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Inspiration and action to change an outdoor space

Jun 12, 2013 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors

This week is National School Grounds Week! What better way to celebrate than to share a good news story! At the end of March, one reader, Joanne Cowan, got in touch to ask permission to use some of the photos on this blog to inspire her colleagues to make some changes...

The tripod made from guttering

Oct 13, 2011 | Play Resources

Every good idea is worth sharing. When I was undertaking my Skogsmulle training course, we were shown how to make a tripod very quickly and easily, in less than a minute… The trick is to put your three poles on the ground and loosely weave the poles together...

Messy Maths Outdoors

Mar 19, 2011 | Maths Outdoors

Grounds for Learning – the Scottish school grounds charity held it’s national networking event last week. It’s become quite an annual tradition in the Scottish outdoor learning calendar and it was lovely to be part of this positive event. When the...

Guttering in Pre-school

Mar 2, 2011 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources

Over the past few years, I have come to favour certain items for outdoor play. Guttering ranks highly for many reasons. Some children get completely absorbed in the exploration of the possibilities. As the possibilities are endless, then so is the exploration and so...