Welcome to Green Learning Forest School’s web site.

A Forest School is an innovative educational approach to outdoor play and learning. The philosophy is to encourage and inspire individuals of any age through positive outdoor experiences.

Green Learning is a Forest School based in Penwith, Cornwall. Since Spring 2005, we’ve worked regularly with children, young people, adults, teachers  and parent volunteers from over 15 local schools and youth organisations. Since 2009 we have become a Community Interest Company.

Our range of activities includes shelter building, fire lighting, cooking over the fire, boiling water with a storm kettle, making items from green wood with a shave horse and pole lathe, problem solving, trails, hunts and plenty of games! The base camp is always easily identifiable by our wonderful parachute.

We hope you find on our web site what you’re looking for. If not, or you would like to speak with a real person, please contact us. We would be pleased to hear from you.

“The amount of time and contact children have with nature is declining; fewer than 10% now play in natural places such as woodlands . . . compared with 40% of children 40 years ago. Research shows that children who are introduced to nature will continue to visit natural landscapes in adulthood and be committed to retaining them. In Denmark, Forest Schools, which promote learning outdoors, were woven into the curriculum in the 1980s.” Observer Magazine 10 January 2010