Forest School

Our Forest School aims to promote holistic development, providing our children with the opportunity to take supported risks during child led outdoor play. This harnesses curiosity and exploration, helping children to grow in self-confidence. Social skills develop as the children share tools and work together as a group to build dens etc, strengthening relationships with their peers. It provides a language rich environment with plentiful opportunities for opening conversations and extending vocabulary, we discuss everything we can see, hear and feel. Physical skills develop as outdoor activity has a positive physical impact, developing gross motor skills as they engage in climbing, balancing, running and jumping. Whilst using jugs and spoons for pouring and stirring muddy puddle water, and using crayons for bark rubbings or charcoal for mark making, strengthen their fine motor skills. We often get very wet and very muddy, but our children love the experience and we all have a great time.  A Forest School takes place in a natural woodland environment and our Forest School sessions are held at Cogges Farm, just next door to us.

 

Due to rising costs from Cogges Farm, we have to charge a fee of approximately £4 per child for each week of Forest School. This will be invoiced to you in advance and goes toward the hire of us using the Cogges Farm site for our Forest School visits and any appropriate equipment we need to take with us, such as mobile sinks for handwashing, waterproof dungaree's (for the children), fire pit & firewood, cooking utensils, sanitary products for outdoor toilet requirements, scavenger hunt and minibeast inspection resources etc.

Children in receipt of EYPP will not be charged for Forest School.

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Zoe and Michaela run our Forest School and both are fully qualified to Level 3 - Forest School Leadership and Management. 

Our Forest School sessions are held every week following the February half-term.