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Edale CE Primary School

Forest School

Welcome to our Forest School curriculum.  Swallows Class take part in Forest School activities every Wednesday morning on 'Edale Island', a lovely piece of woodland surrounded on one side by a babbling brook. The sessions are led by Forest Schools practitioner Ruth Dixon and accompanied by Swallows Class teacher, teaching assistant and volunteers.  Please read our Forest School Handbook to find out more about the ethos of Forest Schools and the types of activities the children are involved in. Also follow our adventures in our weekly report in this section.

Happy Christmas and a Fond Farewell from the Queen of the Forest! 22nd December 2021

Advent Spiral Lights 15th December 2021

Tasty Treats December 1st 2021

Climbing Adventures 24th November 2021

Apple Tree Fairies 17th November 2021

Hedgehog Antics! (part 2) 10th November 2021

Hedgehog habitats 3rd November 2021

Fire Dragons 20th October 2021

Acorn Adventures 13th October 2021

Autumn Sunshine on Edale Island 6th October 2021

Autumn Adventures 29th September 2021

New Beginnings 15th September 2021

Back on Edale Island! 17th and 24th March 2020

Advent Spirals 9th December 2020

Advent Adventures 2nd December 2020

Active Adventures 25th November 2020

A wet, windy and wild Wednesday! 18th november 2020

Autumn Delights! 4th November 2020

21st October 2020

Autumn Adventures 7th September 2020

Den building day 30th September 2020

Edale Island Our Special Place 23rd September 2020

Welcome back to Edale Island 16th September 2020

Welcome back to Edale Forest School 9th September 2020

Happy Birthdays and Mud Days! 1st July 2020

Fishermen and Friends! 24th June 2020

Back to Forest School! 17th June 2020

Ruth's Daily Challenges

Forest School Leader Ruth has devised a daily outdoor challenge for you all to take part in.  We will be posting these challenges each day on the Forest school page.

If you take any photographs of your activities email them to Mrs.Garmeson and she will put them on the website for us all to enjoy. Have fun!

Ruth's Challenges by Swallows Class

Saturday 23rd May 2020

Thursday 21st May 2020

Saturday 16th May 2020

Thursday 14th May 2020

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Monday 11th May 2020

Sunday 10th May 2020

Thursday 7th May 2020

Wednesday 6th May 2020

Monday 4th May 2020

Friday 1st May 2020

Wednesday 29th April 2020

Tuesday 28th April 2020

Sunday 26th April 2020

Saturday 25th April 2020

Friday 24th April 2020

Thursday 23th April 2020

Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Tuesday 21st April 2020

Sunday 19th April 2020

Saturday 18th April 2020

Wednesday 15th April 2020

Tuesday 14th April 2020

Monday 13th April 2020

Mrs.Garmeson's Easter Tree

Sunday 12th April 2020

Saturday 11th April 2020

Friday 10th April 2020

Thursday 9th April 2020

Wednesday 8th April 2020

Tuesday 7th April 2020

Saturday 4th April 2020

Friday 3rd March 2020

1st April 2020

Monday 30th March 2020

Sunday 29th March 2020

Saturday 28th March 2020

Friday 27th March 2020

Thursday 26th March 2020

Wednesday 25th March 2020

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The Merry Boys of Edale 11th March 2020

Sensational Spiders 4th March 2020

Special Days 26th February 2020

All aboard for Edale Island! 5th February 2020

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Tracks and Trails 29th January 2020

Beautiful Discoveries! 22nd January 2020

Busy Times 15th January 2020

New Year Adventures 2020!

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Happy New Year 2020! 8th January 2020

Visiting our 'Fairy Wishing Tree' 18th December 2019

Advent spiral

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Advent Spiral

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Advent Adventures 4th December 2019

Sawing and Stick Men 27th November 2019

Hibernating hedgehogs 20th November 2019

Animal Action 13th November 2019

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Animal Action 13th November 2019

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All Aboard Amazing Edale Island 13th November 2019

Fire and Dragons 6th November 2019

Magic, Mystery, Stars and Owls 23rd October 2019

Autumn Treasures 16th October 2019

Autumn Magic!

After the Storm 2nd October 2019

Exploring and Enjoying 11th September 2019

Welcoming new starters to Edale Forest School 4th September 2019

Boat building and Memory making 4th July 2019

International Mud Day! 27th June 2019

Worm charming and Den building 13th June 2019

Discovery and Creation 6th June 2019

Circus skills 23rd May 2019

Forest Fun May 16th 2019

Boys and their Boats 9th May 2019

May Day Celebrations 2nd May 2019

Nest building and Rainbow birds 11th April 2019

April Showers and Cinnamon Apples 4th April 2019

River Rafting 28th March 2019

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River Rafting 28th March 2019

Performing Puppets 14th March 2019

Rainbow Stories and Raging Rivers 7th March 2019

River rendezvous 28th February 2019

New Adventures with fantastic friends! 14th February 2019

7th February 2019 Wild weather and Wild horses

31st January 2019 Snowy Adventures

10th January 2019 New Years Wishes

Woodland Pixie's Christmas Gifts 20th December 2018

Woodland Pixies and Elphin Folk 13th December 2018

Tree Dressing Day for our Fairy Tree 29th November 2108

Fires, Fun and Friends. 22nd November 2018

Lashings of fun at Forest School 15th November 2018

Forest School & Friends 8th November 2018

Autumn Days to Treasure 11th October 2018

Autumn delights! 4th October 2018

Climbing, crafts and curiosity 27th September 2018

Spiders webs and Horse Chestnut Soap 20th September 2018

Welcoming New Friends 13th September 2018

New beginnings 6th September 2018

Kings and Queens of forest School 19th July 2018

12th July 2018 Friendships and Fires

5th July 2018 Soapy Snakes and Spiders Webs

21st June 2018 Making Homes for Mud Monsters

14th June 2018 Making Music

24th May 2018 Three boys and their Boats.

17th May National Outdoor Classroom Day

10th May 2018 Making memories

26th April 2018 Grand plans and Grand designs

19th April 2018 Spring Time, swallows and streams.

12th April 2018 Rainbow birds and new recruits

15th March 2018 Mud meringues and making dens.

15th February 2018 National Bird box Week

8th February 2018 Learning new skills

Saturday 3rd February 2018 Forest School Open Day

1st February 2018 Problem Solving and Challenges

January 25th 2018 Discovering and Exploring

January 18th 2018 Stream scrambling, snakes and snow!

January 11th 2018 Creative and inventive boys only afternoon!

4th January 2018 Wild Edale weather, working together and New Years Wishes,

14th December Fire lighting, star making, making a 'happy seat' and a visit from the Edale Island Pixies

7th December 2017 Making a swing, preparing the fire pit and using tools.

23rd November 2017 Tracking and windy weather activities

16th November 2017 Making a home for our 'rock aliens'.

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