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10+ Simple Resources for Outdoor Learning You Can Make With Your Class

Mar 22, 2023 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources, Technologies

Most schools are feeling the pinch in terms of having money to spend on resources and equipment. Thankfully, working outside does not have to rely on expensive kits. Here’s a selection you can make from cardboard, paper and other easily available materials. Your...

A Naturalised Outdoor Space for Babies

Mar 17, 2023 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors

Whilst there is a trend towards naturalising outdoor spaces, as a general rule, there are less good examples around that have been developed for babies. This post is about an area specifically designed for children under the age of 2. Ideally, outdoor play spaces...

Mud Pi Day – 20 Ideas to Celebrate Maths Outdoors

Mar 5, 2023 | Maths Outdoors

This is a shared blog post between myself and Judy Duncan, a teacher at Greenbrae Primary school who organised a whole session of maths outside for the whole school to participate in, many years ago. Her class were instrumental in the design of the Mud Pi Day logo...

Love Outdoors! An Outdoor Literacy Activity

Feb 1, 2023 | Literacy Outdoors

Valentine’s Day provides ample opportunities to get outside. This blog post shares some literacy-based ideas for middle and upper primary school-aged children that I did with workshop participants one February in-set day. The first task was to make some green...

Wonderful Willow Ideas from The Coombes School

Jan 14, 2023 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Gardening, Social Subjects Outdoors

I’m a big fan of willow structures in school grounds and outdoor spaces. In a previous post Clare Revera explained the benefits of these living sculptures. So you can imagine my excitement and delight when visiting The Coombes School, many years ago, I found...