World Around Us/Forest School
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![Forest school encourages freedom to explore](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081944_71_o_1fhthh4e01g2v1lpv18kl3n73tt.jpeg)
![Opportunities to investigate](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081945_72_o_1fhthh4e0a1fns5tbk1h1b10n7u.jpeg)
![Using natural materials](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082121_64_o_1fhthh4e01vifq9dlk76371dmo11_rotate_swd_0.jpeg)
![Bringing our learning outside](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082052_75_o_1fhthh4e08gej20sku8h4bokv_rotate_swd_0.jpeg)
![Encouraging curiosity](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081947_81_o_1fhthh4e01gt6181j1qf126ck8210.jpeg)
![Reinforcing learning](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081950_13_o_1fhthh4e01q2v9qc1hio1pjpj5n12.jpeg)
![Working as a team](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081951_29_o_1fhthh4e01dtg5km1iuj1p9ceu913.jpeg)
![Everyone has a part to play](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082148_85_o_1fhthh4e01bd01rke1fnba2l1dom14_rotate_swd_0.jpeg)
![Nurturing creativity](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081955_99_o_1fhthh4e01v5242v68k7mpkjn16.jpeg)
![Observing in detail](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082849_62_o_1fhti1npfed9ja4mvb1d17135sg.jpeg)
![Learning from nature](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013083557_76_o_1fhti1npf1htl23qo3nc14fmh_rotate_swd_0.jpeg)
![Completing a task…then ‘leaving no trace'](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082301_54_o_1fhthn69leba1d346eemt11v9uc.jpeg)
![Role playing in nature](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081954_98_o_1fhthh4e0asm2toj811kl3cub15.jpeg)
![Everyone enjoys Forest School](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081956_6_o_1fhthh4e01ue41vl52d163s1eh017.jpeg)
![Sweetcorn grown in our allotment](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082000_17_o_1fhthh4e01i0ubp41f2vffn2cj1c.jpeg)
![Investigating the corn inside the cob](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013082851_35_o_1fhti1npf2eu10bc16rj1n4gbivi.jpeg)
![Learning how far our germs can travel](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081958_100_o_1fhthh4e0tji1grc1qfb78d2ls1a.jpeg)
![Remember to cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081958_86_o_1fhthh4e0fd991ch2eut71qmd19.jpeg)
![Learning together](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013083519_14_o_1fhtido5jcre11mhb68gli89se.jpeg)
![Everyone involved](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013083521_2_o_1fhtido5k19nqt7s6rd1e0plrbg.jpeg)
![Labelling body parts on our tallest and smallest person](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081959_95_o_1fhthh4e08vhiqi3qk3ab6o81b.jpeg)
![Managing risk](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211013081957_23_o_1fhthh4e0126r15t3u07pnksl818.jpeg)
![In Primary 3 we've been learning about how our bodies work](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211027080210_26_o_1fj1i32m2asp13cf9kn12151e27h.jpeg)
![Learning about our bones](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211027080422_71_o_1fj1i32m2nkq1tu179tdc11po4i_rotate_swd_0.jpeg)
![A Primary 3 stick skeleton](https://storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/385/slideshow/159/20211027080213_71_o_1fj1i32m27ipm6g1h7i1egoup2j.jpeg)
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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.’
Dundela Infants' School and Nursery Unit, Wilgar Street, Belfast BT4 3BL | Tel: 028 9047 1234