A forest school is an education approach and also an inspirational process to give learner opportunity to achieve, to develop skills and confidence through hand on experience in a free outdoor woodland learning environment. Wales and localities in England took up Forest School in the year of 2000, and the main national support network for the forest school practitioners is from the Forestry Commission through the Forest Education Initiative (FEI). In 2001 Forest school Wales was form a practitioner support network. In 2002 the first national conference was held by a groups of practitioners and the definition of Forest school in the UK was: “An inspirational process that offers children, young people and adults’ regular …show more content…
All the activities are running will including planning, observation, adaptation and revision will be linking to every session. To give learners the opportunities to build up their self-esteem and confident through different hand on learning activities within the woodland and natural environment. Forest School is run by qualified Forest School Practitioners and it is where can offer learners for different ages the chances to experience outdoor learning in woodland or natural environments to develop their strengths and resilience to cope with emotional difficulties. These will be beneficial for children that allow them to feel relax and calm, to release their steam and to feel free in a safe and supervised environment , at the same time they will develop their emotional maturity and empathy to the nature life and living environment . Apart from that, Forest school promote Community wellbeing, development and learning through learner centre process approach. That allow children to learn how to take responsibility, showing concern and support to each other that slowly strong bond will be develop between children at the same …show more content…
During the process, all learner will be encourage to take appropriate risks to themselves and the environments, all those risks are with support of forest school’s practitioner. The principle of Forest school is to provide equal opportunity, unique and value opportunities for all the learner, to allow them to discover, to explore, to take risk and challenge, to learn and develop in their own way, can having regular visit. So that it can give learners chances to develop positive relationship with themselves, others and the natural world. Forest School is important for children, because it can benefits for both emotional and physical wellbeing . Fresh air and space is important for children for their muscle, bones and physical development, as well as to reduce the effects of poor nutritious. Natural outdoor environment can also prevent the deterioration of children’s eyesight and to promote children’s learning. in additional Forest school is essential and can meet the needs for every child. such as children who live in city, in a small house, family circumstances or classroom is too full or for special need pr disabled child. because activities in forest school’s activities are flexible and allow children very child to achieve variety level of challenge.