Shelter building
Natural art
Bug hunts
Team games
Collecting, identifying, and sorting natural resources
Fire building and cooking
Tree investigation
Climbing and balancing
Exploration games
In forest school the following tools can be used potato peelers, palm drills, bow saw and knives. All of these tools as used on a 1;1 ratio with the forest school leader or assistant. The Forest School leader will give the children a safety talk each session and when appropriate will explain how a tool should be used and when it can be used. Tools use will only be incorporated into a session once the children are accustomed to the safely rules of forest school.
All activities using tools are fully risk assessed.