Pines Forest School

Pines is a British Forest School based on the Scandinavian all-weather education model, 

Our ethos is founded on the belief that risk-taking and independent-led learning are essential to support the successful development of young people. Our core principle is that the community must be at the centre of everything we do. We focus on the relationship between our learners and the natural world whilst promoting holistic learning. This approach guides our learners towards becoming knowledgeable, creative, intelligent, independent, confident, resilient and compassionate individuals who care for the world around them.

Everything began in August 2019 with just three children, one Forest Leader, and a backpack has grown into a vibrant outdoor learning community. We now spend 100% of our time outdoors, working across age groups and abilities to build a shared, sustainable, and caring learning environment.

Forest School is a long term process with daily interaction with natural space, not a one-off visit. Planning, adaption, observations and reviewing are integral elements.​ Pines​ offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and themselves in our safe and inclusive Forest site whilst using a range of learner centred processes to create a community for development and learning. We spend 100% of our time outside, working closely with individuals across a range of age groups and abilities
creating a community which cares for each other and the environment around us.

• All weather, all season child-led outdoor learning

• Reintroducing children to nature. Educating in risk and benefit

• Courses in tracking, flora and fauna identification, shelter building, tool usage, knots, fire safety and woodwork

• Supporting learning toward becoming knowledgeable, creative, brave, intelligent, independent, confident, resilient and compassionate

Simply, we allow our children to be children.