Forest School for All

by Sara Knight

• ISBN13: 9780857020727
• ISBN10: 0857020722
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-02
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

How can you use the Forest School ethos for the benefit of all your students? Forest School is now being used with a wide range of different age groups and in many different settings, and it can address issues such as obesity, public health and social wellbeing. This book includes case studies that will help to demonstrate how to run Forest School sessions with: - children in older primary classes - secondary schools - children in urban environments - special schools - young people in residential homes - school refusers - young people who have been excluded - adults with autistic-spectrum disorders - family centres. Anyone interested in how to implement the Forest School ethos in their learning environment will be enthused and inspired by this book. Sara Knight is an experienced early years educator and Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. She is a trained Forest School practitioner and author of Forest Schools and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years and Risk and Adventure in Early Years Outdoor Play (both published by SAGE).

Author Biography

Sara Knight is an experienced early years educator and Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. She is a trained Forest School Practitioner and author of Forest School and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years and Risk and Adventure in Early Years Outdoor Play (both published by SAGE).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Figures	p. ix
About the Editor and Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Setting the Scene	p. 1
Nursery and Primary School Based Forest School	p. 11
Breaking Through Concrete - The Emergence of Forest School in London	p. 13
Forest School - A Whole School Approach	p. 28
Developing Practice and Delivering a Forest School Programme for Children Identified as Gifted and Talented	p. 41
Using Forest School to Make the Transition to High School	p. 54
Forest School, Social and Emotional Needs	p. 65
Supporting Emotional and Social Development in Forest School with Adolescents	p. 67
Forest School - An Alternative Curriculum	p. 80
Learning from Working with Disaffected Year 10 Pupils	p. 94
Maintaining the Forest School Ethos While Working with 14-19-Year-Old Boys	p. 106
Forest School and Young People with Particular Needs	p. 121
Removing Barriers: Getting Children with Physical Challenges into the Woods	p. 123
Seals in the Woods	p. 137
Forest School and Looked After Children	p. 153
Autism, Art and Nature as Relational Aspects of Forest School	p. 162
Using Forest School Strategically	p. 179
Addicts and Forest School	p. 181
Forest School for Families	p. 194
Forest School County-Wide - A Norfolk Perspective	p. 209
Edinburgh's Forest School Partnership Project - 'Building Local Capacity'	p. 221
Conclusion	p. 237
Appendix: Links and Lists - How to Find People, Training and Resources Relevant to this Book	p. 244
Index	p. 250
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