Fire Lighting
and Outdoor Cooking
and Outdoor Cooking
Our Fire Lighting and Outdoor Cooking training is one of our most popular courses, enabling educators to safely lead fire lighting and outdoor cooking experiences at schools or early years settings.
Fires and cooking are a memorable and deep learning experience for children of all ages, but they do represent a step up in risk management, and your competence and knowledge should reflect this. Learn more about our Fire Lighting and Outdoor Cooking training below, or visit our main training page to view our full range of courses.
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Content
The full day (or two half days) of training will cover:
- Your responsibilities and industry norms, including Risk Benefit Assessments, Environmental Impact Assessments, Standard Operating Procedures, and Class Management
- The practical skills and knowledge required to light and manage fires
- Options for necessary equipment and resources
- The practical skills and knowledge to cook simple meals and drinks on small fires with your class
- The basics of food hygiene outdoors
- Curriculum links and opportunities, from science through to literacy and modern languages
- Putting it all together – from school policy through to personal practice
We do require an outdoor space to run this programme, either within the school grounds or a local greenspace. Wherever it is, we require landowner permission in place.
The course is entirely outdoors and hands on, and will therefore include sitting and kneeling on the ground, and being outdoors in all weathers for extended periods. Please come dressed for the weather and conditions.
A dated certificate of attendance will be provided to all attendees by email.
Is this training for me?
To safely lead fire lighting and cooking activities in schools, staff should have the necessary skills and experience to manage small fires and associated risks using appropriate control measures. While no formal training or qualifications are required, individuals who feel less confident in their abilities will benefit from our training to build competence. Note that Forest School includes fires and cooking within the syllabus, but it is a much wider qualification and this is reflected in the time and cost. If you do not intend to run a Forest School, then this course is likely more appropriate and meets the requirements of most outdoor learning policies and insurers.
Learn more about our outdoor learning risk assessments (including fire and cooking), or visit our Forest School page to find out more.
Open courses
Booking
The course is usually delivered at your setting or hosted by a number of settings. It is designed to be delivered as a full day session, although the same content can also be delivered across two half day sessions or three twilight sessions.
The costs below are based on one trainer delivering training for up to 15 staff. For larger numbers of staff, we can provide extra trainers for an additional cost.
| Training taking place in 2024 | Training taking place in 2025 | |
| Full day | £595 + VAT | £655 + VAT |
| Half day | £435 + VAT | £480 + VAT |
| Twilight | £345 + VAT | £380 + VAT |
Special offer: Any training booked by 31st December 2024 to take place by 30th April 2025 will be charged at 2024 prices.
