Mar 29, 2014 | Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Technologies
Many years ago I was training at Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School in Rickmansworth. At the time, they had been developing their grounds for the past 8 years under the leadership of a head teacher, Janet English, who retired in 2014. This included giving children...
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...
Feb 15, 2014 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
All over the UK and beyond there are a wide variety of shelters to be found in school grounds. This post looks at some matters to consider if you are considering a fixed shelter and gives a range of examples which go beyond the standard shelters typically found in...
Feb 8, 2014 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
One of the main reasons to visit a beach or greenspace site is to have different experiences to those at school or nursery. What has particularly interested me, has been the ways in which the environment itself has provided innate differences but also how the...
Feb 4, 2014 | Maths Outdoors
How many days has it been since your class returned to school last August or September? You may need to do some counting on a calendar. For schools in Aberdeen City this is Friday 7th February. Naturally this is a lovely opportunity to celebrate all things 100 and of...
