Forest Schools

I am currently completing my forest schools level three qualification here in the UK. I have been spending a lot of time researching ideas for forest schools for older children in KS1 and KS2. A lot of resources and sites seem to focus on the EYFS. However I believe that allowing older children to access this kind of education is so important.

I will be sharing all of my Forest schools ideas and activities here for free. I hope you enjoy them:

Animal footprint matching hunt
Free printable: Animal foot print hunt sheet for matching to the animal pictures. ...
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Animal numbered photos
Free printable: Pictures of animals feet numbered to match to foot prints. ...
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Animal feet numbered photos
Free printable: Pictures of animals feet numbered to match to foot prints. ...
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Animals and their feet
Free Printable: Cards for children to think about matching feet to the animals. ...
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Animals and their footprints
Free Printable: Cards for children to think about matching footprints to the animals. ...
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Bird silhouette hunt
This activity was great fun today. I pinned the 12 numbered bird pictures to the trees around our forest school area. The children then worked in pairs to match the silhouette on their sheet to the...
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British bird photos 2 a page
Photos of british birds with 2 on an A4 page. ...
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British birds (Three part cards)
Free printable to show 48 common british birds. ...
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Spring Nature Hunt
Free printable for children to complete a Spring nature hunt. Use with strips of double sided tape so children can just stick what they find on to it. ...
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Animal Information pack for Forest Schools
This is the guide I have made for our Forest Schools setting. It includes key facts about 23 species of Animals to help identification and provide some interesting facts including collective nouns. ...
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