Jul 21, 2021 | Early Years Outdoors, Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play & Learning, Play Resources, Whole School
Over the past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of reading through a recently published book The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy by Jon Cree and Marina Robb. This book has been a long time in the making and given its hefty size of 400 pages,...
Jul 17, 2021 | Early Years Outdoors, Literacy Outdoors, Technologies, Whole School
When I left teaching college in the early Nineties, laminated sheets were not used. If we really needed something covered we had to use stickyback plastic. It was expensive and you learned to develop the knack of avoiding lines and bubbles appearing. In my outdoor and...
Jul 6, 2021 | Maths Outdoors, Social Subjects Outdoors
Scottish and Land Forestry manage Bennachie, a woodland close to where I live. This summer, a trail can be followed that takes you around the area of woodland needed to capture the annual carbon footprint of an average UK citizen. As you walk along, you encounter...
