Flintfox Forest School in primary schools
Forest School Programme
If you’d like to discuss the possibility of doing forest school and the benefits it can bring, just contact me using the details on the contacts page.
Pricing: £125 for one session (morning or afternoon)/£200 for two sessions in a day (morning and afternoon)
My services include:
initial meeting with headteacher for discussion
project planning meeting with class teacher/SENCO to plan programme
site risk assessment
check-in with staff prior to each delivery
session set-up, delivery and clear-up
equipment and consumables (craft resources, fuel and some food)
weekly planning and resourcing time (risk assessments; liaising with school staff to inform approach, planning and observations)
written reflections on session and evaluation of focus pupils as required
Other additional consultancy Services
staff meeting to introduce forest schools
assistance to draft a forest school policy and rationale
help to get your own in-house forest school set up
provide ideas on how to include forest school in your pupil premium considerations
working on improvements to your FS site
Wildcraft Sessions for Schools
Schools can choose to host a wildcraft half day at their school grounds or in suitable woodland. This isn’t forest school but is a minecraft themed scavenger hunt. Look on the Wildcraft page for more details.
It is suitable for year groups 3 to 6.
You could provide it as:
a fun reward/end of term event
a relationship and trust building exercise
an introduction to outdoor learning
These sessions will require that you provide two staff for a class of 30, as only Sally is available in term time. These staff will have active roles in the game.
The half day Wildcraft rate for schools is £300 – which includes a pre-visit meeting with the class teacher and risk assessment and all resources.
Home ed groups rates can be discussed.
Forest school information
Forest school can offer your children many things.
It is a branch of outdoor learning which is long term and holistic in its approach. It builds on the natural interests of children and uses play and outdoor activities to help meet their needs.
With forest school, you can:
help your children to create community and connection to each other and nature and thereby promote well being
add another layer of valuable input to your children's social, cognitive, emotional and physical development
ensure your children have practical, hands-on opportunities to build self efficacy and self esteem
provide a child friendly environment which can benefit language development and improve capacity to learn
build better relationships between school and parents and pupils and improve engagement
If you’d like to find out about forest school, there are any number of websites available. The best place to look is The Forest School Association. Here’s links to two videos from them which give comprehensive explanations about the benefits of forest school.
The above video is 5 mins
The above video is 48 mins and goes into more detail. It works well as an audio too if you want to listen while you do something else.