Guardians of the Forest

Where we grow, alongside nature.

We follow in the footsteps of Jesus to Love, Learn and Grow.

Take a look at our learning journey.

• The approach of small achievable tasks and a focus on the process rather than the end product helps develop the child’s personal, social and emotional development.  
• Tasks can be based around creative arts and design, physical development or understanding the world.  
• Questioning, commentary, sustained shared thinking and the use of active learning can incorporate aspects such as mathematics, literacy and communication and language.  
• Forest school particularly encourages children to explore the characteristics of effective learning.
• The ethos of forest school is that it is child-led, so if a child would rather be doing something else than a particular small, achievable task that is fine, we can facilitate what they would like to do and provide inspiration and support.
• At the end of each session we will carry out a ‘review and reflect’ so the children can consolidate what they have learned and share with others.  Also, at the start of a session we will review what has been covered previously so children can get a good sense of their progress, build on their confidence and have a good starting point for each session.
• Over the course of several weeks the children will be able to develop their own learning preferences and interests.  In time, we aim that they will become independent and confident learners.