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What we learned from you: Outcomes from Vision Input & our first AGM

Our first AGM brought families together to share key learnings from parent feedback, welcome new Board members, launch Forest School Groves as opportunities for our community to connect and grow – such as rain gear clothing swaps and affordability funds, introduce a new secure Parent App to streamline communication and administration. Parents mentioned they would love to see more skills around hands-on & conscious nature connection, Compassion & Conflict Resolutions, Food Sec

Nanaimo Forest School

Dec 15, 20254 min read

Kids and teacher Dave lying on forest floor covered in brown maple leaves

Fall Term Wrap Up & Winter Outlook

NEW: A hand-me-down Clothing Library. — Warm wet weather this fall coupled with effective rainsuits to allow children to stamp and splash, fish with sticks, wire hooks and strings, and stomp, run and play in burbling streambeds transformed by autumn rain. These and other activities encourage their developing perception of the world. Through construction, deconstruction, and sensory play, children make sense of the world around them, …

Term Review

Kristjanne Vosper

Dec 14, 20253 min read

AGM & FALL COMMUNITY SOCIAL: Invite to all members & parents to join the NFS AGM & Fall Celebration on November 22, 2025

We have news for you – if yours is one of the over 272 families we’ve served over the last year, it is highly likely you already are. As part of the guidelines prescribed by the BC Cooperative Association, Nanaimo Forest School requests families meet a $10 membership fee upon first registration. As a result, every student household holds a share in our fledgling coop and is eligible not only to cast a vote for new board members at our upcoming Annual General Meeting on S

Jenni OTTILIE Keppler

Oct 3, 20255 min read

First NFS Community Summer Social!

On Saturday June 7 we welcomed parents and forest school students to our first Forest School Community Social in south Nanaimo's SEED neighbourhood forest classroom. Forest school teachers, neighbours, board members and families enjoyed tasty potluck food, fruits and vegetables, live music by NFS teacher David Proctor (guitar) and community member Jesse Connor (cello), hammocks, swings, bubbles, art and colouring, and lots of wheelbarrow rides with Michael,

Kristjanne Vosper

Jun 15, 20251 min read

Bug Explorers in the Forest

Nearby, another child watched intently. He expresses his desire to hold a pill bug, too. We worked together to gently scoop one up, placing it softly on his palm. “Whoa! He scared me with all his feet up in the air!” he gasped, taking a step back and dropping the bug as it crawled away.