Welcome to Forest School.

Welcome to Forest School.

At the top are the pages are lots of activities that you can try at home. If you carry on scrolling down you can see photos from previous sessions.

Enjoy!

Mrs Leadley and the Forest School team.

​​​​​​​Forest School activities that you can try at home.

• The Forest School team are really missing our sessions but we're thankful that we can still do lots of things outside in the garden. If you are looking for some activities to do in your own green space then try some of these. 

  Mrs Leadley and the Forest School Staff.

Friday Forest School Key worker's pod.

We're excited to announce that our Forest School has branched out to owning five hammocks!

The children have learnt how to put them up themselves but can only go in them once Mrs Leadley has tested them!

We start the session with some'Hammock mindfulness' and finish with collective storytelling. Watch this space to find out what else we've been up to.

Met Office activities.

Fancy a go at cloud spotting? This will give you some good ideas.

Follow the link for some more activities.

Activities from The Woodland Trust.

Fancy making a boat to sail in the park or go butterfly spotting? Maybe you want to explore how nature changes as we go into summer? Click on this link for lots of great activities.

Woody facts and activities from Forestry England.

Follow the link to find out more about how trees are used.

The 8th June is the World Oceans Day. There are lots of fun activities, videos and resources to access to teach us all about how we should look after the water on our planet.

Please send me an email with what you have found out or to show me your work.

Take care,

Mrs Leadley

Can you take part in 30 days wild?

Look at the 30 days wild activity pack and see how many activities you can tick off.

Send me an email to tell me how you're getting on.

Stay wild!

Mrs Leadley

Activities from Wild Days and Earthwatch Europe.

I shall be bringing you lots of activities from Wild Days which think about all sorts of natural and Geographical activities. The first theme is 'Islands.' There is an activity for each day of the week. Please send pictures of your work or your ideas to your year group email addresses. I look forward to seeing what you have been up to.

Stay wild!

Mrs Leadley

National Geographic free digital magazine for children.

National Geographic free digital magazine for children.

You can now read past and current issues of this magazine for free on your screen. Let me know what you find interesting!

Take care,

Mrs Leadley

          Have you ever set yourself a challenge?

Have a go at some of these and see what you can achieve before you're 11 and 3/4.

Fancy entering a competition? How good are you at bug hunting?

Click on the link to find out more.

Free membership to Outdoor Learning Made Easy.

Follow the link to to your free membership. You can then access lots of activities to do outside in your green space.

What is Forest School?

Forest School originated in Denmark as a method of teaching children within a wooded setting. Through exploration, play and child-lead activity your children will undertake learning and exploration opportunities in a non-formal environment, focusing on creative and linguistic expressions of their learning.  We are very lucky here at Blackwood as our school is set in the middle of woodland and provides access to several areas within the school site within which, our sessions take place.

Forest School is an important part of our curriculum giving Blackwood pupils a unique educational experience using the outdoor environment of the forest as a classroom. Forest School activities are arranged for primarily, Year Four children but can be extended to other year groups. We are lucky enough to have a fantastic eco-garden on our site which provides a contrasting habitat to enhance our studies. Forest School is led by Mrs Leadley, one of our own teachers and a qualified level 3 Forest School Leader.  Mrs Leadley is supported by our loyal volunteers, Mr Davies and Mrs Sandland and Miss Taylor.