In this TTS Talking podcast episode, Alistair Bryce-Clegg is joined by renowned Forest School experts, Mel McCree and Sarah Lawfull. Sharing their passion for the Forest School approach, Sarah and Mel explain to Alistair the 6 key principles and how this ethos really benefits child development.
The Forest School ethos offers children a play-based approach to learning in the great outdoors. The approach focuses on all children having the opportunity to develop in a hands-on learning environment with experiences that aim to enhance key skills from the early years onwards.
6 Key Principles:
Sarah Lawfull, Chair of the Forest School Association and podcast guest, highlights the 6 key principles:
- Forest School is a long-term process
- Nature connection, learning in a natural wooded environment
- Promotes holistic development
- Supports Risk-taking
- Ran by qualified and reflective Forest School practitioners and leaders
- Encompasses learner-centred processes to create a community for being, development and learning.
For more information on this topic and an introduction to the Forest School approach, listen to episode 17 with Mel McCree and Sarah Lawfull.
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