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Just the other day I was talking to a friend and fellow teacher. She currently teaches Year 2 and was telling me about some of the challenges she is facing. She mentioned how she had some children who needed to make lots of progress, especially after the disruption to their education from COVID 19. ItRead more

I’ve previously mentioned Protective Behaviours and this week I felt I would let you know a bit more. Protective behaviours has two themes and seven strategies. Sally Ann Hart is a Protective Behaviours trainer and in the video, at then end of this blog, she explores what is meant by a safe place. More thanRead more

October is officially Dyslexia awareness month. One in ten are thought to have dyslexia, so in a class of 30 children you are more than likely to have at least a couple of children with dyslexic tendencies. I’m not sure about you but I don’t ever recall, as a trainee teacher, having any training aboutRead more

A while back we shared a blog for Lucy Jenkinson about her role as an outdoor learning co-ordinator.  Here’s the link if you missed it https://www.teachoutdoors.co.uk/life-as-an-outdoor-learning-co-ordinator/ We wanted to ensure we provided more support to those who were looking to sustainably integrate outdoor learning across their whole school.  So, we’ve worked closely with and listened to those whoRead more

This book was recommended to me when I was completing my Protective Behaviours training. If you don’t know about Protective Behaviours I highly recommend you find out more. Here’s the link to their website. Story Outline The story is about a girl who starts to worry about lots of everyday things and one day sheRead more

Book Review I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in training lots of teachers and schools in taking the curriculum outdoors. One of the most common barriers I hear from colleagues is that they don’t know what to teach outdoors or how to teach it. If you Google outdoor learning there are lots of resourcesRead more

One of our new features will be regular reviews of resources which you can use outdoors. We know teachers and those working in education are busy so we will look around for the resources we think you would like to know about. To get us started we are reviewing the Pumping Station by Thinking ProductsRead more

We all know that 2020 has been a very bizarre year and we are heading on a course of making a new ‘normal’. Wouldn’t it be great if outdoor learning was a part of this trend as children return to school? Why is outdoor learning only utilised in a few schools? There are so manyRead more

If you are trying to homeschool your children and are looking for some fun activities to get them learning outdoors then try these FREE outdoor maths ideas. Home-Learning-Maths-Outdoors-2020Download If your child is reluctant to do school work and all you hear is , “I don’t want to, it’s boring!”, then give these ‘games’ a try.Read more

Lucy Jenkinson, from Grendon CE Primary School in Northamptonshire, shares successful lesson ideas for outdoor learning. She also gives us an insight into the views of the pupils. Here are a few of our successful sessions:  Aboriginal outback survival – making bow and arrows, dens and campfires on the school site Alien space voyage – creatingRead more