At Church of the Ascension, we feel that Forest School enhances and complements the curriculum at our school. Forest School is an inspirational process that offers all of our children opportunities to achieve and develop their confidence, resilience and self – esteem and build on their creativeness and independence through hands on learning experiences in our woodland environment.
Forest School is a child-initiated, educational process that promotes, observes and supports the social, emotional and physical development of children and young people in an outdoor woodland environment. It offers the children and young people the chance to take supported risks appropriate to that environment.
One of the main aims for Forest School is to develop children’s compassion for and connection to the woodland environment whilst teaching them about sustainability and biodiversity, which they can then apply throughout their lives.