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We at Fore/adventure believe in the amazing power of taking little children out of the care providers four walls and into the GREAT OUTDOORS! In line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, children can progress in their learning and development while being outside and in a safe and stimulating environment. From scavenger hunts to foraging, woodcraft to beach art, wild cooking to den building, under the leadership of our Forest and Beach school trained leaders, we have it all here ready for you from our unique location in Studland. In case you haven’t come across it before-Forest School and Beach School are ways of facilitating positive outdoor experiences that ensure a broad development of individuals in wilder spaces and over time. Our location in Studland puts us in a prime and unique position to provide both Forest and Beach school or if needed we can bring a slice of nature to you!
How Forest & Beach School support the EYFS:
COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE > Listening: There are opportunities at intervals PSED throughout the session when children are > Forming positive relationships: There are encouraged to listen carefully to instructions diverse opportunities for constructing shelters and each other at circle time or around the or building rafts and artefacts, the sessions are camp fire. Some of the sessions are designed designed to encourage creative thinking, problem to highlight the noises and sounds heard in the solving and teamwork. woods to understand what inhabits this area. > Developing a positive sense of self and others & > Speaking and expressing: The children are self-confidence: The woodland setting given freedom to express themselves creatively provides an opportunity to learn through different through craft and stories, at the end of the experiences, challenges and activities to develop session there is time to reflect on their learning childrens emotional sense of worth, empathy and and share their thoughts with the group confidence developing their self confidence and > Managing feelings and behaviour: Our sessions communication skills. are designed to help children understand and encourage a sense of responsibility for the natural PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT environment and provide ways to develop their > Developing coordination, control and life skills to support and encourage appropriate movement: Our location on middle beach at Studland provides a variety of diverse behaviour whilst having fun and being inspired.
environments to explore, we are located in an ideal location for rock pool rambling, seaweed scavenging and foreshore foraging, these sessions are designed to teach children the importance of conservation and preserving our environment. The sand dunes and woodland behind the beach provides many opportunities for roaming, play and exploration, here we run treasure trails, simple map making and map reading exercises where we can turn Enid Blytons famous five stories into a reality. > Understanding and making healthy choices: Getting the children involved in sharing and cooking food in the outdoors is a superb vehicle for learning and the food always tastes great! Examples of the culinary delights we may prepare can include trail breads with seaweed, packed with vital sources of vitamins and minerals, both delicious and nutritious. In this setting children quickly learn the value of dressing appropriately and how to risk assess for themselves.
LITERACY When in the great outdoors children are able to be creative when engaging in making sounds and letters and beginning to read and write; from drawing letters in the sand and mud to acting out woodland stories. MATHEMATICS The beach and forest provide an incredible natural space to begin counting and understanding numbers, shapes and measures; from a scavenger hunt to find objects to count to making tallies in the mud, patterns and shapes out of sticks and cones and understanding measures using the length of sticks and weight of logs. UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD Getting outdoors and into public spaces in the local community provide children with an opportunity to get to know their local environment. Using observation skills and seeing things grow, decay and change can increase their understanding of the world. There is also the inevitable  use of technology from magnifying glasses to simple woodcraft tools while exploring the beach and forest environment. EXPRESSIVE ART & DESIGN The great outdoors is an incredible environment to invoke creativity and imagination with the opportunity to explore an exciting space and
use a variety of media and materials; from using natural resources to mix mud pies, make art and craft or even musical instruments. The resources to be found and used in the outdoors leave the opportunity for children to be wildly creative, using finds to make dens to fishing rods. SAFETY Safety is our number one priority and we can guarantee that all our leaders are trained to industry standard best practice and hold National Governing body qualifications where applicable. With level 3 Forest school & beach school practitioners and level 3 NCFE advanced bushcraft leaders on the team you are in the safest hands to learn and develop skills. As a WISE wildlife safe accredited operator you can also be rest assured that we work responsibly, without disturbing the wildlife and sealife. We can offer: > Half day or full day sessions > 6 week courses > Residentials > Accredited courses > 1:1 work > Group work > Inclusive/SEN work
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