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?...
Dec 16, 2022 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
When snow arrives it is time to celebrate this unique opportunity for outdoor play and learning. This is a guest post from Frode Svane. He is both an architect and a pedagog, working with projects for parks, public places, schoolyards and kindergardens in Norway. He...
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...
Jan 11, 2014 | Early Years Outdoors, Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play & Learning
My beliefs and principles are often tested by outdoor experiences. I would like to be able to tell you that by now, I’ve got the systems sussed and my approach sorted. Only it doesn’t seem to work like that. Every group of children is different. Every...
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...