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Bookings are open for the IFSA & NIFSA Joint Autumn Gathering, at Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, Co Down, on Saturday 6th October!
IFSA Members €45, including lunch.
Non-Members €70, which includes lunch and membership up to May 2019
Information about the programme and workshops can be found here. Further details will issue once you have booked.
In a slight change this year, you can book and pay directly through this link: https://
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Autumn Gathering on Saturday 6th October in Clandeboye. I hope everyone got home safely and was not too tired! We feel it was a really important collaboration for us to share a gathering with our fellow movement in the North, NIFSA, and key to our development on the island of Ireland going forward. We look forward to continued sharing and collaboration together over the next 10 years!
Thanks to everyone for your energetic and whole hearted participation on the day and for all the sharing we did together. We hope that you feel renewed and supported by IFSA as you develop your thinking and practice around Forest School over the coming year.
We shall post some images of the day shortly!
Just a few days left to make your booking for the IFSA & NIFSA Joint Autumn Gathering, at Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, Co Down, on Saturday 6th October!
IFSA Members is €45, including lunch.
Non-Members is €70, which includes lunch and membership up to May 2019
Information about the programme and workshops can be found here. Further details will issue once you have booked.
In a slight change this year, you can book and pay directly through this link: https://
Any queries regarding membership can be directed to Mirjam at membership@
The main objective of the work is to facilitate a review process that will support the Irish Forest School Association (IFSA) committee to draw together an agreed vision and mission statement.
It is envisaged that this process will provide the committee with a supported reflective space to facilitate these practical outcomes as the organisation moves into the next important phase of its development. This will also include a final agreed report including clear agreed decisions and any actions/tasks that emerge.
Timescale, budget and reporting requirements:
Date:
August 7th Time: 10.30 – 2.30pm.
Venue:
Kilkenny County Childcare Committee, Kilkenny Education Centre, Kilkenny.
Reporting:
The successful applicant will need to produce a report to be completed and submitted to the chairperson by 24th Aug. The budget for this will be no more than €300 inclusive of Vat. Experience of facilitating similar processes is required and an affinity with IFSA’s principles would be advantageous.
See the Irish Forest School Association Website:
http://www.irishforestschoolassociation.ie
Proposals by email to Joan Whelan, Chairperson by Fri July 13th. Email: irishforestschoolassociation@gmail.com
Download as a PDF. Irish Forest School Association July 2018
Thanks to everyone who came along to our conference and AGM on 21/22 April 2018.
It seems like the occasion was very fruitful and much enjoyed by everyone who was there. We will consider all of the feedback and the outcome from the conversation cafe at our meeting in June and post the outcome on the website for you all, along with the minutes of the AGM, insurance updates, photos and resources.
Keep an eye on the Facebook page and the website and do get in touch if we can be of any help; We also we encourage you all to join our closed Facebook forum page.
And remember to save the date: IFSA Autumn Gathering: A Joint Gathering with NIFSA , in Clandyboye Estate, outside Belfast, Saturday 6th October 2018.
Thanks to all of you who have booked to come along to our conference on 21/22 April in Brigit’s Garden, Galway – booking is now closed as we have sold out! Please email Mirjam at membership@irishforestschoolassociation.ie if you have any questions.
Download a draft programme here
Bookings are not confirmed until payment is made to the following account:
BIC: BOFIIE2D IBAN – IE10BOFI90671867489058
Account name: Irish Forest School Association
Sort code:Bank of Ireland 90-67-18
NB: Reference your name/membership number (if known) and organisation with your bank transfer.
We look forward to meeting you in April as we continue the Irish Forest School journey.
We are in the early stages of putting together a map of active Forest Schools practitioners in Ireland. We are keen to put together a comprehensive listing of active Forest Schools in Ireland. We plan to display this information on our website and social media for members, which will be a resource for anyone who is searching for a forest school to become involved with, or to send their children to.
Over time we hope to have this represented visually as a map on our website. Click on this link to complete the form. Completing this form implies consent for your details to be considered for inclusion in this listing. Only current Irish Forest School Association Members will be included. If you have any queries on this matter please contact info@irishforestschoolassociation.ie.
Annual conference and AGM 2018
21/22 April 2018
Brigit’s Garden, Galway
Booking for our Annual Conference and AGM in Brigit’s Garden Galway is now open at this link.
For those who booked and paid for a place at our cancelled Autumn Gathering, we would ask you to complete a new booking form as well here. Please click the membership option (at a special rate of €30) so that your membership is valid for 2018/19. If we do not receive your new form by 10th March, we will presume that you are not coming along and will release your place to others.
The theme is Storytelling and Forest School and we are delighted to welcome Chris Holland, Lucy O Hagan, Sally O Donnell, Laura Kennedy,Whole Land and Wondering Wild and our hosts in Galway, Carol Barrett and Kerry Walker as well as some other familiar faces. A detailed programme will shortly be up on our website.
Bookings are not confirmed until payment is made to the following account:
BIC: BOFIIE2D IBAN – IE10BOFI90671867489058
Account name: Irish Forest School Association
Sort code: Bank of Ireland 90-67-18
NB: Reference your name/membership number (if known) and organisation with your bank transfer.
Once you have booked and paid, you will receive a confirmation email and further details. Do not hesitate to email membership@irishforestschoolassociation.ie if you have any queries. We look forward to meeting you in April as we continue the Irish Forest School journey.