Livingstone Primary School
Forest School
We are fortunate to have a dedicated Forest School site within our school grounds, providing children with regular opportunities to explore, discover, and learn in a natural outdoor environment. Mrs Davies and Ms Sellers are both fully qualified Forest School Leaders, ensuring that every session is safe, engaging, and rooted in the Forest School ethos.
Each week, children in Nursery and Reception spend time at Forest School, where they develop confidence, curiosity, and independence through hands‑on experiences. Activities vary with the seasons and might include creating leaf crowns, crafting stick dogs and broomsticks, learning to tie simple knots, building stick men and designing shelters for them, and making bird feeders and nests. Children also enjoy working with natural materials such as clay to create tree‑spirit faces and small woodland characters, encouraging imagination and fine‑motor skills.
Outdoor learning continues into Year 1, where Forest School becomes closely linked with the wider curriculum. Children explore animal habitats and seasonal changes as part of science, observe the landscape and natural features for geography, and take inspiration from artists such as Andy Goldsworthy to support their art and design work. These sessions enrich classroom learning, helping children make meaningful connections between the natural world and the subjects they study.