FOREST SCHOOL

At St. Teresa’s, Forest School provides a nurturing space that supports our children’s wellbeing by providing and implementing positive, outdoor, child-centred experiences in a natural setting.

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Children participating in Forest School have a half-day session either once a week per every other half-term or alternating weeks for the whole year. Our provision is in a secure, large woodland area on our school grounds. These two hours provide children with the time to experience their environment and be fully emerged within their learning. Level three trained Forest School providers lead Forest School sessions across a variety of age ranges and children’s skills are developed as they progress through the school. Children develop practical skills such as knot tying, fire lighting and the safe, responsible use of tools.

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Children are active, take ownership of their learning and develop their self-esteem through a variety of independent tasks they take ownership of. Children develop knowledge of sustainability and respect for their learning environment and the outdoors as a whole. Children develop their teamwork skills and increase their capability to work together to solve problems in a variety of ways, considering one another’s ideas. Positive relationships are built through these sessions and children are both enabled and empowered to achieve their holistic potential.