Forest School at Hagley Primary School

What is Forest School?

Forest School is an inspirational process, that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. Forest School is a specialised learning approach that sits within and complements the wider context of outdoor and woodland education.

At Forest School everyone is viewed as:

• equal, unique and valuable

• competent to explore & 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

 

At Hagley Primary school we are proud to offer our children a fantastic Forest School experience, within our own school grounds. We understand the huge benefits of Forest School and have developed a superb learning area where we can deliver a high quality programme of Forest School activities.

You can see what experiences we get involved in at Forest School in the video above.

 

What can I do to support Forest School at Hagley?

• Wood:  If you are having any tree work done we always need wood for activities.

• Tools: We are always looking for garden tools to help with our activities.

• Equipment: We are looking to extend our activities by using ropes and Tarps if you have any camping or outdoors equipment you wish to donate.

• Time: We are always happy to train up new volunteers, more volunteers means a wider range of opportunities can be offered. 

 

Thank you to everyone who kindly supports the growth of our Forest School at Hagley Primary School.