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Forest School
We are an endorsed provider of Forest Schools and have received our Platinum Certificate from the Woodland Trust School Awards
The wonder of our Forest School
Forest Schools at Drake
Children who take part in Forest Schools are seen as
- Equal, unique and valuable
- Competent to explore and discover
- Entitled to experience appropriate risk and challenge
- Entitled to choose, and to initiate and drive their own learning and development
- Entitled to experience regular success
- Entitled to develop positive relationships with themselves and other people
- Entitled to develop a strong, positive relationship with their natural world.
Forest Schools is an inspirational process that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. At Drake we
- Develop personal and social skills
- Work through practical problems and challenges
- Use tools to create, build or manage
- Discover how they learn best
- Pursue knowledge that interests them
- Learn how to manage failures
- Build confidence in decision making and evaluating risk
- Develop practical skills
- Understand the benefits of a balanced and healthy lifestyle
- Explore connections between humans, wildlife and the earth
- Regularly experience achievement and success
- Reflect on learning and experiences
- Develop their language and communication skills
- Improve physical motor skills
- Become more motivated
- Improve their concentration skills
Ringing 7 Great Tit chicks with the BTO
Norfolk Forest Schools documents
Information leaflets
Our New Forest Schools Site April 2023
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 - How connecting with nature benefits our mental health
Quotes from parents and volunteers
An introduction to Forest Schools
Activities at Forest School
EYFS and Forest Schools
Key stage 1 and 2 curriculum and Forest Schools
Forest School and the curriculum
Exploring mud
Forest Schools and the curriculum - Child Led
Design Technology, food technology and the Arts at Forest Schools
DT and History Year 3 Autumn 2 2023
Science
History
Sir Frederick's Wood
Getting to know our Local Forest History
