Sustainability-To use methods that do not harm but maintain and support the environment.
Sustainability (noun): 1. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. 2. The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources...
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Emma Clode
- Nov 1, 2022
- 26 min
Exploration: To enjoy new discoveries, adventures and take supported risks.
"Exploration (noun): the act of traveling to a place or searching a place in order to learn about it: (Cambridge Dictionary) Our third...
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Emma Clode
- Oct 13, 2022
- 7 min
Growth: To undergo natural development
Growth (noun)- 1. The process of increasing in size. "the upward growth of plants" 2. Something that has grown or is growing. (Oxford...
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Emma Clode
- Sep 20, 2022
- 4 min
Connection: To connect to the natural world, self, and others
Connection: “a relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.” Oxford Dictionary Our first...
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Emma Clode
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Connection, Growth, Exploration and Sustainability: why values matter.
Values inform our thoughts, words, and actions. They are about the way we do things. At Canopy Forest School our values are important to...
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Emma Clode
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
How we use "next steps" to help us progress and aid individual learning and development
This blog post would like to discuss and share how we use” next steps” at Canopy Forest School to help us move the learning and holistic...
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Emma Clode
- Dec 13, 2021
- 17 min
How do we encourage appropriate behaviour at Canopy Forest School?
In my previous blog I talked about factors that can affect behaviour so as promised this one is about the ways that we can deal with...
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Emma Clode
- Nov 23, 2021
- 6 min
What factors can affect the behaviour of Forest School Learners?
The Forest School approach believes that each person’s experiences are unique and are based upon four key parts - our thoughts (head),...
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Emma Clode
- Nov 10, 2021
- 8 min
Play The Canopy Forest School Way and the lessons it has taught me.
At Canopy Forest School play-based learning is the way in which we track, follow, and allow holistic development to flourish. Each week...
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Emma Clode
- Oct 10, 2021
- 7 min
Just Play....rethinking the importance of play
Why is play so misunderstood and underrated in our society? The truth is that play is more complex and more powerful than we give it...
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Emma Clode
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Child's Play-Balancing Risk and Benefit assessments at Canopy Forest School
“One of the biggest dangers facing our children and their play is our imaginations. As adults, we are incredibly gifted at the art of...
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Emma Clode
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Building Confidence at Canopy Forest School
The word confidence comes from a Latin word “fidere” which means “to trust” consequently having self-confidence means having trust in...
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Emma Clode
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
Building Resilient Children at Canopy Forest School
I will never forget the magnificent smile on my son Stanley's face when he climbed to the top of a slippery muddy bank in the woods where...
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Emma Clode
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Why Forest School?
"Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions....
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Emma Clode
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to Canopy Forest School Blog
Hello, My name is Emma Clode and I started Canopy Forest School as a blog in 2021 while training for my level 3 Forest School Leader...
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