Teacher Training
Agored Cymru Accredited Training for Early Years providers and the Primary Age Sector
Fresh air, fun, exercise, ideas and increased confidence, come as a standard on all our courses! If you don’t see something that meets your needs, please get in touch as we offer a wide range of opportunities, including outreach and INSET services tailored to the needs of your setting. Our courses are generally very hands on and we invariably go out whatever the weather!
Course List
For group bookings or general enquiries please email Rose rohagan@gwentwildlife.org or Natalie nwaller@gwentwildlife.org.
Level 3 Forest School Leader
£1000 plus VAT.
This training course is the nationally recognised standard of training required for individuals and businesses wishing to develop and deliver forest school programmes. Eight days of guided learning, followed by nine months to complete coursework and deliver at least six sessions of Forest School.
Next available date: Pontypool: Level 3 Forest School Leader - Start date: 15/04/26 (ATGWTL3FS150426) - Booking by Bookwhen
Level 2 Assisting Forest School
(Suitable for age 16+). £600 plus VAT.
This four-day course is designed for individuals supporting a Level 3 Forest School Leader. You will complete a Level 2 Portfolio whilst assisting a Level 3 Forest School Practitioner in planning and delivering at least three sessions. This does not qualify you to independently lead Forest School.
View full course details here.
Level 1 Outdoor Learning and Forest School
(Suitable for age 14+). £350 plus VAT.
This two-day introductory course offers a solid foundation for your journey into Outdoor Learning via completion of your Level 1 booklet and practical skills. This does not qualify you to independently lead Forest School or Curriculum-Based Outdoor Learning.
Level 3 Coordinating a Sustainability Curriculum
(Minimum booking of 5 learners). £900 plus VAT.
This course will empower you to coordinate the sustainability practices of your setting and integrate outdoor learning approaches across your school or MAT. You will complete a portfolio of evidence over nine months in which you will audit your current practice, develop a climate action plan, integrate outdoor learning experiences across the whole setting, learn how to plan and sustainably manage your grounds for both learning experiences and the natural environment, and develop exciting and engaging outdoor learning programmes for the whole year.
Level 2 Curriculum Based Outdoor Learning Practitioner
£500 plus VAT.
Over two and a half days, you will gain the skills and confidence to transform outdoor spaces into learning environments and plan and deliver curriculum-based learning. This course is very much suited to everyday school needs and will explore the benefits and challenges of taking learning outdoors. Learners will have up to six months to complete the course.
Level 2 Nature-Based Activity Leader
(Suitable for age 16+). £600 plus VAT.
This four-day course will give you the practical skills to deliver nature-based activities for school settings. Ideal for busy teaching staff wanting to deliver practical outdoor sessions, this course covers health and wellbeing benefits of learning outdoors, safe use of hand tools, fire and knot skills, shelter building, and an introduction to risk assessment. The course will be completed within six months, following completion of practical delivery days, and a simple workbook. Please note this does not qualify you to delivery forest school sessions
Level 2 Outdoor Play Practitioner
£500 plus VAT.
Over two and a half days, you will gain practical skills, explore the benefits and risks of outdoor play environments, play theories and principles, and learn how to implement an inclusive outdoor play approach. The course will be completed within six months, during which you will learn how to sustainably manage and enhance your outdoor play spaces.
Outreach and bespoke services
Outreach and bespoke unaccredited training £500 per day plus VAT
At Gwent Wildlife Trust, we realise that sometimes schools want to train whole departments / schools rather than just individual teachers. Unaccredited CPD could range from outreach at staff meetings or twilights, to full INSET days, from an introduction to outdoor learning, to safety in the outdoors, specific subjects in an outdoors environment or any other topic that would enable your school to bring outdoor learning to life. One head said she, “Wouldn’t spend her money anywhere else!”
For more information or to book any course, please email Rose rohagan@gwentwildlife.org or Natalie nwaller@gwentwildlife.org.
About the trainers
Both Natalie Waller and Rose O'Hagan work for Gwent Wildlife Trust but are associate trainers with Cambium Sustainable. Between them they have over 15 years of outdoor learning experience and are both Level 4 Agored Cymru accredited Forest School Trainers (or working towards this).
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The Cambium Network has trainers in many parts of the UK. We cooperate in Continuing Professional Development, standardisation of assessment and feedback, submission of work for accreditation to Agored Cymru (Formerly OCN Wales) awarding body and internal and external quality assurance.
Trainers meet regularly to discuss the latest developments, and to exchange ideas, skills and techniques and to play for the future. Most members of the Cambium Network provide services direct to schools and other bodies wishing to engage with the expanding use of Forest School, Outdoor Learning and Coastal School techniques in early years, primary and secondary education.
The Cambium website and detailed information about the courses can be found here: Forest School Training & Outdoor Learning | Cambium