Forest school @ VPA

Here, in the depths of Smethwick, lies an oasis of tranquility – just behind the car park! Whispering trees, a story telling hut, and a pond, planned, dug and built this year by our intrepid foresters. Led by Ms Hoole, children from all year groups enjoy weekly...

Autumn/Spring Happenings – 2019

Forest school for this term will be for year groups 1, 2, and 3. Each class in each year group will visit our forest area on a three-week rota. Most of the sessions will be child initiated and they will lead their own learning creating a group CAFRA (Consider All...

January 2019

Winter has certainly arrived in Forest School. Damp and cold afternoons do not deter our Foresters who have been looking for signs of life beneath the leaf fall. We have been using fallen sticks and leaves to make symmetrical patterns and to see how many patterns we...