Forest School and Outdoor sessions

Award winning 

We are very proud and extremely excited to announce that our school (with a BIG help from Miss Bunn and Mrs McDougall’s Year 1s) has been awarded the RSPB Bronze AND Silver Wild Challenge awards! and a ‘Schools For Nature 2023’ award signed by Sir David Attenborough!  

This year the Year 1s in Miss Bunn and Mrs McDougall’s class have been participating in a research project led by the RSPB (the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) to help measure and increase children’s time spent outdoors and to see if this increases children’s connectedness to nature.

Much of the learning that they have undertaken has been linked to the RSPB Wild Challenge activities. These are all based around ‘helping’ nature or ‘experiencing’ nature. The project has required them to interact with the outdoors and nature and subsequently to consider their impact on the environment and vice versa. With all the activities they completed, their help alone meant we were awarded our Bronze Wild Challenge Award.

In addition, we have also been awarded our Silver Wild Challenge Award thanks to the contribution of many other children (across all year groups) who have worked in nature with Mrs Murray this year. 

A haven for wildlife

The celebration doesn’t end there! Over the last academic year, we have started to work on making our school grounds a haven for wildlife. We have taken action for nature, and we are helping to protect and restore the UK’s biodiversity. We have demonstrated we care about nature and wildlife by inspiring the next generation of nature champions and completing the RSPB Wild Challenges. Subsequently, we have been awarded a Schools For Nature 2023 certificate signed by Sir David Attenborough! 

• Outdoor Curriculum Sessions
• Forest School Sessions
• The RSPB Curriculum for Nature project
• Lunchtime Forest School Club

          

We'd like to say a huge thanks to Mrs Murray who has been doing an amazing job in developing and planning our Forest school and Outdoor Learning Curriculum. The feedback from the children who have taken part in these sessions has been so positive. This is what some of our Year 3/4 children think:

Millie: "This is the best day I have ever had at school."

Mia: "Cooking in the mud kitchen was great!"

Ivy: "Playing stick wars, Forest School is AMAZING"

             

Forest School Leaflet

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Forest School handbook

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Useful weblinks

Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
This is a wildlife conservation charity working to protect and enhance the wildlife and wild places of Leicestershire and Rutland. Learn and discover more (including free resources and local events)

National Forest
Find activities, local attractions and events and get closer to nature with the National Forest.

Tree Tools for Schools
Great ideas and inspiration to get you outside

RSPB Wild Challenge
Help wildlife, explore nature, enjoy lots of wild, fun activities and earn certificates along the way.

Woodland trust
Free ideas to help families enjoy woods and the great outdoors all year round, (from scavenger hunts and den building to wildlife spotting and nature crafts)

Wildlife Watch
Learn about animals (from minibeasts to mammals!) in the Wildlife Zone.

More from Wildlife Watch
Ready to have fun? Free ideas (from digging a pond to creating a moth trap!)

Small Woods
Free nature videos and activity guides to help you connect to woodlands and the natural environments around you.