Jan 25, 2014 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, Technologies
Recently I blogged about my experience of creating suitable shelters when on beach visits with a nursery. I realised as I was gathering photos together that I had examples of other temporary shelters which practitioners use with children, many of which are suitable...
Jan 21, 2014 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Most of the time when I am out and about with children, shelter is not a priority simply because I work in school grounds where the classroom is easily accessible. However when working off-site for prolonged periods of time, the need for warmth and shelter goes up my...
Jan 18, 2014 | Whole School
Today’s blog post is a little bit of light thinking around what makes an outdoor teacher: Is it your qualifications? Is it your attitude? Is it the length and type of your beard? Read on and find out, by taking this quick quiz: 1. What does “outdoor...
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...
Jan 7, 2014 | Maths Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
Back in the Seventies, one of the most popular games which took the UK by storm was Mastermind. It was aimed at 8yrs olds and upwards. It’s a form of code cracking where you have to work out the hidden line of coloured pegs. It was developed from a traditional...
