Sharp Tools - advanced skills

Explore tools with Dave Watson

Organisation links
Location address: Training Barn, Sylva Wood School, Abingdon
Chosen age group:

Ages: children - · adults 18 - years

Available tickets:
Sharp Tools Workshop £140 per session
Next date: None - Register your interest
Our pedagogy
Step back from teaching rules about practical skills, ask questions, and understand the purpose of using natural materials, tools, approaches, and techniques. Learn to trust your learners and know why tool use is valuable for building self-worth and efficacy. This approach to practical skills works with children and adults of all stages and ages. It fits brilliantly with the ethos and principles of Forest School. Join Dave Watson and Sarah Lawfull at the Sylva Teaching Barn for a day of discovery, reflection and creativity. Enjoy delicious refreshments and leave confidently, knowing how to use tools effectively and safely without rules.
About your mentors
Where The Fruit Is
Transformation through nature connection
We help leaders and change makers rediscover their purpose and realise their potential by training and coaching in and through nature. Our FSA-endorsed trainers work with FSA-recognised providers, experts in bushcraft, forestry and ecology, and the local FSA-affiliated group, building an effective learning community to nurture and encourage our trainees.
Sarah Lawfull
Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Consultant
With a background in mainstream teaching, early years, SEND, and voluntary youth work, I have witnessed the impact of implementing Forest School's ethos and principles in every area of my life. I set up Where The Fruit Is to raise awareness of Forest School's power to build communities with and improve outcomes for invisible young people, many of whom are neurodivergent, who struggle to access education. I now collaborate with NGOs and county councils to lead local and national nature-based education projects. As co-founder of the Nature Premium campaign, I advocate for all children to have funding for regular nature-based learning experiences from 3 to 18 years as part of their education. I am an FSA-endorsed trainer, the Forest School Association Chair, a Royal Society of Arts Fellow, and a member of the Henley Centre for Coaching and the International Coaching Federation. My passion is helping people of all ages find their purpose, strengths, and joy to fulfil their potential through learning and playing in nature.
Learning aims
Aim 1
Explore creative techniques with knives, saws, froes and axes.
Aim 3
Choose the right knife/ tool for a specific person, task, or material.
Aim 2
Learn the properties of different woods.
Aim 4
Consider different techniques for various age groups/abilities whilst making a variety of products to test your new skills.
Pricing information
Ticket nameSharp Tools Workshop
Price£140
LEARNER REFLECTIONS0 reflections
Where we'll be
Training Barn, Sylva Wood School, Little Wittenham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QT
WHAT’S PROVIDED
Drinks
Snacks
Equipment
Safety
Enhanced DBS
Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
First Aid Kit
Smoke Detector

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Cancellation Policy
No refunds are given except in the case of a cancellation by the Mentor.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.

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