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Mellor Community Primary School

Forest School

Forest School offers children the opportunity to succeed and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in an outdoor/woodland environment. Children engage in motivating and achievable tasks and activities throughout the year and in almost all weathers, with the appropriate footwear and clothing. Children will explore nature and work with natural materials, learn to use a range of tools, build dens and shelters, light fires, prepare and cook food and contribute to maintaining and developing the Forest School site.

Forest School sessions at Mellor Community Primary School will encourage children of all ages to:

  • explore the world through all the senses available to them
  • work independently and in collaboration with others
  • work through practical problems and challenges
  • use tools and equipment to create, build, transport or manage
  • develop practical knowledge and skills, e.g. knot-tying, shelter building
  • learn how to manage failures and develop resilience
  • build confidence in decision making and evaluating risk
  • explore connections between humans, wildlife and the earth
  • improve physical motor skills

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Key Documents

 

Report to Governors 

Autumn Term 23/24 - Forest School Update

At the beginning of Year 6, we each wrote an application to become a Forest School Champion and Beccy invited the 12 applicants to an outdoor session on 5.09.23 to demonstrate our interest in Forest School activities. Beccy selected us because of our good communication skills as well as our curiosity and helpfulness.

Our first training day (12.09.23) was very rainy but we wore the right clothing and enjoyed our session. We were taught to instruct others when pond-dipping by demonstrating how to use the net and how to empty your catch safely causing no harm to the pond-life. We practised tying a clove hitch knot. We also began our sharp-tool training by learning Tool Talks for using secateurs and loppers. We took home laminated tool-talk and clove-hitch/square lashing sheets to practise these for our next session.

Following our first training session, we assisted Beccy with classes from Years 4, 5 and 6, supporting pupils in pond-dipping and gardening during their Forest School sessions. In our next training session on 7.11.23 we are looking forward to continuing our work with sharp tools and will hopefully demonstrate the knot-tying we have been learning.

Useful Websites

Click here if you would like to find out more about Forest School. Click here to learn more about the birds and wildlife you may spot in our city and countryside.

Click here to identify and learn more about Bristish trees and shrubs.

Our Learning - Forest School

 

1JHRE enjoyed a fun-filled morning in our forest school area! We built dens, looked for insects and drew nature. We had lots of fun!

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 14 May 2026 at 11:03



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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 14 May 2026 at 11:03

3SP loved Forest School in the sun! They found tadpoles, enjoyed the hammock and created beautiful art work!🌞

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 6 May 2026 at 11:22

 

 



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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 6 May 2026 at 11:22

 

 

4AP had a fantastic morning at Forest School, fully embracing the outdoors! The children searched for signs of spring, hunted for bugs, and even managed pond dipping and bird watching. Between planting beans and building dens, there was also time for quiet reflection through nature drawing.

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 30 March 2026 at 07:19

 

 

Zakiya & Kylie's class enjoyed digging for worms Today at forest school. Some were brave enough to hold one!

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 16 March 2026 at 08:18

 

 

Last week 4AP enjoyed bird watching and feeding the birds 🦜

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 9 February 2026 at 09:51

 

 

Year 4 had a great time this morning in Forest School. We looked at the different birds around us using binoculars and had the opportunity to leave some food out for the birds to eat!

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 3 February 2026 at 09:27

 

 

4CK had a great time this morning. In Forest School, we looked for birds using binoculars and tried to identify them, we left some food out for the birds to eat, we listened to some birds near the pond and we jumped on leaves to help make compost for the garden! We love Forest School!

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— Mellor Community Primary School (@mellorschool.bsky.social) 3 February 2026 at 09:23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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