{"id":8726,"date":"2025-03-13T16:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?page_id=8726"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:06:49","slug":"forest-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/forest-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/13\/nursery-learners-enjoy-forest-schools\/forest-schools-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forest schools 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155148\/forest-schools-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Cathedral nursery learners regularly access our Forest Schools area, just outside the school grounds. In this wonderful woodland environment,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/13\/nursery-learners-enjoy-forest-schools\/forest-schools-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-e1741881212125.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"318,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forest schools 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-e1741881212125-247x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8719\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-e1741881212125-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-e1741881212125-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/13155132\/forest-schools-1-e1741881212125.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/> the children have exciting opportunities to build problem-solving skills, confidence, independence and resilience as they are given freedom to test their limits in the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>Cathedral&#8217;s Forest School area is only as big and full of resources as our children&#8217;s imaginations. Learning opportunities are almost limitless and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Climbing trees<\/li>\n<li>Making campfires and cooking<\/li>\n<li>Woodworking<\/li>\n<li>Building shelters and dens<\/li>\n<li>Playing in the mud<\/li>\n<li>Foraging<\/li>\n<li>Various social games such as hide and seek<\/li>\n<li>Using nature for arts and crafts<\/li>\n<li>Animal spotting and bug hunting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathedral nursery learners regularly access our Forest Schools area, just outside the school grounds. In this wonderful woodland environment, the children have exciting opportunities to build problem-solving skills, confidence, independence and resilience as they are given freedom to test their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/forest-schools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17177,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8727,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8726\/revisions\/8727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}