Our Forest School
In Forest School, our specialist teacher guides pupils to learn skills such as:
- Problem solving and teamwork tasks
- Growing plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables
- Fire lighting and cooking over a live fire
- Learning the use of tools, such as a bow saw
- Bush craft and survival including den building
- Erecting tents
- Knot tying
- Arts and creative activities, using natural resources and inspiration from nature
- Tree activities; animal activities; sensory activities
- Maths, English and Science based outdoor activities
Our wonderful facilities include an outdoor classroom, a dipping pond, a polytunnel and extensive forest school areas with mud kitchens, gross motor skill development equipment, and a myriad of willow structures.