Dec 12, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
If you ever pass by a building site, have a quick look. The chances are there will be various different types of plastic pipes lying around. This post is about the ones with a corrugated exterior and blue (or occasionally black interior. The ones below were waiting to...
Dec 10, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
The opportunity to transport objects, materials and people is something many children love. Many years ago, with one of my classes, most weeks we would end up taking a suitcase full of stuff to the wildlife garden. This was always exciting in itself and most weeks...
Dec 6, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Literacy Outdoors
Last Easter I was fortunate enough to spend a day at the Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery in Fife. It was one of those magical days which remain etched in my memory for many reasons. I was particularly bowled over by the numerous examples of literacy happening...
Nov 28, 2012 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Technologies
The focus on palettes continues. I was staying in The Bunkroom Hostel recently which had a tiny social space outside. As with all hostels, this was created on an ad hoc and shoestring budget. Naturally this means lots of potentially transferable ideas to cash-starved...
Nov 25, 2012 | Art & Music Outdoors, Community Involvement
Yarn bombing is a growing world-wide trend with guerilla knitters everywhere taking up the challenge of giving local spaces and places funky feel makeover. Whilst I had seen various photos and videos (Google image the term for a dazzling array) about this new art...
