About Forest Schools
Made famous by Scandinavian education systems, the forest school concept has been defined in Britain as 'an inspirational process that offers children, young people and adults regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence through hands-on learning in a woodland environment.' We can help your school create that woodland environment.
We provide forest school resources and natural wooden play equipment sourced from our tree surgery work. This allows us to continuously be on the lookout for useful timber and lets us pick and choose selected pieces fit for purpose. Our characterful creations such as rustic seating, bug hotels and wood beast log houses are made from fresh green wood and can therefore be made bespoke to order upon demand no matter the size (within reason!)
Sometimes the space required for a woodland environment can be difficult to gain access to, especially in urban schools where perhaps nearby woodland is more scarce and playgrounds areas are limited in size. With this in mind we aim to get the maximum resources into the minimum space. Even a 6ftx6ft corner or less can be used to create a mini forest classroom offering a plethora of nature learning and wildlife benefits! See an example of our mini classroom below!
For those schools where outdoor space is not available (or the weather is terrible) you will be pleased to know that many of our creations and even a complete forest classroom can be adapted for indoor use. Nature and the elements will eventually take their toll on any outdoor play area but kept indoors, our green hardwood resources will dry and be preserved for generations! We can make most of our range scaled down for indoor use with hollow log wood beasts (see below) and rustic tables and chairs made so they can be enjoyed from the comfort of the classroom.
