Nursery World - University to offer forest school training

Education experts at Nottingham Trent University will offer an introduction to forest schools in a new module, starting this September.

The university is also bidding to receive external accreditation for the module, which will be confirmed in August.

Students who take the course will be able to learn about woodland, risk assessments, tools and how to safely build fires with nursery children. If the module and external accreditation is successful, they hope to be able to offer the module to external early years practitioners.

Annie Woods, senior lecturer at the university’s School of Education and three colleagues, have completed the training.

Ms Woods said, ‘Learning outdoors is creative, challenging and healthy. It gives opportunity for problem solving, environmental learning, team work and individual exploration. The children have benefited enormously.’

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