Forest Schools at Saltoun November 5, 2007
Posted by Bill in : Forest Schools, Outdoor Learning , 2comments
I popped along to Saltoun Primary School last week to help out with the Forest Schools class. It’s clear the pupils are having a fantastic experience. They are 100% engaged and involved at all times and the most noticeable thing was how the pupils have taken ownership of the project.
With help from the Rangers and school support staff they are having great success in getting this “pilot” Forest School running in East Lothian. There is all sort of opportunities for the 5 - 14 curriculum learning, based in this once a week outdoor classroom. During the course of the morning there were connections with, science , art, history, environment, design technology and there favourite food technology (the pupils made dough and cooked over an open fire).
This is only the tip of the iceberg as there are numerous skills developed through the teaching, i.e. health and safety, observation, interpretation, citizenship, and on a practical basis its not often I come across Primary pupils who can tie their own clove-hitch! Well done.
There is another meeting for anyone interested in Forest Schools in East Lothian in December - Contact me for more details or email Steven Wray at swray@eastlothian.gov.uk. Amongst other things the action plan for raising awareness and training for Forest Schools will be discussed.
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