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The Woodland Trust
has a website aimed at younger children called Nature
Detectives. There are 1000+ of downloadable activities to
help children discover nature, woods and trees, scavenger
hunts, art competitions, crafts and puzzles.
www.naturedetectives.org
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'Going Out to Play and Learn' a leaflet by
Marjorie Ouvry for Early Education
Down load this informative leaflet aimed at helping parents
understand the importance of learning outdoors
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Merrylee
Primary is the only school in Glasgow, and indeed in
the UK,
to have a natural play environment which started as an idea
discussed between the head teacher and a member of the
forestry commission. See what they achieved on their school
website
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Here is an indispensable
book full of practical, exciting and high quality
mathematical ideas for our youngest children based in sound
early years practice and written by someone who knows what
works. It is attractive, full of colour photographs that
often speak for themselves.
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Outdoor Learning in Northumberland Ltd
Delivering exciting, high quality and practical workshops
(including Forest School) for children in schools and early
years settings.
http://www.outdoorlearn.co.uk/ |
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Why stay indoors this summer?
Find out more about National Picnic Week, 9th-15th August
2010
http://www.picnicweek.net/
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The Northumberland and
Berwickshire coast is a
wonderful area to visit with
lots to learn and enjoy.
‘Our Coast Our Sea’ aims
to make it even better, offering
inspiring ideas for your visit
and helping you discover
providers of exciting activities
for adults and children. It also
provides dates of upcoming
events suitable for learners of
all ages.
http://www.ourcoastoursea.org.uk/
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Growing Schools The DCSF 'Growing
Schools' website has been designed to support teachers and
Early Years Practitioners in using the "outdoor classroom"
as a resource across the curriculum for pupils of all ages.
You can download their 'Get Growing' leaflet, especially
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An excellent article about the benefits
and importance of outdoor play. (For
research/study purposes or just in case you
need it to convince anyone!)
Excerpted from
Play, Development and Early Education by
Johnson, Christie and Wardle
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The Institute for Earth Education is
a not-for-profit, volunteer organisation
made up of an international network of
individuals and member organisations. We
believe that a special kind of education
- EARTH EDUCATION - can make a
significant difference in the health of
our planet.
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Design for Play - A guide to
creating successful play spaces
This guide produced by Play England, shows
how to design good play spaces, which can be
affordably maintained, which give children
and young people the freedom to play
creatively, and yet still allow them to
experience risk, challenge and excitement.
The guide is available free of
charge - order your copy from Play
England or download here.
Download
Design for Play: A
guide to creating successful play
spaces [2.7MB PDF].
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The mud centre:
Recapturing childhood
Becky J. Jensen
and Julie A. Bullard
This is the story of an
early childhood programme
staff’s decision to share
the joys of mud with
children through the
creation of a mud centre.
click here
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Muddy Faces: a company providing resources to promote
challenging outdoor play including outdoor clothing and
Forest school equipment.
www.muddyfaces.co.uk |
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Early Years
Outdoors,
in partnership with
the national school grounds charity 'Learning Through
Landscapes',
helps early
years settings improve how they use, design and manage their
outdoor spaces.
To visit their
website
click here
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Imaginative Play outdoors- ideas and resources
available from the Early Excellence Resource Centre:
Themed role play resources, books and signs to stimulate and
enrich expression, communication and language including
firefighter, paramedic, builder, garage, picnic, camping and
barbeque, shopping, etc.
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Click here to access their informative early years
outdoor learning pages
Outdoor learning |
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Playlink Places for Play photo exhibition:
Intro
PLAYLINK is a multi-faceted independent play and informal
leisure consultancy working in the areas of
design, planning, policy, strategy, local
engagement, fundraising and organisational
development. Visit Playlinks home page for
more ideas for developing outdoor play
spaces
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Nature's Playthings
Author: Alison Wilson Smith
A whole world of free
entertainment is out there waiting to be discovered, in
gardens, woodlands, hedgerows, rough land and open spaces.
All it needed was Alison Wilson Smith, now a grandmother, to
recall her childhood activities using nothing but nature’s
playthings, to inspire a whole new generation to play
outdoors.
Here’s how to make itching powder from rosehips, the rules
of conkers, the joys of making leaf-boats, flea darts, grass
whistles, daisy chains, poppy dolls and more. Of playing
pooh sticks, stone-skimming, pond-dipping, stick-in-the-mud,
dam-building and feather-collecting.
This practical and lively
book will remind parents and grand-parents, childminders,
schools, and playgroups, how to inspire young people to get
outside and enjoy nature’s playthings.
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Nature's Playground: Activities, Crafts and Games to
Encourage Your Children to Enjoy the Great Outdoors
By Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
This delightfully illustrated book is
a guide to introducing children to the outdoors through fun
activities in nature. Designed for use by families, carers,
play workers and teachers, the book sets out guidelines for
safe and engaging play outdoors, with useful tips on how to
hold children's attention on longer excursions.
For more details
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Welcome!
We want to
inspire all schools to get gardening
Join the Campaign to get your own school growing and help us
to bring the joy of gardening to school children across the
UK. The benefits of gardening are endless; increasing social
skills, creativity, confidence, and healthy and sustainable
living; building a positive future for the next generation.
Click here
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The B&Q One Planet
Living (OPL) Grants provides £50 to £500 (at retail
cost) of B&Q materials, for example, pond liners, plants,
peat-free compost for projects such as a pond/wildlife
garden.
For details of how to apply
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Edible Playgrounds want to get every
school in Britain doing just that - setting aside a bit of
ground for growing, plus learning and having bucketloads of
fun along the way! Click below for ideas, help and lots of
useful links
http://www.edibleplaygrounds.co.uk/
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Welcome to
Groundwork Northumberland
Groundwork Northumberland
works to promote environmental regeneration and
improvement in Alnwick, Blyth Valley, Castle
Morpeth and Wansbeck.
Developing School grounds –
working to create stimulating school
environments for play and learning
by transforming school grounds.
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| Cooking outside
with children can be an exciting and memorable experience.
The storm kettle is a valuable tool to help you quickly heat
water by creating a small contained fire from twigs, paper
etc.
To find out more about storm kettles
try:
http://www.eydonkettle.com/
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The Playground Potting Shed:
A foolproof guide to gardening with children
By Dominic Murphy
Join the school
gardening revolution
with this charming and
practical guide to
gardening with children.
This is the story of how
Dominic Murphy set up a
thriving gardening club
at his local primary
school, and an
easy-to-use,
week-by-week guide to
gardening throughout the
academic year.
Packed with tips for
growing everything from
sunflowers to salad, as
well as ideas for
projects that
incorporate many key
areas of the curriculum,
from art to science,
this is the ideal
resource for teachers
and parents alike.
For more information on
how to obtain this book
click here
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| Bridgwater
College is the pioneer of the Forest School concept in the
UK.
Their website provides background
information on Forest Schools and training to become a
forest school leader.
Forest School is inspirational,
opinion changing and challenging. It raises expectation. It
is a “breath of fresh air” (Margaret Hodge, former Minister
for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education).
http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/pages/sites/forestschool/index.asp |
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Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto
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The aim of the Governments manifesto
is to ensure that all children and young people have a
variety of high quality learning experiences outside the
classroom
To find out more about the manifesto
Click here
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| The leading
charity dedicated to wildlife conservation and environmental
education in North East England. Our mission is to conserve
local wildlife, promote nature conservation and provide the
means by which everyone can become involved.
http://www.nwt.org.uk/
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Expertise is the website of Optimus Education. They publish
books, resources and newsletters for education
professionals, focusing on Early Years, special educational
needs, thinking skills, enrichment, leadership, assemblies
and more.
For useful articles on developing
outdoor learning spaces and risk taking try the following
link:
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