OK looking for some people to explain to me very simply and without any jargon why forest school is so important, what children are supposed to get from this experience, the benefits etc.
DS did forest school in reception last year and it was OK - he came home and talked about looking at the trees and finding and learning about bugs. This year he's doing it again. The entire class has been out for the equivalent of a school day already and more to come.
I'm not getting the benefits. DS says everyone just runs around / climbs trees /or builds something with twigs (which is pretty much what they do every lunch hour).
Meanwhile I am expected to do homework every night - spellings / reading and support with handwriting. I feel like the time at school would be better spent on helping DS with these skills - DS still doesn't know how to form letters correctly rather than the extended playtime that is forest school. I don't even know if it's a compulsory part of the curriculum?
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Forest school - Why? AIBU - probably?
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perplexedagain · 13/11/2019 16:44
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