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
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Thank you to Mrs Lorimer, an NQT teaching Year 4 at Lace Hill Academy, who shared her thoughts about outdoor learning training and how she approached maths outdoors. Having had the opportunity to experience outdoor learning with Jo, it has given a completely different perspective of learning outdoors as a practitioner. Quick, simple ideas usingRead more
Beach School After hours of trawling the internet for ideas related to outdoor learning I came across an article about a Beach School. It was a school who had sent a teacher to be trained as a beach school practitioner and they were now taking children onto the beach to explore and learn. The whole ideaRead more
Enjoying the great outdoors I have always enjoyed spending time outside. As I child I had a great interest in nature; maybe it stemmed from spending time on my grandad’s farm, but whatever the reason I loved being outdoors. Typically I was the child catching the frogs in my hands or turning over logs to find miniRead more
On a mission to find out how children can have fun and learn I came across Grendon CE Primary School. They had been awarded ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted and their website said: ‘Grendon CE Primary School is consistently amongst the highest performing primary schools in England. Our innovative approach to learning has received wide acclaim for rapidly improving standards,Read more
Although I originally questioned my career path I was probably always destined to be a teacher. I left university with my teaching degree and like most newly qualified teachers stood at the front of 28 children wondering what on earth I was doing. As most NQTs find out you hit the ground running andRead more