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Biggin Hill School, Bromley

All Forest School

Forest School Schedule - Autumn 1 (9th September - 14th October)

Pre-school - Friday afternoon each week.

Reception - Friday morning both classes each week (starting on 23rd September).

Year 1 - Wednesday morning (both classes each week).

Year 4 - Thursday afternoon (each class alternate weeks).

Year 5 - Thursday morning (both classes each week).

Forest School

At Biggin Hill Primary School we are lucky to have a dedicated Forest School woodland space within our extensive and mature grounds. Children from nursery to year 6 all enjoy engaging in our fun forest school sessions.

Forest School sessions allow children to engage in hands-on experiences, develop self-esteem and confidence whilst enjoying our natural environment and developing a love for the great outdoors.

Forest School sessions allow children to engage in hands-on experiences, develop self-esteem and confidence whilst enjoying our natural environment and developing a love for the great outdoors.

Activities

Children have opportunities to enjoy woodland activities and take supervised risks, such as campfire building, making dens and camps, carving and cooking on open fires. We have even made halloumi kebabs, melted marshmallows and enjoyed hot chocolate!  Children also enjoy well planned activities, such as leaf printing, tree rubbings, woodland magic wand making and many, many more. We use our time in Forest School to enjoy the local wildlife and can often be seen listening to birds singing and chirping as well as bug hunting and insect spotting! Of course, we must not forget the freedom to just be outside, reconnect with nature and splash in muddy puddles!

Principles

Children from nursery to year 6 all enjoy engaging and fun forest school sessions, which are delivered around the main principles and ethos of forest school below:

Within school, we have recently developed a Forest School room where children have a safety briefing prior to going to their session and a plenary at the end to consolidate their learning. This room is also used for children to get changed into their forest school kit.  

It is a pleasure to manage Forest School at Biggin Hill Primary School and always such a joy to see the children embrace their sessions.

We are very proud to be in our fourth year of running a very successful Forest School.

Mrs Greenslade, Forest School Lead

 

"The addition of Forest School to our Wider Curriculum has been extremely beneficial for our pupils' development and a marvellous opportunity for them to approach their learning in a new and exciting way. Working outdoors, where they face different challenges every day, helps to develop their confidence, problem solving skills, emotional well-being and self-belief." 

Miss O’Mahony, Wider Curriculum Lead, Biggin Hill Primary School 

 

 

Notice Board

Please ensure that children have a suitable Forest School kit for their dedicated session.

Forest School Kit

All children will need to bring a Forest School Kit to school on the day of their forest school session. Below is a list of kit needed.

  • Long sleeve top

  • Warm jumper

  • Long bottoms - tracksuit bottoms or legging

  • Spare socks

  • Coat

  • Wellingtons

  • Waterproofs are required for the winter months.

Please ensure that the clothes you bring for forest school are clothes that you don’t mind your child getting dirty or muddy. Forest school kit will need to come into school on your child’s forest school day and be taken home with them at the end of the school day for washing.

 

 ** Come rain or shine - we will enjoy our Forest School session, whatever the weather **

 

 


Downloads

  • Forest School Leaflet (single-sided reading format) June 2023

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  • Forest School Leaflet (double-sided printing format) June 2023

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