Forest School

At Charlton, we are fortunate to have extensive grounds, including a forest, which enables us to facilitate Forest School sessions. 

Forest School is a child-centred learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a programme that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through child-inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

This process helps learners to develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. It creates a safe, non-judgemental nurturing environment for children to and take risks. This approach to risk means that children constantly expand their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience.

Forest School aims for children to become, healthy, resilient, creative and independent learners as they make use of our available spaces, which include access to the mud kitchen, stream, mounds and wooded areas, as well as using the pond with supervision from our dedicated Forest School Lead.