Forest School

Oakwood Integrated PS is an official Forest School, recognised by the Northern Ireland Forest School Association.

Our Forest School Leader has achieved OCN NI Level 3 Award in Leadership in Forest Schools. We are very grateful to the staff from NIFSA for their support, training and for the opportunity to take part in their Leadership programme.

The Education Training Inspectorate (ETI) commended in our ETI Inspection Report, November 2024 that:

All teaching staff across the primary school and nursery unit have completed their Forest School training and the school received recognition as a Northern Ireland Forest School Association (NIFSA)* accredited Forest School in 2021.

We have a dedicated area within our outdoor classroom for Forest School and every class has timetabled sessions in the Forest.

Our afternoon timetable for P1-P7 (Monday-Thursday) from 1.30pm-3pm, provides our children with a rotation of learning experiences, including:

- Forest School
- Art & Design
- Music & Drama
- Lucky Duck Playground/Outdoor Classroom
- Eco and STEAM activities
- Nursery/P6 and P1/P7 buddy time