Sometimes the magic of Forest School begins long before anyone steps into the woods. Last week, I invited the families at our preschool session to bring along a few little treasures from home. A feather, a shell, a pine cone, a ribbon… Anything that could become part of a woodland mobile to hang from the […]

Every summer, I notice it. Year 6 children ( 11 years old) arrive at Forest School carrying something different. Some are excited about moving on. Some have mentally checked out of primary school weeks before the end of term. Many seem caught somewhere in between. They’re beginning to let go of childhood, but they’re not […]