Nature-based programs, professional learning and community experiences grounded in connection, play and ecological belonging.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Training and mentoring for educators, schools and allied professionals.
Our mission is simple yet impactful: to help children and adults discover well-being through a powerful and intuitive connection with nature.
My daughter loved Birdwings Bush Club! She learned so much about nature and was always bursting to teach us as often as she could. She enjoyed the friendships she formed, hiking through the creeks and up waterfalls, loved creating art and hearing wonderful stories and songs.
This has been the most wonderful way to connect with my baby. This is old school baby sensory with added kindness, respect and teachings of country. Birdwings has provided an environment for the richest development for our kids and in particular, for me too.
As a fellow educator, I know how important this unique experience is in the digital world of the 21st century. The Birdwings are real educators, with real pedagogy and I can’t recommend them enough to all those looking for a unique learning experience for their little ones.
Best Practice in the Outdoors
We practice what we teach!
Our children's programs are offered at our sites on Kombumerri Country, Gold Coast.
We offer a variety of programs for children aged from 0 -12 years, encouraging unstructured play, adventure and challenge, bushcraft, handcrafts and creative connection.
Our own mentoring style has been developed specifically for our unique and intuitive approach to forest school and nature pedagogy in Australia.
This course teaches values and respects children's way of playing in nature in a way that nature itself invites.
Highly recommended.
This course has really made me open my eyes and see the outside world in a different way, I am now feeling like I can bring my inner child through into the play with my daughter. Fun fun fun is the way.
As an experienced loose parts practioner I found this very valuable to look at my practice through a different lens. I can absolutely see how anyone experienced or not would find this useful
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Birdwings Forest School offers programs, training and courses on Kombumerri Country, Gold Coast. We acknowledge the Elders past, present and emerging and aim to learn and grow as we support our Kombumerri community. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and that Australia is, and always will, be the land of our First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
