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A chance to reconnect with nature in a digital age...​

Forest School is about leaving the modern world behind and going outdoors to learn new skills, improve well-being and enhance relationships. Our carefully designed, practical and creative activities help enhance self esteem, teamwork and communication skills.​  We are Ofsted registered.

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​From building dens to cooking on a campfire, learning to use tools and exploring nature, Forest School gives children and adults a unique, memorable and positive experience. Essential life skills are developed focusing especially on communication, self esteem and team work.

Pre-school groups


Our twice weekly term time sessions are designed for young children to play and explore our amazing woodlands. Come with your grown up and have a mini adventure on our obstacle course and enjoy natural crafts and the mud kitchen. Enjoy social time around the campfire with other parents and children. Look out for our special event days such ‘Teddy Bears Picnic’ just for little ones.

The pre school group runs on Tuesdays for children up to the age of 5
£10.00 (per session)
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​Home Educated Group

A chance to socialise with other children and grown ups at our beautiful woodland.  Your child will learn valuable teamwork and communication skills, whilst having fun learning to use tools, build shelters, play games, nature crafts and much more!  
 Fridays 10-12pm

£10.00 (per session)

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Primary school groups

We can set up and run after school clubs or sessions during the day for a whole class or particular groups for example, SEND children, ELSA sessions, EAL children. Recent sessions with an EAL group included activities such as flag making and creating an International Mud Kitchen. During the day, we had lots of discussions about countries around the world and different cultures. Classroom topics can be used as a basis for the Forest School day. Recent Forest School days have included 'Pirates in the woods' , 'BFG' , 'Fire of London' and 'The Gruffalo' .
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Corporate Days

Do you want to improve team bonding and communication in your workplace? Our corporate days are tailored especially to your needs with our bushcraft specialists. You can choose from many activities such as archery, fire lighting, axe throwing, shelter building spoon carving and foraging. You can even hold your team meeting around the camp fire. Enquire below to discuss how we can help you.
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Holiday clubs
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If you’d like your child to have exercise, fresh air and amazing experiences during the school holidays, book into our holiday clubs. Through self discovery and play they will learn about nature, safe risk taking, using tools, cooking on the campfire and much more. They’ll return home to you, happy, relaxed with plenty of stories to tell. To book a holiday club, look under our events section to see the latest dates.
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Birthday parties

Come and celebrate your birthday in our incredible woodland. Birthday packages include cooking your lunch on the fire, building a shelter with your friends and using tools to make a woodland pendant or key ring.
£200.00, includes up to 10 children
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Family fun days & outdoor events

Look out for our themed days at Halloween, Christmas, Easter. Storytelling, ‘Eco’ and Well being days also being among the most popular.
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 Easter Holiday Club!

Monday 3rd April - Friday 14th April

9am-1pm
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Lots of Easter Forest School fun at our beautiful woodland.  Immerse your child in nature and allow them time to learn new skills- tools, dens, campfire cooking, clay modelling, mud fun, nature crafts!  
Ages 5-11 years, Ofsted Registered, Childcare vouchers accepted

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Give your child some outdoor time with nature this Easter Holiday.  Experienced Forest School leaders will guide your child through an exciting array of seasonal activities including fire lighting, using tools, natural crafts and much more. 
9-1pm
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Campfire snacks
Use tools, Dens, Forest crafts and mud fun!
AND MUCH MORE!!

​£30.00 per child 

​£30.00 per child 
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We are all DBS checked, have masses of experience with children (Teachers, Teaching assistant qualifications or experience and Forest School qualifications, First aid trained).

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Marina Bye​
Marina started Poole Forest School over 7 years ago after qualifying in Level 3

Forest School. She has a passion for the restorative, healing nature of the outdoors
and its impact on children. Favourite activity at Forest School is definitely cooking
on the campfire and inventing new recipes.

B Ed Hons. Cambridge University
Forest School Level 3
Designated Safeguarding Lead ( Level3)
Food & Hygiene ( Level 2)

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Cara Birch
​Cara is a qualified Forest School leader and started working at Poole Forest School just over a year ago.  She loves the outdoors and working with children as a Teaching Assistant. She relishes the freedom that Forest School gives to children and especially likes working with tools, den building and hearing the narratives children give to their creations.

Assistant safeguarding lead
Forest School Level 3

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Annette Whittaker​
Annette has been working at Poole Forest School for two years. She loves to see the
children thrive in the great outdoors - getting muddy, creative and having fun. She is
extremely experienced with children and is very proficient at shelter building.

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Dorset
BH21 3RZ
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