Forest School

Bring your students to COAM for a Forest School experience. Workshops take place in our beautiful woodland environment with an abundance of natural materials available for exploration and use. Forest School workshops take place on term-time Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The outdoor environment can have great benefits for children’s education, wellbeing and physical/emotional development. Forest Schools have their origins in Scandinavia, where traditions of a sense of connection to nature inspired a system of outdoor education settings.

Forest School Experience Day

EYFS - KS2. £405 for a 4.5 hour workshop with a group of up to 32 children.

Book a Forest School Experience Day to complement your class topic or to experience the benefits of time and learning in the great outdoors! Perfect for extending & deepening knowledge, cross-curricular links, holistic benefits, team-building days, activities weeks and for getting to know your students outside the classroom.

Choose from a range of options, based on your group’s preferences:

Great Fire of London

Investigate fire and experience an immersive Great Fire of London session, with your group becoming Londoners of 1666 as the inferno sparks and burns. Experience with a campfire, from ignition to extinguishing.

Traditional Tales

Explore the world of bridge-building and trolls with the Three Billy Goats Gruff (see our real goats on site as part of your day) OR investigate wolves and woodland travels as Red Riding Hood!

Woodland Explorers

Forest School experience/taster session including a range of activities and opportunities for investigation, exploration and challenge.

We love stories and themes in the woods!

If your group have a favourite book or current topic, ask our Learning Team if this can be adapted to become the theme of your day!

  • Seasonal Changes Day

    EYFS - KS2. £405 for one day, £750 for two days, £1050 for three days spread through the academic year. Each day is a 4.5 hour workshop for the same group of up to 32 children.

    We can offer up to three seasonal Forest School observation days, with up to three separate visits spread through the year. Led by our Forest School Leader, providing opportunities to explore and observe our changing natural environment and weather conditions alongside seasonal Forest School crafts, skills and activities. Visit in any order, but experience it all; from autumn leaves, to twiggy winter, to spring springing and summer colours.

  • Half Term Blocks

    EYFS - KS2. £1500 for 6 x two hour workshops with a group of up to 32 children.

    Our Forest School Leader can deliver a full Forest School programme for your group. Usually delivered as six two-hour sessions, across a half term. Based within our beautiful woodlands. Group activities will vary according to age/stage, interests and needs and include the full range of Forest School experiences and holistic benefits. Ideal for nurture groups or classes (subject to ratios).

Booking a Forest School Visit

To book a visit to the Museum, please complete the education contact form below

Alternatively, you can contact a member of our Learning Team at 01494 875 542 or email us at learningteam@coam.org.uk