Jun 30, 2021 | Community Involvement, Play Resources, Whole School
I’m sure that many of you remember your playtimes well – much more than your maths lessons or what happened in the month of March in Year 5. If you consider children are at school for six hours or more on a school day, then the hour or 75 minutes allocated...
Oct 26, 2012 | Art & Music Outdoors, Community Involvement, Nature Play & Learning
Twenty-five years ago this month, storms ripped through the south of England causing massive disruption, damage and the deaths of a number of people. The town of Sevenoaks was left with one oak still standing. The BBC weather service was heavily criticised for not...
Jun 26, 2012 | Community Involvement, Gardening
Photo copyright GABATThere are many ways of building communities. Often it’s small groups of committed people who have an idea, a vision, a dream that they quietly set about putting into practice. Through doing this, social capital is created and the wider...
Aug 12, 2010 | Art & Music Outdoors, Community Involvement, Personal & Holidays, Social Subjects Outdoors
Many years ago I taught in a tiny school which had just 9 pupils. One of the challenges of working in a small school is that standard ideas and activities nearly always require adapting. For example, when we did a pantomime, I had to write one called “Snow White...