Forest School experience

What a privilege it has been to be part of this wonderful group of children as they have explored both the natural world and themselves over the past...

Wind and wide-open spacesWith high winds forecast we opted to avoid the woods, with the potential risk of falling branches and dead wood debris, and i...

Intrepid Explorers!With each passing visit to the woodland, this group of children is growing in confidence, capability, thoughtfulness (thinking abou...

Children become very used to ordered environments and the stereotypical roles which adults and children fit into. Generally, in an educational environ...

The woods are a special place at any time of year, yet there is something extra-special about woodland in Springtime - and the children pick up on it....

How often do we, as adults, impose our own perceptions of the everyday world around us on to children? The answer, particularly as a parent, is freque...

Monsters, traps and holes.This energetic and inquisitive Forest School group are clearly onto something.We went to Forest School 'Site B' and I was in...

One of the most rewarding aspects of Forest School is how, despite going back to the same place time and again (you could say because of it), we disco...

"It's a bit tricky!""We're just stirring the marshmallows!""I'm collecting bananas for the monster.""Look! There's a tiny, tiny hole here! I found it!...

"Look! There's a mountain!"And with those words our adventure began...One of the most important aspects of Forest School is its accumulative nature. T...

You see the full extent of nature's capacity to enthral and engage children when winter has stripped back the forest to its bare bones. When the weath...

This week our wonderful wood was right on the cusp of leaving Autumn behind and embracing winter's cold embrace. This constant evolution fascinates th...