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The Scottish Skogsmulle Sessions

Aug 25, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

Last year, after attending the Skogsmulle International Training Course in Sweden, I thought it would be prudent to organise some sessions to help me learn more about the approach. Very kindly a P1 class were up for the experiment so we went out for six sessions, just...

A Swedish Skogsmulle Session

Aug 18, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

Last August I was privileged to attend the first International Skogsmulle Training Course in Sweden. As part of the training we visited Mulleborg I Ur och Skur Nursery and participated in the “Mulle Walk” into the forest. This was my second visit having...

An 80-year old nature diary

Aug 8, 2012 | Personal & Holidays

Earlier on this summer I was visiting my parent’s house and waiting for me was my grandmother’s nature diary from 1931-32. As you can see from the cover, this was part of my gran’s course work. She was studying to be a governess at Charlotte Mason...

Do you have a poisonous plant in your school garden?

Aug 4, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening, Whole School

When I wrote this post back in 2012 it was based on a visit to the Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle. This garden was established in 2005 as an entertaining yet educational opportunity for the public to learn more about herbs and plants which have potentially dire, and...

Outdoor Maths: Right Angles

Aug 2, 2012 | Maths Outdoors

Although I’ve blogged before about right angles, in the summer term I had the rare opportunity to work on a series of activities, both indoors and outside to introduce the concept with one class. I thought I’d just blog about the mix of indoor and outdoor...