Forest school (learning style)

Forest school is a type of outdoor education in which children (or adults) visit forests/woodlands, learning personal, social and technical skills. It has been defined as "an inspirational process that offers children, young people and adults regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence through hands-on learning in a woodland environment". Forest school is both a pedagogy and a physical entity, with the use often being interchanged. The plural "schools" is often used when referring to a number of groups or sessions.

Forest school uses the woods and forests as a means to build independence and self-esteem in children and young adults.Topics are cross-curriculum (broad in subject) including the natural environment, for example the role of trees in society, the complex ecosystem supported by a wilderness, and recognition of specific plants and animals. However, the personal skills are considered highly valuable, such as teamwork and problem solving. The woodland environment may be used to learn about more abstract concepts such as mathematics and communication. Forest school provision is also called nature schools.

Forest School

Forest School or Forrest School may refer to:

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Forest School, Horsham

The Forest School is a comprehensive secondary school for boys in Horsham, West Sussex, England. It educates 1100 boys between the ages of 11 and 16 and is a specialist Engineering and Business and Enterprise College. It is one of only three maintained boys' schools in West Sussex, and liaises closely with Millais School, the girls' school in the town. It was formerly an 11-18 secondary modern school, becoming an 11-16 comprehensive in 1976.

History

The school began following the separation of the Oxford Road senior school into separate schools for boys and girls in the mid-1940s. The boys' school - then named Horsham Secondary Modern School for Boys - moved to its current campus in Comptons Lane in 1954. In 1958, the girls' school was relocated to a nearby site, and both schools were renamed under the Forest name, leading to the opening of the Forest secondary boys school.

In 1976, education in the town was reorganised to form three comprehensive schools and a separate sixth form college in place of the existing grammar and secondary modern structure. The Forest school was reconstituted as an 11-16 boys comprehensive, with sixth form provision moving to The College of Richard Collyer.

Lake Forest

Lake Forest may refer to:

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Lake Forest, Knoxville, Tennessee

Lake Forest is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee located in the South Knoxville area. The area covers south of Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, then along Island Home Pike, Chapman Highway, West Red Bud Drive (later Sarvis Drive), Stone Road, Oliver Road, Neubert Springs Road, Martin Mill Pike to Ogle Avenue, Doyle Street, Maryville Pike, back to Chapman Highway, then Moody Avenue to Seveirville Pike, East Red Bud Road, and Gilbert Avenue.

The neighborhood is part of the Dogwood Trail as part of the Dogwood Arts Festival.

Its ZIP code in 37920.

South-Doyle High School is the main high school in this neighborhood.

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Lake Forest (Metra Milwaukee District / North Line station)

Lake Forest is a railroad station in Western Lake Forest, Illinois, United States served by Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line. Platform 1 is where outbound trains board, and platform 2 is where inbound trains board.The station is located on 10205 North Waukegan Road (IL 43), which is 28.3 miles (45.5 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Forest is in zone F.

Another Lake Forest Station exists along the Union Pacific/North Line east of this station. Therefore, this station can also be referred to as West Lake Forest Station. No bus connections exist here, nor is there any connection to the East Lake Forest Station. However parking is available along Telegraph Road along the west side of the tracks, and the station is accessible from North Waukegan Road through Settler's Square on the east side of the tracks.