BIRDWINGS FOREST SCHOOL
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
An Invitation to Adventure, Curiosity, and Connection
Step into a year of learning that feels alive!
Where professional development isn’t just about ticking boxes, but about rekindling your love for early childhood deepening your connection with nature, and rediscovering what it means to learn alongside children.
Birdwings Forest School invites you on an adventure with our own living framework:
LEAF — Living, Ecology, Agency, and Flow.
We’ve spent years developing this approach, grounded in practice, reflection, and research.
The LEAF Framework is our compass, guiding everything we do. It’s the foundation for our professional learning programs, designed to nourish both educator wellbeing and children’s natural curiosity.
What You’ll Find in the 2026 PD Guide
Inside, you’ll discover a range of opportunities to grow, reflect, and play:
🌿 Workshops and Training for Services designed to support teams in nature play, risky play, slow pedagogy, and ecological storytelling.
🌿 Webinar Subscription Join our regular online gatherings where we unpack practical topics like visual documentation, children’s voice, and the gentle art of holding space outdoors. Learn with us from anywhere, at your own pace.
🌿 The Full 8-Week LEAF Immersion Our signature professional journey is an advanced course for educators and nature mentors ready to transform their practice through deep reflection, creative response, and nature-based learning.
USE YOUR FUNDING!
Plan ahead for your funding! Birdwings Forest School is a Kindy Uplift Provider,
and you may use your Victorian Bush Kindy Grant for some of our online learning too.
Why Birdwings?
Because no other bush kindy in Australia is doing what we do.
Birdwings Forest School has spent years developing and refining our own framework for nature mentoring and child-led practice.
Our Framework supports the wellbeing of both children and educators.
We’re not simply teaching about nature play; we’re guiding a movement towards ecological connection and earning that flows.
Our approach is recognised by educators, therapists, and leaders who seek more than surface-level training: they seek connection, courage, and creative renewal.
Ready for an adventure?
Download the Birdwings 2026 Professional Development Guide and find the pathway that calls to you — whether it’s a single webinar, a service-wide training, or the full LEAF Immersion experience.
Reconnect with what matters most — nature, children, and your own sense of wonder.