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 6, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Many of you may be familiar with Rusty Keller. He is the author Natural Playscapes. I’ve had a well-thumbed copy of his book, and always liked the photos, the humour and funky little drawings within it. I’ve a preference books that shed light on the...
Jun 26, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Play Resources, Whole School
I am aware that confusion and controversy exists around the use of tyres. I hope this blog post is informative and helpful so that adults who work with children can make sensible decisions based upon their own specific context. It has been written in good faith based...
May 28, 2022 | Course Handouts, Early Years Outdoors, Whole School
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been asked to contribute to a few podcasts and webinars. So I thought it may be good for you to be able to access these in one place. It does take time on the side of the presenter to put these together so many thanks to those...
Mar 19, 2016 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Cramond Primary School, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. I had heard rumours that the Cramond Primary School: A Play Landscape Redevelopment of the school grounds were much bolder and more in line with those seen in other European...