Forest School

Forest School Lead: Navpreet Kang and Nichola Edmiston (Horticulture Discover Pathway)

Engage:

Pupils in the engage pathway are introduced to outdoor learning, through the strands, understanding of the world, literacy and science. These cross-curricular links are made through using stories as a focus and exploring the outdoors through the setting of the story and encouraging pupils to become free thinkers. In addition, outdoor learning creates an additional scope of progress in the area of science, where pupils can explore natural materials, animal habitats, the weather and basic features of the environment.

Explore:

The forest school curriculum includes activities and resources linked to each half termly topic. This can be based on a story, famous artist or the seasons! This enables our pupils to engage in the outdoors whilst linking this to the theme of the session.

Discover:

The forest school sessions are aimed for pupils within the discover pathway to work collaboratively with their peers using opportunities surrounding problem solving games, scavenger hunts, orienteering and creative activities. We encourage pupils at this level to engage in free play exploration, following the pupil’s interest to see how adventurous they are and what engages them in the woodland setting. During these sessions, we use the outdoors to develop relationships with adults and peers and make cross-curricular links where necessary, such as art and design, science and other areas of the curriculum.