The children have fully embraced this terms Forest School theme All About the Team. With new teachers and new classes and some being mixed, it’s so important to support the children through this time. We want to help them to build strong relationships, open up to new experiences and treat others with kindness. We encourage the children to see that everyone’s point of view as valid and that sometimes the smallest contribution can have the greatest impact.
We have done this through exciting challenges, beginning with more structure which is based on the observations and collaborative work between learners and practitioners. This structure clearly demonstrates a progression of learning and establishes physical and behavioural boundaries. This enables more freedom to be given as these routines are embedded. Forest School uses natural resources for inspiration, to enable ideas and to encourage intrinsic motivation. Forest School programmes aim to develop, where appropriate, the physical, social, cognitive, linguistic, emotional and spiritual aspects of the learner.
What does this mean for the children? Freedom to experiment and explore physically and imaginatively, as well as opportunities to choose how they interpret the world around them. Getting to know themselves, to have confidence in their own abilities and develop a strong sense of self worth are valuable tools for us all. You can see below how much they have enjoyed themselves. By this week the adults were simply surplus to requirements, surrounded by an abundance of creativity and self expression and a fair bit of mud thrown in.
The Holistic Learning Principle: Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all those involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.
Article 29: We all have the right to develop our personalities, talents and abilities.
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- Jack and the Beanstalk.
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- Goldilocks.
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- The beanstalk takes shape.
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- The pot with the wolf in. Splash!
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- The beanstalk with the giants castle at the top.
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- The giant and his food.
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- Any ideas?
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- This was Goldilocks chopping down the Beanstalk.
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- Three pots of porridge and a bear.
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- The big bear.
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- This was a really beautiful abstract sculpture.
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- Each leaf placed with care.
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- This little boy made 3 people radiating out of the trunk of a tree.
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- They all had different personalities.
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- He was very proud.
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- The witch from Hansel and Gretel.
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- A brick house for the 3 little pigs.
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- 3 Billy Goats Gruff story all in one.
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- Goldilocks.
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- A bear.
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- Stick Man.
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- The boys worked together to depict the whole story.
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- Rapunzle’s tower.
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- Stick man.
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- Billy goat bridge.
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- Trip Trap Trip Trap.
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- The full Billy Goats story acted out.
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- Rapunzle’s hair being added.
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- Trip Trap.
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- Finishing touches.
