Forest School provides a key part of our provision for EYFS. All EYFS children have weekly Forest School sessions throughout the year. Additionally, the school runs a Forest School Club for children from Year 1 to Year 6. Teachers select children from their classes to take part in these sessions. Images from our most recent Forest School sessions are shown below.
Forest School is a long term, child-centred learning process that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting. Forest School enables children to explore and discover their own personal boundaries whilst encouraging them to try things for themselves.
covered-log-circleWe are very lucky to have a Forest School area in our school grounds. Here our children can learn valuable life skills such as; teamwork, perseverance and risk management, whilst developing practical skills such as; cooking over a camp fire, planting trees, using tools and learning about the natural world around them.
log-circleThe hand book below outlines our ethos and how we organise and run our Forest School sessions. It also explains our health and safety, first aid and risk management procedures.
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