About CFS

Chelsea Forest School (previously "Chelsea Cooperative Nursery School") has operated continuously for more than 60 years since its founding in 1964, delivering early childhood care and learning to generations of families from Chelsea and surrounding communities. ​Since 2013, it has fully embraced a forest school pedagogy in all of its teaching and now operates one of the largest and longest-running forest schools in Canada.  
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CFS strives to create a community of resilient, active children, empowered by valuing, enjoying and being curious about their natural and social surroundings.

 

As it has always, CFS operates as a consumer cooperative, governed by a Board of Directors comprised entirely of parent volunteers. This year, our member families have seventy-three children enrolled in our full-year forest school programs, and by the end of the year we expect to have welcomed more than 50 non-member families through our seasonal programs.

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CFS member-families agree to 10 hours of voluntary service per year in service of our community, and to participate in its annual general meeting.​​​​​​