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...
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...
Oct 17, 2012 | Literacy Outdoors
It has been a literacy-loaded term and so I thought it would be good to share with your some of the ideas from one primary writing course and news about a relevant book that’s just been published. Working in groups, the participants were asked to look at ways of...
Oct 12, 2012 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
The day I visited the Kate Greenway Nursery was also the day I visited Glamis Adventure Playground which also goes by the name of The Shadwell Community Project. I’m still digesting the experience. It was the playground equivalent of being given a Michelin...
