Threeand four-year-olds from Pontycymer Nursery School in Bridgend, Wales, took part in the ten-week play project led by the Woodlands for Learning team, part of the Forestry Commission Wales. Staff were encouraged to take a step back by the project, which aimed to promote independent learning.
For the trial, a group of nine children spent three hours every week at the Rockwool Woodlands for Learning centre in Pencoed, Bridgend.
During the first session, the children were taught how to carry out a simple risk assessment of the woodland and given basic resources, such as buckets, ropes, trowels, water and mud.
Week by week, the resources were reduced until the children were using what they could find in the woods to interact with and use in their games.
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