Forest School is a specialised learning approach that sits within and complements the wider context of outdoor and PE education.
Forest School is an inspirational process that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. In the school’s case, in our Forest School learning area.
The activities are diffirentiated through the year groups. In forest school the lessons focus on; Tool use, Craft with natural materials, Team building, Wildlife knowledge/identification, Appreciating the outdoors and Keeping oursleves safe outdoors.
Sessions will take place in all weather conditions and will be delivered by Ms Barker (Forest School Lead) alonmgside of your child's classteacher.
Please ensure that your child comes to school dressed in an outside PE kit, a warm coat and a change of shoes for Forest School to reflect the weather for the season.
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Today reception took part in a forest school session all about the season of autumn. This links to our prior understanding the world learning of seasons and seasonal changes. The children loved being outside and getting involved in all the activities set out.
Forest schools enrichment morning!
Today the children took part in forest school as part of their enrichment. We built dens, went on a bug hunt, did mud painting and drank hot chocolate. We used our senses lots this morning!
Forest School Fun!
For our last Forest School session this academic year, we celebrated by enjoying a toasted marshmallow, more den building (this is our favourite activity), mud painting and chalking. The children truly do thrive in outdoor learning!