An all-weather, outdoor early childhood program is a unique experience (but fortunately one that is gaining popularity in Australia), and one that comes with many considerations regarding children’s safety. Here’s a list of questions we are most commonly asked about our Little Birdwings Forest Kindy program - and with no surprise they are mostly about … Continue reading What do you do when it rains? (and other frequently asked questions)
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The Tree Grows Strong, A Story for Reconciliation.
At Birdwings Forest School we enjoy many types of storytelling, but mostly we use oral storytelling to share our knowledge and experiences. We tell stories of our own experience, Kombumerri and other Aboriginal dreaming stories, stories about seasonal learning and our own play. Sometimes we use props, sometimes we use actions, but for this kind … Continue reading The Tree Grows Strong, A Story for Reconciliation.
Position Available: Nature Mentor/Playworker
Position Available! Birdwings Forest School are hiring.
Fun with friends in forest school
We love our Birdwings Bush Club and Little Birdwings Forest Kindy because children can have a natural childhood, playing and having fun with friends in nature.
Getting enough nature play?
We want our children to have a special, care-free childhood filled with special memories of family moments and playing with friends, just like our own was. We know it is a priority to make sure our children have free play time outside, but our lives as parents are so busy and childhood is increasingly scheduled, so that it is now difficult to ensure our children are getting enough nature play. Finding the balance between the pressures of modern living and our own values for freedom, creativity and play can be a real challenge families.
Birdwings Nature Retreat is forest school for grown ups.
Birdwings offers forest school for grown-ups in our nature connection retreats. Relax and reconnect in the rainforest.
Storytelling on the track: three ways to explore nature, culture and our relationships with both.
Oral storytelling is one of the foundations of children's development of language and literacy. It's also one of our foundation practices at Birdwings - plus everyone loves a story! Storytelling for us happens in so many different ways. We share planned stories which often have props and scenery specially prepared. These stories we have written … Continue reading Storytelling on the track: three ways to explore nature, culture and our relationships with both.
A Butterfly, a Vine and a Wish
Writen by Narell Neville, 2017 In a Bush Kindy deep in the rainforest at the base of Mt Tamborine. A place where the endangered Richmond Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) is known to live. The butterfly lays its eggs on the vines (Pararistolochia praevenosa) and the caterpillars eat this vine. However both the vine and the … Continue reading A Butterfly, a Vine and a Wish