Forest scheme helps kids enjoy benefits of outdoor play
01/12/2010 Pupils at Harvington CE First School will soon be getting back to nature and feeling the benefits of outdoor play and learning, thanks to a Forest School initiative.
The inspirational education system was founded in Scandinavia 15 years ago and has since become an important part of early years education and outdoor play ideas in England too, reported the Evesham Journal.
"It means that children are encouraged to spend time outdoors, usually in woods or forests on the school grounds, learning practical skills like making shelters, whittling sticks, lighting fires and cooking food," the writer explained.
Helen Fishbourne, the school's acting headteacher, told the newspaper how a football pitch had been moved to make room for the planting of hundreds of trees more than a decade ago.
Now, as those trees have reached a mature stage of development, teachers are able to provide a whole host of outdoor play activities to support pupils' classroom learning.
The inspirational education system was founded in Scandinavia 15 years ago and has since become an important part of early years education and outdoor play ideas in England too, reported the Evesham Journal.
"It means that children are encouraged to spend time outdoors, usually in woods or forests on the school grounds, learning practical skills like making shelters, whittling sticks, lighting fires and cooking food," the writer explained.
Helen Fishbourne, the school's acting headteacher, told the newspaper how a football pitch had been moved to make room for the planting of hundreds of trees more than a decade ago.
Now, as those trees have reached a mature stage of development, teachers are able to provide a whole host of outdoor play activities to support pupils' classroom learning.
