Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2010 | Page 83
country life
Island Life - August/September 2010
country life
a complete guide to
Forest Schools Flourish
on the Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight Forest
“Forest School is a brilliant
School Project, funded by the
way of giving children access
Heritage Lottery Fund, has
to nature and has so many
just been completed by the
long-term benefits to their
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
education and wellbeing”,
Wildlife Trust. Over the two
says Kathy. “Thanks to
years of the Project, 213
funding from the West Wight
Forest School sessions have
Landscape Partnership, we
taken place at four different
are able to extend the Project
woodland locations and in
for another year and can
school grounds and 504
offer sessions free to West
Island children have taken
Wight sch