Forest Schools










Welcome to Forest School, an adventure through outdoor experiences.
Forest School is an approach to education that was developed in Scandinavia in the 1950s and was intorduced to the UK in the 1990s.
Forest School is defined as 'an inspirational process that offers children, young people and adults regular opportunities to achieve, develop confidence and self-esteem through hands on learning experiences in a local woodland environment' (O'Brien and Murray 2006)
Olderfleet is a Forest School with Mrs Godfrey our Forest School leader.
You can visit forestschoolsni.com for more information.
14th Mar 2025
Year 1 and 2 had lots of fun during Forest School today. In groups, we created our...
17th Jan 2025
Year 1 explored the terms full, empty and nearly full as we explored signs of Winter....
8th Nov 2024
This morning, Year 1 listened to the story, The Leaf Man. We discovered that when...