Forest School
For Schools
Typical Activities for Schools
Working with the Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curricula
Natural Potion Making – Understanding different natural smells and textures to make potions
Leaf/Tree Identification – Identifying different leaves by size, colour, texture
Leaf Art – Using leaves to make pictures/artwork
Team Games/ Problem Solving – Encouraging children to work together
Knot Tying – Learning to tie basic knots
Den Building – Working together to build dens, using large and small sticks
Risk Taking – understanding of how to manage your own risk whilst using real life tools such as saws
Group Stick Whittling – Safe use of knives in a managed environment
Understanding of the Natural Environment – How what we do and how we do it effects the environment around us
Bug Hunting – Looking for various bugs, and then drawing, or making clay representations
Air-Dry Clay – Using clay to represent the things we have seen on our exploration of the woods
Fire Building – Teaching children how to make a fire with care and attention to safety
Outdoor Cooking – Learning how to cook simple food on a fire
Problem Solving – Working together to solve simple problems
Forest School
For Nurseries
Typical Activities for Nurseries
Working with the Early Years Foundation Stage
Risk Taking – understanding of how to manage your own risk whilst using real life tools such as saws, coupled with considering your own risk of how to climb trees
Understanding of the Natural Environment – How what we do and how we do it effects the environment around us
Den Building– Working together to build dens, using large and small sticks
Bug Hunting – Identifying bugs, and then drawing, or making clay representations
Air-Dry Clay – Using clay to represent our imagination
Natural Potion Making – Understanding different natural smells and textures to make potions
Leaf/Tree Identification – Identifying different leaves by size, colour, texture
Leaf Art – Using leaves to make pictures/artwork
Fire Building – Teaching children how to make a fire with care and attention to safety
Problem Solving – Working together to solve simple problems
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If you would like to know how Surrey Hills Forest School can help your school or nursery, please do get in touch.