Our forest school program is approaching its 10 year anniversary and since its implementation it has gone from strength to strength. Both the provision and the physical environment is under constant development, ensuring the children receive the highest quality forest school sessions.

 The Forest School Ethos

 Forest School is a unique educational experience and process that offers children the opportunity to succeed and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland environment.

 Children engage in motivating and achievable tasks and activities throughout the year and in almost all weathers. Children will work with tools, play, learn boundaries of behaviour; both physical and social, grow in confidence, self-esteem and motivation whilst developing an understanding of the natural world.

 We are extremely proud of our forest school provision and see the benefit of it for our children. Through their education at Buckland the children will participate in Forest school in Reception, year 1, year 3 and in year 5. This ensures progression and personal development is fully reached.