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Forest School
What's it all about?

Aim To provide an inspirational outdoor experience for all.

Introduction To Forest Schools

Forest Schools is an innovative educational approach to outdoor play and learning

Participation in engaging and motivating achievable tasks and activities Development of personal, social, health and emotional skills

To encourage and inspire individuals of any age through positive outdoor experiences

The Forest Schools Philosophy

Regular and Long Term

Programmes run weekly or fortnightly during

term time throughout the year

This enables skills to be transferred and developments to become established into children's every day lives

Raising Self-esteem and Confidence

Developing Physically & Emotionally

What happens at Forest Schools?

Building dens and shelters

Using real tools.

Fires, cooking and healthy eating

Games and physical activity

Environment

Music + lots of noise

Trails + Treasure hunts

Creativity + Art

What do You do at Forest Schools?

Design quality activities

Encourage all round development

Develop respect

Observe

Play

Make full use of the outdoor environment

There is an expectation that staff engaged in Forest Sessions will:

How to handle risks

Co-operation with others

To use their own initiative to solve problems

Boundaries of behaviour; both physical and social

Health and Hygiene

How to safely use full sized tools

First hand the beauty of the natural environment.

Children go to the woods in all sorts of weathers and through both free and structured play, education and activities, learn to be successful:

What are the benefits?

Safe Outdoor Play and Education

Health & Safety is the number 1 consideration when running Forest Sessions.

Sites are checked and safe

All Equipment is well maintained

Children and adults have the correct Personal Protective Clothing

Health and Hygiene

Forest School is Fun!