Forest school encourages freedom to explore

 

Opportunities to investigate

 

Using natural materials

 

Bringing our learning outside

 

Encouraging curiosity

 

Reinforcing learning

 

Working as a team

 

Everyone has a part to play

 

Nurturing creativity

 

Observing in detail

 

Learning from nature

 

Completing a task…then ‘leaving no trace'

 

Role playing in nature

 

Everyone enjoys Forest School

 

Sweetcorn grown in our allotment

 

Investigating the corn inside the cob

 

Learning how far our germs can travel

 

Remember to cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze

 

Learning together

 

Everyone involved

 

Labelling body parts on our tallest and smallest person

 

Managing risk

 

In Primary 3 we've been learning about how our bodies work

 

Learning about our bones

 

A Primary 3 stick skeleton

 

 

Through our World Around Us topic work and Forest School sessions we are able to foster and extend children’s natural curiosity about themselves and the nature of the world around them. We encourage children to develop their observational skills, their questioning and discussion skills. We foster respect for ourselves, our classmates, our environment and the natural world. Through participation and investigation in topic work and Forest School from Primary 1 to Primary 3, through managed and not eliminated risks, we encourage our children to develop a skill set that will allow them to become well placed to take responsibility for their own learning. In the words of favourite children’s author Roald Dahl, 

 ‘The more you allow children to take risks the better they learn to take care of themselves.’