Forest School at Great Linford
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At our school we believe that outdoor learning is an important part of a child's development. Forest School is an inspirational process, that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. Forest School is a specialised learning approach that sits within and compliments the wider context of outdoor and woodland education.
Children throughout Foundation Stage and key Stage 1 are able to access the outdoor learning and develop confidence and a greater understanding of the natural environment around them. Throughout their sessions, children also access the PE curriculum and learn about the importance of active and healthy lifestyles. |
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This half term in Forest School:
This half term the children will be continuing to use our digital weather station to monitor the temperature and log the different types of weather we experience now Spring is arriving.
We will be exploring and observing the changes and the colours in our natural environment, learning about and recording Spring growth and having a go at growing a variety of our own vegetables and flowers.
Children will continue to have a free choice of traditional Forest School activities including den and structure building, mud painting and creating independently.
Within our Forest School P.E. sessions children will take part in obstacle courses that include tree climbing and our climbing wall. They will be encouraged to think about different ways of moving and have the chance to complete their own courses using a variety of resources and materials.
We will be exploring and observing the changes and the colours in our natural environment, learning about and recording Spring growth and having a go at growing a variety of our own vegetables and flowers.
Children will continue to have a free choice of traditional Forest School activities including den and structure building, mud painting and creating independently.
Within our Forest School P.E. sessions children will take part in obstacle courses that include tree climbing and our climbing wall. They will be encouraged to think about different ways of moving and have the chance to complete their own courses using a variety of resources and materials.
