Being set in such a wonderful, leafy, rural location, we have our outdoor learning spaces at the heart of all we do.

Here at St James’ we offer Forest School Nursery provision that provides an encouraging, inspiring environment where children can play and learn to use all their senses to explore and investigate the world around them. Be it in the field or playground or adventures through the forest, we make full use of the woods, garden area, messy play area and mud kitchen as well as sand and water play.  

^{Our Forest School follows the ethos of developing children's personal, social, academic and emotional development through daily outdoor time in our mature woodland grounds, making the most of the stimulating environment around them.}

Here, the children are given time and space to explore and play, develop skills, interests and understanding through a range of exciting and self-directed experiences. 

Introducing a range of stimuli, children use tools, learn boundaries of behaviour and learn to assess risk. Children are given encouragement to direct their own learning, helping them grow in confidence and self-esteem and become self-motivated. Our experienced staff are always on hand to observe the children’s learning, which is then developed further and scaffolded to incorporate new concepts and ideas.