Miss Miller (the class teacher in Blackbird Class) has been a  qualified Forest School Teacher  since  Spring 2020. Since then we have been thrilled to be offering Forest Schools as part of our curriculum.

If you have any questions please feel free to email forestschool@oaks.kent.sch.uk

The Year 2 children at The Oaks attend five Forest School sessions throughout the year. In these sessions they participate in playing games such as ' 1,2,3, Where are you ?', 'Grandma in the woods' or '40/40 out'.  These games are lots of fun! In the first session they generate their own woodland names starting with the first letter of their name. 

Throughout the sessions they also learn how to use palm drills, whittlers and hammers whilst undertaking a number of woodland themed activities such as Hapa Zome (leaf bashing art work), whittling sticks to make wands and using drills when making dream catchers. 

The games and activities undertaken are designed to  promote collaborative  between the children, such as teamwork during outdoor games, and cooperative building projects E.g. den building. They also encourage social, communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.

In addition to this, the children are also taught  fire safety rules and are able to participate in fire lighting activities. We enjoy sitting around a warm camp fire making S'mores, pizza wraps, popcorn and boiling water for our hot chocolate.