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Forest schools is the perfect place to develop our Personal, social and emotional skills, it helps us to:
- Have the courage to challenge
- Build our self-confidence
- Become more resilient
- Raise our self-esteem
- Develop communication & language skills
- Develop social skills e.g. decision-making with peers, co- operation, sharing, empathy, leadership
- Build respect for nature
- Develop a growth mindset (‘I can do it’)
- Nurture reflective learning
- Become a problem-solver
- Develop creativity and imagination
- Promotes positive mental health
- Grounding—reducing stress / anxiety
- Build a community—sense of belonging
- Nurture stewards for our planet