Wilder Learning

We recognise the importance of promoting an understanding of the natural world and see all our training programmes as ideal mediums for delivery.

Our trainers are all highly experienced providers of environmental education who have been connecting people to nature many years.

To register please email trainingenquiries@derbyshirewt.co.uk with the following details:

Name of the course you wish to enrol on
Dates of course
Name of school/setting (if relevant)

Our Courses

The Awarding body for our training courses is AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group and are based at Carsington Water.

New 2024 Training Dates:

Inspiring a Nature Connection for the Early Years Level 1 training:

2-day courses running on:

15^th and 22^nd April 2024

1^st and 8^th July 2024

23^rd and 30^th September 2024

Leader of Outdoor Learning Level 2 training:

2-day courses running on:

4^th and 25^th March 2024

12^th and 26^th September 2024

Forest School Leader Level 3 training:

Initial training on: 22^nd, 23^rd, 29^th, 30^th April and 7^th May 2024

Initial training on : 7^th, 8^th, 14^th, 15^th and 21^st October 2024

Using your School Grounds Level 3 training:

2-day courses running on:

2nd May and 23rd May 2024

20^th September and 11^th October 2024

For more information please contact us at trainingenquiries@derbyshirewt.co.uk.

Inspiring a Nature Connection in the Early Years Level 1

If you are working with Early Years children or run a playgroup and are looking to connect pre-school children to nature, this accredited 2-day course will give you the skills and confidence to facilitate nature-based outdoor learning and play. Find out about the benefits of outdoor play, how to embed the 5 pathways to nature connection into activities, the impacts outdoor activities may have on the environment and how to mitigate them.

Are you looking to enhance your school's connection to nature? This course follows similar structure as our Early Years certificate, whilst additionally considering the learning needs and abilities of teaching children outdoors throughout all key stages (KS1 - KS3).

Complete follow up work to gain a certificate accredited at Level 1 by AIM Qualifications.

Course Cost: £200

Course Details

Leader of Outdoor Learning Level 2

This accredited 2-day course will give you the skills and confidence to take your learning into nature, using your school grounds or local greenspaces as your classroom. Find out about the benefits of learning outdoors, what your grounds and natural spaces offer for delivering the primary curriculum, risk-benefit assessment and looking after your site. Complete follow up work to gain a certificate accredited at Level 2 by AIM Qualifications.

Course Cost: £350

Forest School Leader Level 3

Looking to connect children or adults with woodlands while helping them realise their own potential? The Forest School ethos is the perfect tool to do this.

Gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver Forest School in your own setting with an accredited Level 3 course.

Covering the theoretical and practical aspects including principles of Forest School, practical tool use, programme planning and learning theory, this course also includes a 2-day Outdoor First Aid course.

Complete a portfolio workbook and practical assessment to gain a certificate accredited at Level 3 by AIM Qualifications.

Course Cost: £1100

Using your School Grounds Level 3

This accredited 2-day course will give you the skills and confidence to using your school grounds or local greenspaces for practical tasks with children. Learners will be able to apply a range of practical skills, relevant to learning outside the classroom including identifying risks, using hand tools to create craft items, and using fires to cook on. Complete follow-up work to gain a certificate accredited at Level 3 by AIM Qualifications.

Course Cost: £400

Course Costs:

Course	Price
Inspiring a Nature Connection in the Early Years - Level 1	£200
Leader in Outdoor Learning - Level 2	£350
Forest School Leader - Level 3	£1100
Using your School Grounds - Level 3	£400

I learnt so much and became even more confident with teaching in the outdoors! Really couldn’t recommend the course anymore, it was fantastic and I’m sad the training is over. Super excited to get going with our pilot!

Meg Hudson
Forest School Leader L3

four people sat in a shelter made of sticks with three other stood either side, all are smiling and laughing

a person under a camouflaged shelter in a woodland

Fantastic - very excited about these courses. I really recommend the Level 1 Early Years course. Doing this course helped me set up our Buxton Nature Tots with DWT support.

Frances Sussex
Nature Connection in the Early Years