2025 Promises to be a year of growing activity & experiences
February half term dates now open – More Details Soon
Private Party Dates (with themes if desired) may be arranged directly
Here at Blacknest Forest School, we believe every child deserves to experience the wonders of nature first-hand!
Our forest school offers a unique and enriching environment where children can thrive, grow and connect with the natural world around them.
Why Choose Us? Click to see the activities that challenge and give joy.
Just as I have gradually learnt how to increase biodiversity and habitats, so too the children learn to love nature, to get involved and to thrive in the woods. Please read our latest newsletter to find out more.
Children come to forest school for fun, games and to explore. They bring sharp eyes, fresh curiosity and a desire for involvement.
There is great symbiosis between play activity, trying new skills and exploring, seeing the changes in nature through the seasons. They enjoy helping me to “rewild” through positive involvement. Many a child has gone home genuinely delighted in their personal achievement..
It was awesome!
A truly wonderful place for children, all year round!
Tick policy
Ticks are tiny, and their bite is normally painless, so a person will not necessarily know they have been bitten without checking carefully. We recommend: children wear long trousers and avoid sandals and on return home check your children all over, including head and neck. Please click for our tick policy.
Blacknest Forest School, enjoys the many benefits of being a neighbour to Windsor Great Park; Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation. We support their aim to protect and strengthen biodiversity for the future by encouraging children to enjoy and learn to love nature.
“Education is not a matter of getting facts and sewing them within brains, it is an attitude of mind that you teach children to find out for themselves” – David Attenborough
Research by the National Trust (Finding Nature | Nature Connectedness Research Blog by Prof. Miles Richardson) has helped people to recognise a love of nature (nature connectedness) and being engaged in nature in simple ways leads to better wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours. That is what we can achieve.