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This short video answers the question "what is forest school" and gives an introduction to the subject, by forest school leaders and also the children who attend and why they love it. It is a useful resource for teachers, or parents looking for ideas for children's activities outdoors.

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Learn about the many benefits of Forest School. For more information on Chelsea Forest School: ChelseaForestSchool.ca

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Benefits to children when they experience going to a forest school are motivation and concentration, physical skills and knowledge and understanding. They will develop motivation and concentration skills as the task that they will be doing with require high levels of concentration  this could be when they are climbing tress as they will need to be looking to see where they are going to put the foot next. They will be developing their social skills as they will be outdoors and they will be able to run around and picking up sticks and making pictures this will develop their fundamental motor skills, they will also be improving their physical stamina. When children are playing in the forest they will be still learning and developing their knowledge and understanding as they have an interest in the sounding environment.

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When children are in the forest there are going to benefit form going as it is going to help their confidence, social skills and their communication skills. it is going to help them gain confidence as when they are out in the forest they are given time, freedom and space so by doing this you are allowing them to gain independence and letting them develop at their own rate. children will develop their social skills as some of the activities and tasks will involve taking it in turns or helping the other children for example when they are using tools as they can work together in a group and this is going to build and strengthen relationships. Children will be developing their communication skills as they will be talking to the other children and using different words and this can have a positive impact on their child's self esteem.

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Another principles of forest schools are the forest school is run by qualified forest school professionals these professionals will need as least a level three forest school qualification. They will need to be a high level of staff to child ratios in case on of the children get seriously hurt. when you are taking the children to the woods you need to make sure that you are up to date with the first aid training. Also another principle they have is to use a wide range of different processes to create an area for development and learning, you can do this by being able to acknowledge the interests and needs of the children.
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Forest Schools objective is to boost the holistic development of children so this means that will they are out in the woods they will be doing activities that help them develop in all areas these areas are physical, cognitive, language, emotional, social and they children's spiritual aspects. when you are doing activities that support the child's holistic development you are letting them be independent and creative. Another principle is allow the children to take supported risks, the risks that the children are making this is going to motivate them and give them positive attitudes and interest to keep wanting to go back to the woods as they enjoyed it so much. the children will be making risk as they will have tools and in same cases they will make a fire but they will only use this if they think the children will be sensible to use them and they will do this by doing a baseline risk assessment.

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Forest school has principles that were agreed by UK forest school in 2011 that they follow to help the children develop the first principle is that forests schools in a long process and you have to take regular trips to the woods so you could do this by going at least one a week so then the children are going to get use to it and develop on their development and skills. you will be able to notice if they are improving by doing observations on the children. The next principle is that it needs to take place in the woodland or a natural environment that has trees so the children are learning about the outside world, it takes place in a woodland area so they have plenty of space and will be able to explore and discover the different things that are in the environment and the children will be able to build a relationships up with the outdoors and this will help them to develop long term.

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A forest school is encouraging method that will offer children effective opportunities accomplish tasks and develop self esteem and confidence through doing tasks that will encourage them to be hands on these tasks will take place in a woodlands area or a natural environment with trees.
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when children are outside in the woodland area they are still going to be learning and developing their emotional and social skills, they can also learn about their self awareness as they are going to be using tools and knives under close supervision.  this will help them to understand risk and dangers, and to use their own initiative to be able to solve problems, forest school will run in all kinds of weather.