Inspiring Outdoor Learning during lock-down: restrictions, barriers and opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We all know that one of the biggest challenges we are currently facing globally is reconnecting children back to school life. Teach Outdoors is delighted to have teamed up with Muddy Feet to create a Life Skills Toolkit to help those working with children to identify key life skills and how to use them. YouRead more
With Covid lockdowns, World Book Day will be different for many schools this year. The outdoor environment is brilliant for sharing books and storytelling. Here are some fantastic resources to help you with story telling outdoors. We’ve also created World Book Day Outdoor Activities to share with learners at home. Retelling Stories We’re Going onRead more
Is funding an issue for outdoor learning training in your school? Did you know you could use your Primary PE and Sport Premium money? The DfE states that schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to their quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA). This means that you can useRead more
This year Children’s Mental Health week is the 1st-7th February. I don’t think anyone needs me to tell them, with the current COVID pandemic, how important it is to talk about feelings with our children. Most of us have probably been on our own emotional roller coasters. When the first lockdown hit, I started doingRead more
We all know how busy teaching can be, so I’ve complied a list of FREE teaching resources and useful outdoor learning links. This is the perfect accompaniment to our training Taking the Curriculum Outdoors: A Whole School Approach. Hopefully, this will save you hours of searching online and help inspire you to take teaching outdoors.Read more
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
