Nursery Sessions

At Forest Freedom, in line with our mission of Forest School for all. It is very important to us to offer sessions for local nurseries who don’t have the facilities or trained staff to be able to offer Forest School sessions. We want more early years children to experience the benefits of Forest School as part of their development. To help nurture their curiosity, imagination and creativity. You can’t get better sensory play than in the woods! Our aim being to develop our children’s sense of adventure, self esteem and resilience through child led play and exploration.

What we offer:

  • 1.5 hour Forest Freedom sessions for nursery groups
  • Led by Level 3 Forest School leader
  • Fully insured, with public liability of £5 million
  • Member of Forest Schools Association
  • Full risk assessments on all locations we use
  • Feedback on the children who attend our sessions to aid assessment
  • Sessions to include:
    • – sensory play
    • – balancing and movement
    • – fine and gross motor skill tasks
    • – storytelling
    • – music & games
    • – simple craft activities
    • – building activities
    • – counting
    • – basic bushcraft
    • – nature exploration and knowledge

We understand the costs and challenges involved for nurseries to train their team to deliver these sessions, alongside all else they have to do. So we feel being the experts in this area we can add great value to your offering. Saving you money and time of training up your own team (it takes nearly a year to become a qualified Level 3 Forest School leader) and the impact of team turnover on this, and equipment costs. Leaving your team to focus on the core functions at your nursery, and enabling you to offer a great USP to your parents.

If you are a local nursery who would like to add Forest School sessions to your curriculum, or your child goes to a local nursery who doesn’t offer these sessions, please do get in touch for further details. We only have limited slots available, but we would love to try and deliver sessions for you.