Forest School and outdoor learning

Vision

At Myton Park Primary School, we want our children to be resilient, independent and curious.  Our belief is that by learning in a stimulating outdoor environment, pupils can nurture their social, emotional and intellectual wellbeing.

Myton Park is committed to further developing a forest school curriculum which has learning, nature and inclusion at its heart.  This journey is began in September 2024 in our Early Years Foundation Stage.

All of our pupils now have the opportunity to explore nature on the school grounds in a child-centred way.  They learn about plants, creatures, the seasons and so on and  we know that they develop compassion, empathy and an intrinsic love of the outdoors.

Our Early Years Ecology curriculum objectives of:

  • learning to care for our world,
  • our impact on the environment,
  • wellbeing,
  • responsibility and
  • developing communication and vocabulary in a natural environment,

encompass all of these ambitions.

We are continually developing our outdoor provision to support this aspiration and impact directly on all our pupils.