Oct 12, 2013 | Nature Play & Learning, Science Outdoors
Autumn is really here. The conkers have been gathered. The leaves made into art work. The rosehips turned into syrup. And now the berries have been threaded onto wire. This was all a bit of an investigation which was prompted by an activity I ran in one of the Wee...
Jul 25, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening
I have a very small garden. It suffers from benign neglect. It is my Garden of Experiments. I used to see what will grow happily if not looked after very well. My theory was that the plants which flourish here will survive the ins and outs of a school garden. I...
Oct 23, 2012 | Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play & Learning, Social Subjects Outdoors, Technologies
The first frost of the autumn arrived last week. The rose-hips (Rosa canina) have turned red and so the combination of the two means that it’s time to get out and get picking. They can be found on bushes all over the UK and beyond. Historically, they are a wild...