Welcome to Forest Way At Forest Way our vision is simple: we want every learner to ‘Thrive at Forest Way’. We aim to promote and value every young person and your child will be placed at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in the strength of our school community and you as parents are an integral part of this. You know your child best and we believe that working together is the best way. Staff in our school have an immense knowledge and understanding of our young people and work with each individual to ensure they feel safe and happy in school. We ensure that we are aspirational and that we meet the holistic needs of our pupils and young people.We are all very proud of our school and would love to share what we do with you. I hope that this website gives you the information you need but please do not hesitate to give us a call if you would like further information.Best wishes Head Teacher
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School games markOn 21 Nov the Forest Way PE team were invited to the North West Leicestershire Let's Get Moving Awards. Forest Way received their award for achieving platinum status in the School Games Mark for the first time. Forest Way were also runners up in the 'Active School of the Year' award and one of the school's older students was runner up in the 'Junior Sportsperson of the Year' award, for his involvement in wheelchair track racing at both regional and national level. A successful evening for Forest Way School! polybat & table cricketA group of Key Stage 2 students attended a Polybat & Table Cricket Festival hosted by the Inspire2 network at Knighton Table Tennis Club. The students had a brilliant day learning something new!. Stonehurst farmAcorns 4 went on a trip to Stonehurst Farm. They enjoyed a tractor ride, fed the animals and went to the park. Everyone had a wonderful time. A huge thank you to all the parents who went along to help. Sports Hall athleticsForest Way Key Stage 4/5 athletics team came away with silver at the Inspire2 KS4/5 Sports Hall Athletics Competition. The team had a fantastic day and achieved some outstanding scores, walking away with 2nd place in Leicestershire. A big congratulations to all the students on their achievements! bikeabilityA group of Acorns students participated in the learn to ride scheme, with an aim to remove any stabilisers and gain balance and confidence on a bike. A group of Oaks students began their level 1 Bikeability, exploring signalling left and right and learning how to stay safe on bikes. Table CricketTwo groups of Oaks students have started a 5 week block of table cricket, run by two table cricket coaches from Leicestershire County Cricket. Some students practised fielding and batting in table cricket and others started to apply tactics to the tabletop game. A big well done to all the lovely engagement shown by the students. Oaks footballOn 4th October the Oaks football team competed in the first tournament of the year, held at Ellesmere College, Leicester. orest Way came away with 2 draws and 4 wins, scoring 8 goals in total and conceding just 2! KS2 footballOn 25th October, Forest Way entered into the KS2 Inspire2 football tournament at Ellesmere College. Forest Way had a successful tournament, winning 5 out of 5 games, scoring 20 goals and conceding just 2! Ks2 boys' table tennisOn 27th September a group of Key Stage 2 boys attended the North West Leicestershire School Sports Partnership table tennis competition. The students came away having earned 84 points for the school and winning two of their games! All of the students had a fantastic time and enjoyed interacting with different young people from local schools. Twycross ZooSome of our Key Stage 3 pupils went on a trip to Twycross Zoo thanks to the generosity of the Rotary Club and KidsOut. Despite the rain, the pupils had a wonderful day and got to see lots of interesting animals. GymnasticsOn 26th May we hosted our second EYFS/KS1 gymnastics morning. Pupils all interacted and joined in with two gymnastics based sessions. The first was based around an exploration of activities focusing on speed, balance, crawling and jumping. The second session followed a similar PE lesson routine, inspired by the Big Moves initiative . GymnasticsOn 26th May we hosted our second EYFS/KS1 gymnastics morning. Pupils all interacted and joined in with two gymnastics based sessions. The first was based around an exploration of activities focusing on speed, balance, crawling and jumping. The second session followed a similar PE lesson routine, inspired by the Big Moves initiative . orienteeringOn 26th April some of Forest Way's Oaks students participated in a map reading orienteering task at Bradgate Park. The students had to lead the way using the maps to reach three locations around the park, including the top of the Old John Tower! A fantastic day of persistence, leadership and teamwork. Well done to all the students involved! . Darts & target throwingOn Friday, 21st April Oaks students competed in a darts and target throw competition. Students had three attempts to gain their highest scores on either darts, velcro target throwing or new age kurling. A big well done to the Oaks sports council who have been planning this event for 3 months and supported their peers throughout the day! Darts & target throwingOn Friday, 21st April Oaks students competed in a darts and target throw competition. Students had three attempts to gain their highest scores on either darts, velcro target throwing or new age kurling. A big well done to the Oaks sports council who have been planning this event for 3 months and supported their peers throughout the day! Sports leadersOn 20th April, several of Forest Way's qualified sports leaders took part in refereeing the Leicestershire and Rutland School Games, hosted at Loughborough University. Throughout the day, independently in pairs, these students organised each game for multiple primary schools, applying the rules and managing the young people attending. We are incredibly proud of our sports leaders' confidence, leadership skills and communication throughout the day! A big well done to everybody involved. OrienteeringOn 19th April, Key Stage 2 Foxes participated in an orienteering PE trip to Bradgate Park. They all had a map and a clipboard to navigate around the park with the goal of finding 5 locations identified on the map, using streams, trees and buildings as indicators. All of the students and staff showed outstanding persistence and made their way up to the top of Old John for the final point! A memorable day, full of achievement and happy faces when getting to the top!
