Holding Space: A session where we went no-where

9 Oct 202017 Nov 2020

This story happened after the Forest School Afternoon Friday session of 2 October 2020. This is a message sent from Coach Darren to the parents in the whatsapp group. The…

Tribute to all Children

10 May 2020

Written by: Darren | Date: October 2016 In a cool morning rain. It’s beautiful weather, which children all across the world love. They love the pitter patter of raindrops falling…

2016: The Story behind how Forest School started in Singapore

10 May 202010 May 2020

Written by: Darren | Date: July 2016 Im an avid lover of the forest school ideology. But to fully comprehend the beauty and impact of forest school. One has to…

2019 in Review: Guided by our Trees

2 Jan 20202 Jan 2020

2019, a year of quiet focus and slow build towards our vision of being the village to raise our children together. We started the year at a new location, Dairy…

The Legendary Thornbill Thursday

26 Dec 2019

The cool wind of the monsoon season arrives. The forest school season ends for the year. Through the many years in Singapore, the thornbill thursday have been a main stay…

Children the Nomad

9 Oct 2019

"Let the land rest, Lets move to another space" , Children exclaimed. She hop on towards the light sprinkled forest floor, leading to the red clayed river plain in the…

Insight into Session: The Journey of a Bag

28 Aug 201926 Dec 2019

By Coach Darren 😸 (Written in September 2019, FSS Newsletter) This is a story about a child and his growing journey in forest school. ~ L has never put his…

Insight into Session: A month of FSS

30 May 201926 Dec 2019

By Coach Shimin The weather was both humid and hot, yet also having wet showers at times. In the regular weekly sessions, the kids went everywhere in the Dairy Farm…

Dimensional Training in Forest School @ Kuala Lumpur, Gombak Forest

1 Apr 20191 Apr 2019

"Everybody Goooooooo" a voice vibrated through the jungle, at 3am in the wee early morning. Awakened, I close my eyes to understand what I need to know. A stewardship is…

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…