Jul 28, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
In today’s society most all playground features are mass-produced homogeneous affairs. Like other manufactured items, once you are in the know, you can have fun guessing the maker and checking on the label. This post is long overdue about a local play feature...
Jul 25, 2022 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
This is a guest blog post by Frode Svane, an architect and a pedagogue Frode works on many projects for parks, public places, school yards and kindergartens in Norway. He has, for many years, developed a wide range of tools for involving children and youth in the...
Jul 21, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors
I recently visited Chapelton, which is a new town being built just south of Aberdeen. My intention was to visit the newly opened Tom Patey Natural Playground, but this little beauty caught my eye… From a distance it looked like a wee community gathering space....
Jul 18, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
During 2015 I spent two months working in Australia thanks to Inspired EC, an education consultancy. Whilst I was there, I had the opportunity to visit several play parks. Macquarie Lake Variety Playground was my first introduction, and it’s amazing! See the...
Jul 14, 2022 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Nature Play & Learning
Early this year, a natural playground opened in Aberdeenshire that has been named after one of Scotland’s most enigmatic climbers of the twentieth century, Tom Patey. He was born in Aberdeenshire, trained in medicine at Aberdeen University and finally ended up...
