space and heritage which gives us life and connection. In light of the news reported in The Straits Times on…
FSES Learning “Where shall we go today?” 14 May 2018 Embracing emotional responses and building resilience. The toughest part of each Forest School session is probably right at the beginning, when the kids gather, and we ask them, “Where shall…
