Dec 21, 2019 | Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Science Outdoors
At this time of year, chocolates are bought and the amount of wrappers thrown in the bin can mount up. At a recent training event I asked the participants to save their sweetie wrappers and we added them to a transparent tarp. It was a random choice of designs. I...
Oct 31, 2019 | Art & Music Outdoors, Literacy Outdoors
This is an ordinary path in the middle of the Falkland Estate. It is also home to a subtle piece of word play art hidden within the drystone dyke on the left. Solvitur Ambulando is the Latin phrase meaning “It is solved by walking.” Whilst this advice is...
Oct 26, 2019 | Community Involvement, Early Years Outdoors, Whole School
Since 2015, Fort William Stramash Outdoor Nursery has celebrated bonfire night in style. It is one of the most popular events in the Stramash calendar with hundreds of tickets reserved and crowds of present and past children and their families coming along to...
Feb 22, 2019 | Technologies, Whole School
“Where’s the games?” When children explore my iPad, this question always arises. The contents on my iPad are not what children expect. It is almost entirely a range of apps for use outside. Once children fathom this out, one of two things...
Jan 20, 2019 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
This is a guest post by Lesley McLaren, Admin Assistant at Creative STAR. She wrote during a very snowy winter. We are waiting for another decent fall of snow and hope this blog post will inspire you to get out and play when it happens. We had a huge amount of snow...
