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When did you last yarn bomb your school?

Oct 19, 2015 | Art & Music Outdoors

There is nothing like a bit of bright textile to decorate an outdoor space. At Inverallochy School one of the more recent projects is to allow children to yarn bomb the school grounds. Any post runs a risk of being engulfed in colourful threads. As you can see...

Rewilding – Why the wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Oct 10, 2015 | Whole School

One of the strengths of learning outdoors is that educators and children have really good opportunities to make connections between the work they are undertaking and what is happening in society. With Learning for Sustainability a core part of the GTCS teaching...

Love Locks and School Leaver Locks

Oct 7, 2015 | Community Involvement, RME Outdoors, Social Subjects Outdoors

In 2014 I posted about the love locks I came across in Vilnius. I’ve kept this post much as it is and have left it down below. Not long afterwards, whilst working at St James Primary School in Caerphilly, I discovered a lovely twist on this tradition,...

Fish Net Art

Oct 1, 2015 | Art & Music Outdoors, Community Involvement, Social Subjects Outdoors

Since 2009 Inverallochy School has been actively making its school grounds an exciting place to play and learn. They are one of many schools now demonstrating that this is a process and not a product. It’s not about a one-off grant fund application or waiting...