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...
Jul 18, 2013 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Health & Wellbeing
Just before the summer holidays began, I was back up at Inverallochy School. Three years ago, the children and staff began the process of developing their school grounds. When they began, the grounds looked like this: And now they look more like this photo which is...
Jun 8, 2013 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Play Resources
In recent years moveable wooden disks, logs and planks have begun to make an appearance in more and more school grounds that I visit. If you look closely at the photos from the Inverallochy update, you can see the place is littered with wooden bits and pieces. They...
Mar 16, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
Recently I blogged about 12 Tough Resources for Outdoor Play and Learning. One of the criteria I used for my decisions about whether a resource was suitably tough was whether it could be left outside in all weathers. Now this is all fine and dandy if you can leave...
Mar 24, 2012 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
This post is a celebration of a remarkable makeover of a grim patch of ground. It is still a work in progress but I think you’ll agree that the Adventure Aberdeen staff have done a wonderful job. Eighteen months ago this was what the site looked like: The area...