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Beechdale Nursery School

Beechdale Road, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 6AY

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Forest School and Outdoor Learning

This area of the website celebrates the rich and varied experiences the children have in our school linked specifically to our Forest School and Outdoor learning.  Our school ethos values outdoor learning, we see each and everyday the positive affects that outdoor learning has on both our children and adults!

  • Learning outside the classroom supports the development of healthy and active lifestyles by offering children
    opportunities for physical activity, freedom and movement, and promoting a sense of well-being.
  • Learning outside the classroom gives children contact with the natural world and offers them experiences that are
    unique to outdoors, such as direct contact with the weather and the seasons.
  • Playing and learning outside also helps children to understand and respect nature, the environment and the interdependence of humans, animals, plants, and lifecycles.
  • Outdoor play also supports children’s problem-solving skills and nurtures their creativity, as well as providing rich opportunities for their developing imagination, inventiveness and resourcefulness.
  • Children need an outdoor environment that can provide them with space, both upwards and outwards, and places to explore, experiment, discover, be active and healthy, and to develop their physical capabilities.
  • The outdoor environment offers space and therefore is particularly important to those children who learn best through active movement. Very young children learn predominately through their sensory and physical experiences which supports brain development and the creation of neural networks.
  • For many children, playing outdoors at their early years setting may be the only opportunity they have to play safely and freely while they learn to assess risk and develop the skills to manage new situations.
  • Learning that flows seamlessly between indoors and outdoors makes the most efficient use of resources and builds on interests and enthusiasms.

 

 

 

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  • The Forest School – Let The Magic Begin
    • In the Beginning
    • The Success of Forest School
    • Images of Forest School
  • Our Allotment
The Local Offer
Ofsted Outstanding 2012/2013
School achievement award
The Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark logo
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National College

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Beechdale Road

Consett

County Durham

DH8 6AY

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