The School Playground & Hard-Surface Spaces
For many schools, the playground is where outdoor learning begins – and where it quietly stalls. It is often seen as a compromise. Something to
For many schools, the playground is where outdoor learning begins – and where it quietly stalls. It is often seen as a compromise. Something to
In the earlier posts in this series, we have deliberately taken a slow approach to community involvement. We have started with boundaries, then explored what
There’s a question I hear often when working with schools, nurseries and practitioners: How do we show the impact of outdoor learning? Not just what
One of the key tenets of high-quality learning and teaching is breadth and depth. Yet across schools I see this interpreted in quite different ways.
I’m often asked what “good” outdoor learning actually looks like. Gardening, forest school, school camps, class trips, playgrounds… they are all types of outdoor learning,
In the previous post in this series, we explored what community involvement can look like when it is deliberately small-scale, optional and supportive rather than
Now that we have spent some time unpicking what outdoor learning is not, it is worth turning our attention to a quieter, more persistent issue:
There’s a particular feeling you get when you walk into a room full of people who just get it. We all work in different ways,
In the first post in this series, Community Involvement in Outdoor Learning: The Realistic Case, we were clear about one thing: community involvement is optional.
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