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Ep 39 - Wilderness Gathering Live Podcast!
Season 1 Episode 39
Recorded round a picnic bench at the Wilderness Gathering (West Knoyle, Dorset). Lewis, Gemma, Adrian, Kay and Dave talk about staffing the Forest Sc…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep 38 - The Midnight Waffle Chat
Season 1 Episode 38
Gemma and Lewis record in the dark by the camp-fire during a family camping sleep-over. It’s 9:50 pm, owls are calling and they’re a bit overtired – …
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep 37 - Summer Reading Recommendations!
Season 1 Episode 37
Gemma and Lewis open in classic British style – celebrating the first proper rain in almost three weeks and admitting national jumper-anxiety. While …
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep 36 - Bird Quiz #1
Season 1 Episode 36
Gemma brings the Birdsong button-book and Lewis plays “name-that-tweet.” From ravens’ office gossip to goldcrests in conifers, we derail into MI6 rec…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep 35 - Rites of Passage!
Season 1 Episode 35
Lewis & Gemma spiral into a midsummer head-cold haze and ask, “What actually makes a good rite of passage?” From hot pennies hurled at peasants to Ye…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep 34 - Tracey Maciver Interview
Season 1 Episode 34
Lewis & Gemma welcome Tracy MacIver – Forest-School trainer, perennial swearer, and author of three (almost four!) beloved activity handbooks. Betwe…
6 years, 10 months ago
Ep 33 - Working with Adults
Season 1 Episode 33
It’s Solstice time—or as Lewis and Gemma imagine it, post-apocalyptic bunker-time, when all that remains is a crumbling podcast archive passed throug…
6 years, 10 months ago
Ep 32 - Side Effects May Include....
Season 1 Episode 32
In this rain-tapping, fireside-style episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Gemma explore the unexpected side effects of being a Forest Scho…
6 years, 10 months ago
Ep 31 - Den Building!
Season 1 Episode 31
Lewis and Gemma drift on a gentle breeze into the world of dens—from childhood hidey-holes to Forest School fortresses. They spin together memory-sto…
6 years, 11 months ago
Ep 30 - Springboard Activities!
Season 1 Episode 30
In this energetic, hands-on episode Lewis and Gemma explore the magic of springboard activities—those simple setups that spark hours of play, learnin…
6 years, 11 months ago