Category Archives: Forest Sessions

How lucky are we to be surrounded by such rich opportunities to immerse ourselves in nature? The best classroom is roofed only by the sky”-Margaret McMillan. Today our Little Cherubs trekked to our favourite spot to collect a variety of textured leaves and sticks. The children used mathematical describing words such as ‘big, small, tall,…

Well done Miss Louise, you have worked hard to achieve this and it has paid off. We are very proud of our forest school practitioners (Louise, Rianne and Elise) working full time, studying after hours , outdoor first aid courses and travelling to the UK for assessments! shows their passion and commitment to the job…

Little cherubs are committed to providing quality training to all our staff. We believe having qualified staff helps to make a positive difference to children’s learning. Elise is our third member of staff to undertake her Forest school level 3 qualification. You may not have seen Elise recently as she is tucked away in some…

Today’s wonderful wild adventures 💚🌲🌱🌿🌳 Today we ventured a bit further out and investigated the stream, where the children initiated fishing activities with sticks and pots. We also took a closer look at the old wheels and Brooklyn decided it must be part of a monster truck. As the wheels are now rusty we feel…

Congratulation’s to Rianne and Louise on passing their Levels 2 & 3 forest School qualification’s. Both Rianne and Louise have worked very hard to achieve this. Forest Schools are an inspiring way to teach children while linking outcomes to the EYFS Curriculum. It’s a great way to encourage learning whilst boosting self-esteem outside the class…

Today’s Forest Trekkers

Something very exciting and wonderful happened today when our Forest trekkers went exploring. Ever so slightly hidden under a mound of mud (which miss Rianne was digging away) we spotted something old and rusty-We dug it out of the ground. We came up with some rules (getting the children to risk assess-after Rianne and Louise…

At Little Cherubs we follow the Forest school ethos and believe child led play out doors provides the best outcomes for children. Today we had a dilemma, our slide was full of rain water when we arrived! ‘How can we go on the slide now?’ ‘Where did all the water come from?’ ‘The leaves are…

This week our explorers have been creating mud faces. They gathered mud to stick to the trees and found bits and pieces of natural materials to add facial features to their mud. They had such a great time getting muddy and using their imagination for their creations. 🙂 Such a lot was gained from this…

Still going after a long day at work! studying hard for the level 3 childcare and forest school qualifications. It’s not often your working environment can also create a relaxing environment for studying! just like home 🙂 Nearly there girls keep up the good work xxxx

When documenting our Forest Sessions learning, each key group have their very own floor book, this is where we add our photo’s, thought’s, pictures and observations after every trip. The children sign the book themselves, stick in the pictures (or make a little drawing) and then we all sit together and discuss our experiences. We,…

After a shower of rain in the Forest our little cherubs decided a plank was needed to cross the ‘swamp’. This quickly developed into some fantastic creative outdoor play about pirates! Our Preschool group have been using the knot book and some guidance from Miss Rianne and Miss Beth to create their own swords. They…

We have been looking at the changes to our Forest over time. Over the past few weeks the bluebells have sprouted and we want to keep them flourishing, and so we have been discussing how we can look after them. We have had many suggestions; ‘don’t stand on them cause the fairies houses will get…

Little Cherubs Nature Kindergarten are delighted to confirm we have been fortunate in acquiring the use of some private land to continue our outdoor learning and forthcoming Forest School sessions. Today’s session involved exploring their new surroundings, establishing boundaries by carefully placing red tape in areas the children helped identify as unsafe and the associated…

Congratulations to Miss Rianne on completion of her OCN accredited Forest School level 3 training. As you know Rianne has spent some time this year training with MindStretchers, a centre of excellence in Scotland with the fabulous Claire Warden who has just been awarded the grand title of “Exceptional Master Leader”. Forest School qualification is…

Kindergarten Forest Sessions allow young children daily opportunities in a woodland or natural setting in all weathers throughout the year to learn outside, embracing all that nature has to offer. Children are encouraged to play, explore and learn in a forest or natural environment where a forest school trained practioner will assist the child led…