“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach  us more than we can ever learn from books.”   

John Lubbock

At Gurnard Primary School, Forest School is delivered in 6 weekly blocks by our fully qualified Forest School teacher; Mrs Sunderland.  Each block consists of six sessions with each session lasting two and a half hours.

Children take part in Forest School in Years 1, 3 and 5 meaning that throughout their time here they will access three sustained, quality blocks of Forest School.

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We follow the six principles of Forest School: