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Outdoor Toilets and Children

Mar 28, 2024 | Early Years Outdoors, Whole School

I first blogged about this matter in March 2009 and then again in 2014. This is now the fifth update as Public Health Scotland have updated their guidance in March 2024. It is now called Health Protection in Children and Young People Settings, including Education....

Hand hygiene outdoors

Mar 22, 2024 | Early Years Outdoors, Whole School

Important note: The aim of this post is to clarify some of the terms used and to help practitioners create their own routines and procedures. However, always seek guidance from your regulatory bodies, local authority and environmental health officer in the first...

Indoor or wet breaks and lunchtimes

Dec 20, 2022 | Whole School

Often it’s not the big ideas that cause controversy but small decisions or actions that are seen to Really Matter to a group of people, be they children, parents, staff or the wider establishment. And wet breaks are one of those – to have or to have not?...

Health and Safety: Have you heard the latest…?

Mar 18, 2014 | Whole School

Have you ever been told or heard of some thing that you may or may not do outside with children on the the grounds of health and safety? Has this made your stomach churn, out of guilt that you may have allowed this “forbidden” activity to happen despite...

Sticks in School

Feb 2, 2011 | Nature Play & Learning

Sticks are not a commonly used resource in most schools. Images of children getting hurt through being poked in the eye run rife through the heads of many teachers. The thought of having to confiscate sticks and deal with behaviour issues around mock gun fights and...