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Forest schools have the vision to be able to create the most highly
trained,motivated and passionate facilitators all around the world.Their learning runs from gardens,grounds of the school if available and fields.(Forest schools,2014.)

'Encourage and inspire individuals of any age through positive outdoor experiences' (Forest schools,2014.)

Lysa Bromley(2009) has stated that practitioners are now able to use forest schools as a holistic approach for the development of an individual.
Forest Schools are run by qualified practitioners who are experienced in a woodland environment. Blackwell & Proud as cited in Miller & Pound (2011)

As cited in Miller & Pound (2011) by Hughes (2002) 

'Woodlands provide infinite opportunities for learning that traditional school ground or early year settings, are not able to provide,such as uneven surfaces and a wide variety of natural resources to encourage play opportunities ranging from explorative and mastery play,to imaginative, symbolic play and recapitulative and social play.'                                                        

'The Archimedes Training Ltd,FSE which established in 2001, has become the largest provider of Forest Schools, the help over 6,500 practitioners to experience the forest school process'. (Forest schools,2014.)

The forest schools main aim is to be able to allow children to be comfortable in the outdoor environment. They also want to allow them to learn and experience different learning styles. Each forest school is unique and different, it allows you to fit into the environment you and the child is most comfortable with.

Forest schools have shown an impact and improvement in social and emotional skills within a child's development, they allow children to develop self awareness,self regulation or management of their own emotions, self motivation, empathy and social skills through the experiences  of the natural world. Blackwell & Proud as cited in Miller & Pound (2011)
It is believed that the natural woodland environment provides such a different learning experiences for children that it is completely different to the indoor learning environment. The outdoor learning experiences provide different social boundaries, there is more informal and social dialogue, self image becomes more realistic and it is said that self esteem improves. Forest schools aim for children to 
use problem solving and ensure that each child knows that there isn't one right answer. Blackwell & Proud as cited in Miller & Pound (2011)

Every forest experience is set out to ensure each child meets a goal to ensure they are making progress. The experience allows children to learn how to respect themselves, their classmates, the natural environment and their community. Bath Spa University (2013)
Many forest experience happen either once a week or once every two weeks, this depends on the facilities a school may have access to. Inner city area schools tend to experience forest schools less often because they may have to travel to get to the forest, whereas some  schools have the facilities on site so they may use the forest experience on either a daily or weekly basis. 

Forest school are relatively a new concept in the UK. They focus on the personal, emotional and social wellbeing of the individual which is a positive aspect. There are many benefits of forest schools as they include creative play and it said that children who experience forest schools have better social interaction, and the children tend to have improved level of fitness. Blackwell & Proud as cited in Miller & Pound (2011) After the child has experienced the forest environment they then go back to the indoor learning and often use there experiences on literacy or numeracy  skills for example, they might write a poem on what they have seen, or may of collected a certain number of leafs which they then might have to count etc. 

Forest schools promote a positive environment for a child to learn in.It allows freedom, therefore schools should start encouraging and promoting the involvement of forest school on a daily basis within a school environment.