Category: FSC Stories

The Nature Friendly Schools project partnership included some of the UK’s leading outdoor learning and mental health and wellbeing organisations. Read about the Four things Project Officer Sam Thurston learned during his time on the project.

As we all adjust to this new way of life as home workers, home teachers and keeping socially distant FSC support teachers parents and young missing out on opportunities for outdoor learning due to Covid-19.

At FSC we want to mark the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th February by sharing the stories of some of our female members of staff.

The professor encouraged teachers to push the ‘wonder’ of the outdoors while speaking at a recent FSC conference. Prof Stewart is a BBC presenter on science shows Men of Rock and How the Earth Made Us. He said that Environmental Science and Geography teachers need to “create a sense of ‘that’s cool’” about being outdoors, with less emphasis […]

This week a Head Office monthly staff meeting and short East group Education training session focused on the Nature Friendly Schools (NFS) project giving those in attendance the opportunity to take part in a short outdoor session, focused on positive wellbeing outcomes.

Our charitable grants help young people from some of the more deprived areas of the UK to experience outdoor education.

The British Ecological Society are running their annual 16-18 Summer School this week at FSC Malham Tarn – As part of the week they will be producing a live broadcast every evening, starting this evening at 6:45.

Caterham High School recently celebrated their 30th visit to FSC Rhyd-y-creuau in North Wales.

Dr Steve Trudgill, former FSC Trustee and now an Honorary Vice President looks back at times teaching at FSC Slapton Ley and the importance of FSC Kids Fund.