Aug 15, 2022 | Art & Music Outdoors, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Whilst visiting Cold Spring School in New Haven, I spotted a rather fetching item in the outdoor space – a rain chain. The purpose of a rain chain is to allow water to run off a length of guttering and to trickle into a specific place below but to do so in a...
Aug 11, 2022 | Whole School
The ADHD Foundation is a charity that supports neurodiversity. It claims that 1 in 5 people who have a neurodevelopmental condition. This could be ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia or Tourette’s Syndrome. The ADHD Foundation wants to change...
Aug 9, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
The Rio Madrid park along the banks of the River Manzanares is a wonderful example of how to make a city more play friendly for all ages. One of the highlights for me was the Toboganes slides which are situated just south of the Arguanzela Bridge (the Double Helix) on...
Aug 8, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Maths Outdoors
At the Macquarie Lake Variety Playground, there is a performance space which is intriguingly mathematical. From a distance, it just looks like a wavy wall – cute in a wall-ish, playful sort of way. After all, walking along a wall is a popular activity and this...
Aug 5, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors
Whilst walking around Vilnius in Lithuania, I kept an eagle eye out for any interesting play parks. Most were the usual rather dismal swing, slide, spring toy and climbing frame set. Yet tucked away in the Pavilniai Regional Park, I discovered this little bespoke...
