Forest School & Outdoor Learning
"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. Forest School is a specialised learning approach that sits with and compliments the wider context of outdoor and woodland education."
Our Forest School...
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Aims to promote holistic development of all involved
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Fosters a resilient, confident, independent and creative learners
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Offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and themselves.
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Provides opportunities to explore and play in a natural environment while directing their own learning and having freedom of choice alongside a trained Forest School Practitioner.
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Creates positive relationships between staff and other children.
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Allows children to feel safe and secure.
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Enables a connection to the natural world.
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Increases knowledge and understanding.
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Builds on motivation, positive attitudes and interests.
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Allows time to reflect on learning and experiences.
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Is educational, while facilitating play and creating happiness.
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Forest School allows children to enjoy the fresh air, feel excitement and get mucky.
