Regular Forest School

What is Forest School? 

The Benefits

Schools across the UK are realising the benefits that Forest School can bring.  

Taking small groups of children into a woodland environment for half-day sessions once a week over a period of several weeks creates a sense of achievement, improves concentration and encourages social interaction among participating children. 

With guidance from our trained Forest School Leaders, children improve their self-esteem and self confidence through a wide range of activities, they learn valuable life skills, about managing risks, and about the natural world.

Above all they develop new skills at their own pace which gives them a confidence that can be translated to the classroom environment. At Forest Quest, we deliver Forest School programmes which achieve these principles and create a fun and exciting environment in which children flourish.

Follow up

Forest School provides an excellent opportunity for teachers and parents to follow up their children's experience and draw out some of the vivid experiences they have enjoyed. 

Sessions

Children get the most out of Forest School sessions if they attend over several weeks, and ideally over several seasons.  Forest School is most beneficial where there is a high adult to children ratio.  Children are encouraged to proceed at their own pace and to pursue the activities that interest them most, this improves their self-esteem and self confidence in practical activities, and we have found that this improves their self-esteem and concentration back in the classroom.