Forest School

From September 2025/26, we will be providing Forest School sessions to all pupils in year 2, 3 and 4 as part of our in-school curriculum. Year 4 will take part in Forest School sessions in Autumn term, Year 3 in Spring term and Year 2 in Summer term. This will mean that pupils get to experience our beautiful woodland at different times of year which will help them explore seasonality and change.

Forest School is a child-centered learning process that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk-taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner-inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting. The process helps learners develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. It creates a safe, nurturing environment for learners to take risks.

Forest School inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it. Learners constantly expand on their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience.

Forest School - July 2025

Y4 session 1: 18.9.25

Y4 session 2: 24.9.25

Y4 Session 2: 24.9.25 - We had a great time at Forest School today! We practised team work and knot skills by making tarpaulin shelters over a ridgeline. We continued developing our tool-use skills by sawing wooden discs for our Christmas tree decorations and using a sanding block to then get the wood nice and smooth. We also put up more bug hotels around the orchard and some of us invented a shop game selling bug hotels!

Of course, we enjoyed a hot chocolate and biscuit snack at the end of our session as we thought about what we had enjoyed and the skills we had learned.