Forest School offers all the Napton learners’ regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. It really is an inspirational setting as you can see from the creativity this week, making mud faces on these trees.

Forest School is a specialised learning approach that sits within and complements the wider context of outdoor and woodland education.

• Forest school is a long-term process of regular sessions, rather than a one-off or infrequent visits, the cycle of planning, observation, adaptation and review links each session.
• Forest school takes place in a woodland or natural environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world.
• Forest school uses a range of learner-centred processes to create a community for being, development and learning.
• Forest school aims to promote the holistic development of all those involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.
• Forest school offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.
• Forest school is run by qualified Forest School practitioners who continuously maintain and develop their professional practice. 

You can read more about the offer here.