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Making skeletons (using sticks)

Apr 30, 2011 | Nature Play & Learning, Science Outdoors

This blog post is entirely inspired by Judy Duncan, a Primary 7 teacher at Kingswells Primary School in Aberdeen. All credit goes to her for the photos and the text below: “I’m trying to encourage everyone to use our outdoor areas more. I take a P5 class...

What about the Royal Wedding?

Apr 27, 2011 | Literacy Outdoors

This week the debate will run higher than ever about the Royal Family. Kate and William are getting married and in honour of this special occasion, schools, even in Scotland, have been granted a holiday. My grandparents, either on, or shortly after, their wedding...

Literacy – A Circles Theme

Apr 20, 2011 | Literacy Outdoors

These are the ideas and suggestions covered in the Outdoor Literacy workshop at the LTS “Orientate Yourself to Outdoor Learning” event at Glenmore Lodge on 25th March 2011. The theme of the workshop was circles which links nicely to work on cycles in...

How to make pace eggs

Apr 17, 2011 | Art & Music Outdoors, RME Outdoors

For many years, my step-grandmother, and then my step-father, would always give myself and my sisters a pace egg as part of an Easter gift. These are dyed eggs which are a local tradition in different parts of NW England that traditionally uses a Celandine flowers...

Nature Design Principles

Apr 11, 2011 | Nature Play & Learning

According to Sobel (2008) there are 7 play themes – common to children anywhere – any country, any background, any climate or culture, when children have safe free time in nature. Over the past few years I’ve found these to be really helpful when planning...
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