Earth Worm Forest School

09/16/2024

Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

Forest School has a developmental ethos shared by thousands of trained practitioners around the world, who are constantly developing their learning styles and skills to support new and imaginative learners. Its roots reach back to the open-air culture, friluftsliv, or free air life, seen as a way of life in Scandinavia where Forest School began. It arrived in the UK in 1993 and has grown from strength to strength since then.

The process helps and facilitates more than knowledge-gathering, it helps learners develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. Forest School inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it. Our approach to risk means that learners constantly expand on their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience.

This is, in my opinion, the most effective approach to prepare the young learner for kindergarten and beyond- and research proves that children with this early childhood education excel in school in the later years due to the full and appropriate social, emotional, physical and mental development this program offers!

04/24/2024

Getting low, making eye contact, checking in, sharing a sweet special moment while the rest of the class runs around with laughter and joyful sounds all around and it feels like it's just me and that one child in our own little world.

That's one of my favorite recurring moments at
Forest school.

Individual connection.
A most sincere invitation.

04/08/2024

What is quality Forest School?

Quality Forest School is delivery which holds to all six key principles that shape and govern the Forest School ethos. There are many forms of outdoor education and all have enormous value, however, Forest School is unique in its reach, delivery and effect. These six principles are:

Forest School is a long-term process of regular sessions, rather than one-off or infrequent visits; the cycle of planning, observation, adaptation and review links each session.

Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural environment to support the development of a lifelong relationship between the learner and the natural world.

Forest School uses a range of learner-centred processes to create a community for being, development and learning.

Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.

Forest School offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.

Forest School is run by qualified Forest School practitioners, who continuously maintain and develop their professional practice.

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03/13/2024

Here’s a cup of
And here’s a cup of
And here’s a pot of tea.
Pour a cup,
And pour a cup,
And have a cup with me!

02/02/2024

Building strong bodies, minds and resilience!

02/01/2024

10/09/2020

Forest Friday’s are the BEST.
Today we got a very special mindfulness class from our dear guest Cindy,
Then we made very professional pathways with rakes,
Played lots of games
Learned about the leaf growth patterns and as we searched for a specific pattern we found a really exciting risky log bridge that entered into a magical forest where the children put on concerts for each other.

Back at school the kids made tea and sang for parents.

Best. Day. Ever.