Explorations
As we build towards official forest school days we are exploring our site as a class and thinking about things that we notice and drawing out attention to the space that we have and how we can use it.
Increased contact with nature can improve the way children learn.
This paper which was referenced in the hundrED article Immerse kids in nature and watch them grow. hundrED states that increased contact with nature can improve the way children learn. The interest for me comes as I try to manage and maintain a mainstream learning environment and the expectations of that with my forest schools journey. The key for me in this paper is that there were no negative outcomes from offering outdoor learning and that it was only enhanced by time spent in nature for a wide variety of students. One of the 'key findings' was that „ "Learning outside the classroom was most successful when it was an integral element of long-term curriculum planning and closely linked to classroom activities." (page 4). As I question more and more the input of the teacher and the lack of student contribution in many learning environments, this statement is both encouraging and evidence FOR including forest schools within the school setting but also...
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