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in my opinion, just a park or garden is enough

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I think the best place is outdoors to bring students closer to nature

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I actually don't have a clear idea about which space would be the best, but I'm sure museums wouldn't be a good place because students get annoyed by thinking it's boring.

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For me the best idea is to take children to the garden or in a museum or in shopping more.

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I used the school yard for outdoor activities from games to reading and the students are very excited. For the next year I plan to take my students to the school yard to plant some flowers and to make a corner for relaxing.

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I practised the numbers with my young students by playing hopscotch.

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As an extracurricular activity, we went out to the small green area in the garden of our school, using our magnifying glasses, and examined the plants, insects and soil. The eyes of all the students holding a magnifying glass that day were shining with excitement.

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The school yard have grass so it is a natural area and we develop some projects outside.

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We used the school garden to plant flowers and trees, to inventory birds, insects, plants and the sports field for music and exercise.

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We read books in the school yard.

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I used the classroom courtyard to conduct a science lesson. Years later, the pupils still remember the content.

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I used the school yard to teach traditional games.

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I used school's yards to teach some basic words in English by playing game. I used ballons or balls for high school students, We learned in an enjoyable way.

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I used the walls of the school to paint, to attach materials made by students.

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We had activities in our school garden, usually in spring when we can plant trees and flowers and of course in our school library for various types of activities from reading to creative workshops.

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Drawing murals related to historical places on school walls

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soil experiment

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We used the school yard to paint, study the sky, read books, play games and plant flowers and had a lot of fun.

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Yes, we used the school's yard for planting trees or flowers, to read outdoors, under the trees, to play games and have fun.

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The school where I teach has a spacous yard, part of which is a garden. All the teachers of the school have used it for outdoor activities, especially gardening and language and environmental studies.

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We used our school garden for an activity we had to do in our eTwinning project. We made compost. We observed for a month and saw that we were successful when we opened our compost buckets to pour under the flowers in our school garden. We have also drawn the attention of other students and teachers.

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I never tought outside before - I had some activities, mainly for various projects, but my egular curriculum waas never taken outside classroom. When I think about it - I CAN use many outdoor spaces: school yard. river nearby school, park, playground near school... any space can be related to some literature or language topic so I have a great advantage in that.

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Schoolyard could be a good option especially for creative activities like study and create poems.
Unfortunately there isn’t this tradition in my school, si maybe I will have to start it.

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School yard: extracurricular educational activities..
Others / computer lab, school garden / natural environment / library.

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We studied in the school yard, playground and in the park.

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Planting seeds, preparing bird feeders, art activities, etc.

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Learning can take place everywhere - a historical centre, a park, a street, a factory.  The behavior of some students can stop me from planning outdoor classes since I cannot always offer them safety. I'd wish to have an assistant.

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I used the school yard to research the properties of soil, water and air, examples of the use of solar and wind energy, planting flowers and growing herbs, cleaning the environment.

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We held outdoor activities in the courtyard of our school, which also has a green space. The parents helped me by bringing us plastic crates to the school which the students used as chairs. The pupils read a story about ants, analysed some parts of speech, composed sentences, we clamped the worksheets with the solved exercises, we worked in teams as follows: the first team had to compose a poem about ants, the second one had to solve a problem, using materials from nature, the third one had to write the quintet, the fourth one had to sing, the fifth one had to work on a painting with ants made of leaves and petals. The pupils were more attentive, more involved in the activities, wishing we had more outdoor classes.

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Activities outside the classroom could be carried out in a park, in an orchard, in a forest. Activities outside the classroom could be carried out in a park, in an orchard, in a forest. I havedid lessons in the schoolyard, especially related to reading, but also to mathematics or science.

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I used school yard for painting flowers and reading books.

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I use our school garden a lot with my preschoolers and we experience things... learning English: we found out that sand can be very hard, but if one pours water on it, it softens and you can dig easily. By contrast, if you poor water on concrete, it still remains very hard. Kids did not know beforehand, they checked with magnifying glasses and they felt quite sure they would be able to dig into a concrete wall, after watering it!!

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I have used school yard many times for educational purposes. For example:
- To measure how many trees are in the yard
- To paint the trees
- To observe the trees in winter and to distinguish them into deciduous and evergreen
- To make feeders for the birds
- To prepare a picnic
- To read a story and turn it in a theatrical play

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I don't use our school's yard as often as I'd wish. Usually I have used the school yard for dancing and singing activities so as to have more space for my students to move and feel free. It is worth noticing that my students' excitement and motivation increases immensely when we step outside the classroom.

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Our topic was word enrichment study about plants. We went out to the garden. I asked them to write down the plant names they found within 10 minutes. Then we went inside and wrote the names on the board. And we translated them into foreign languages.

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Yes, I did! I paid homage to a historical figure and laid a wreath at the statue of Avram Iancu in the schoolyard. That's how they learned history, showed respect for their ancestors and spent time differently!

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A visual of our out-of-class work. There is drama here, there is a practice of listening to the sound of the wind and dancing, there is a concept teaching, there is a work of art with natural materials using shadows. Many gains have been achieved with a few activities done in nature with an integrated activity.

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I am a vocational course teacher. The students would learn how to count the patient's breathing in the lesson. We went out to the garden. First we counted our respirations while at rest. Then we ran in the schoolyard and counted again. We compared the two.

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I have usedschool yard to create a garden with herbs during a biology class..we have also created art designs in the walls og our school with the help of our art teacher..other spaces that could be used for outdoor activities is the school's field that is being used for sports

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Praia da Rocha beach is really closed to my school - so here we usually have Educação Física outdoor!
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We use the playground and the school's garden very often in my school for singing and dancing activities.

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ı used the outdoor reading book park,and take pictures and playing activites

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I teach English and French. I have gone into the yard to have the kids do role plays just getting to know each other in French, reenact dialogues from their school book or make up their own scenes on bullying. Older ones practiced their English speeches on sustainability in the yard. They love to do that in the sun. They can also go up onto benches and speak to the audience from there.

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Every single morning before going into the classroom, my students and I do three laps around the school yard. 1st we march, 2nd we skip, 3rd side slide. Then student race in groups of three from one end of the yard to the other.

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I have used the school's yard for different activities, but as a teacher of English in high school, I mostly do scavenger hunt activities or activities in which we study the vocabulary of our environment. What I would like to have in the school yard are some benches, so we could do some reading or speaking activities. There's also the area of the school atrium, but it is not very spacious and it would distract students from focusing because it is surrounded by classroom windows.

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I teach English as a foreign language. I usually play outside with the kids. Colour shark and Simon says can be played outside very well. Children enjoy fresh air and they know a lot of playground and nature words. They can connect words to real objects and movements. The right and left hemispheres of their brains develop equally.

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I use regulary the school yard to students explore and take pictures of aspectos Tha se spoken in classes and after they guide the others students and explain what they Discover ir.

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We do various activities in the schoolyard;we also play chess, fly kites

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I use the kindergarten yard as a learning environment. I planted aromatic plants, flowers and fruit trees with my children, I studied insects, flowers, leaves, I made various constructions from natural elements, I did math with pebbles and sticks

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As a student teacher, I have never conducted any lesson that uses a school's yard. Nothing prohibits me from using one, and I would love to make use of the space for lessons that are compatible with the space. The only thing that should be considered is the resources the school has to make learning in a school's yard meaningful.

—Austin Nicholas Dragoș [United States of America]

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We used the outdoor reading park, the school garden to plant flowers and trees, to inventory birds, insects, plants, and the sports field for music and exercise.

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We have used our school garden ,which we have created from scratch, as we had adopted the place ,in many subjects like Maths,Natural Enviroment Lesson and so on ! We organize even Easter Eggs hunting there ! Kids and I just love being there!

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Outside classroom learning can take place in a  neighborhood park, in a museun, in a gallery or in an aquarium.

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I used the school’s yard
for games about the weather: it’s nice, it’s hot .... we do theater activities a few times

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We use school garden for games, such as hidden word, tpr activities.. When we go outside, they don't want to come in again :)

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This year we started taking learning outside,in the school yard.Observing ad marking what they could see around was a start for making a story later

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I use my town as a very useful object for learning outside the classroom walls. As a language teacher, I go outside and visit different buildings/Institutions to learn the words.

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I use the school yard for creative activities. This year I participated in the earth art contest, I created a work from fallen leaves.

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Outside our school there's the reconstruction of a prehistoric village; we planted emmer seeds, we grained and baked on stones. We used looms to wave... Once a year the village opens for each class with some workshops of pottery, tattoos, archery, copper beating....

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I use the school garden that we created with the involvement of our students to teach certain vocabulary. I always associate a game and movement to these lesson.

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I use in the last few days the school yard for playing vocabulary games with my students, they really like it. They have to run, find cards, talk to each other, they enjoy it!I enjoy it, too!

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I use in the last few days the school yard for playing vocabulary games with my students, they really like it. They have to run, find cards, talk to each other, they enjoy it!I enjoy it, too!

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My students have used the school yard by learning science unit.We created different terrariums and I took their photos step by step and then they created their videos by using conjunctions .We are planning to play scavenger hunt in our garden next week.I hope that my students will be so happy for playing in school garden

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Many students spend 4 or more years inside the school without knowing it.
Looking, listening and contemplating the school, going out to discover the environments outside the classroom, patios, playgrounds, trees and other corners full of life is a good start to give wings to your imagination and carry out your first educational adventures!
The work dynamics, proposed in the different etwinning projects, in which the school was involved, are examples of activities in contexts outside the classroom, privileging the schoolyard and surrounding area.
Take advantage of the space outside the classroom to apply the curricular contents of measures of length, perimeters and areas. In practice, in natural contexts, there is greater motivation and involvement in learning. Learn to do by doing!

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As I work in a VET high school as a foreign language teacher and teach students attending trade and cmmerce courses, I often realize outdoor activities in shops and other locations in town more than in schoolyard.
I use activities in school park for creative writing activities.

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We have used the school yard for students to work in groups to promote inclusiveness by participating in the GEM IN erasmus+ transnational project. The kids loved it, they gained knowledge, sang together and rolled the dice too many times!

Home - GEM IN - Game to Embrace Intercultural education (gem-in.eu)

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I have to improve the link between my lessons and the outside. Working with projects outside is easy for me. I've worked with naming the trees from the school yard or just planting items in a vegetable garden. The problem is adapting my classes to the school yard.

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My students have used the school yard, the school canteen, the library, the gym… pretty much all the spaces a school offers (yes, even the toilets) to learn. They’ve also used their house or neighborhood as settings for learning. There were different types of activities involved:

-        Exploring seasons by observing the nature around school/home;

-        Learning about body parts and movement in the gym;

-        Doing some research in the library;

-        Learning about school rooms around school;

-        Finding out environmental issues at school/at home;

-        Playing a language game outside;

-        Labeling the rooms in their house;

-        Identifying the animals they could see in their neighborhood;

-        …

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In school's yard students often play games as:
- the volunteer turtle game, design paths, give others instructions to follow the path.
- the treasure hunt game.

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My school has an excellent outdoor space, where I usually carry out various activities with my students. This year I developed an eTwinning project on environmental education and many of the activities were carried out abroad. In the photo, the students were just trying to listen to the sounds of nature, so that from there they could move on to a research project.

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We have not used the kindergarten yard very often due to the distance restrictions (Covid) but both I and the children like the plant care activities, the movement activities, the greening, the research activities.

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We go out with preschoolers. In the morning, the children are given a clue as to what to do. I allow children to mention and offer tasks themselves. When we go out, we first do a daily study of the weather, the season. Then let's get to the lessons. The children outside are inspired and happy to work.

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In most schools, the courtyard is a safe, spacious, convenient place for learning activities. I intent to use it for activities concerning maths, preparing carefully in advance a part of it in order both my students and I can work as being scheduled, while the rest of the school will enjoy a normal school life.

Even if there are is enough free, safe and suitable space for outdoor activities in our courtyard (running water, soil, flora and fauna, sport equipment, soccer field, basketball and volleyball courts, outdoor covered areas), my planning is oriented towards its use while the rest or a part of the school will be away in other activities (excursions, educational visits,…).

The main difficulty which arises when practicing outdoor activities is to incorporate this learning process in the official curriculum in an efficient and effective way. Additionally, both planning and deploying outdoor activities are time- consuming which is discouraging for the higher school levels.

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One of my favourite is making herbariums and exploring the local plants.

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We are lucky to have a great school yard. We do not make the most of it though. Teachers use it for PE lessons, scavanger hunts, reading corners, planting trees and taking care of various plants and even break time. We have recently bought some sitting pads to be used for outdoor lessons. Next week we are organizing an outdoor day for all students. Hope it will be a success for both teachers and kids. That could be a good starting point for bringing teaching out of doors in our school. We also organize concerts for parents outdoors.

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In our school's yard, I've tried scavenger hunts. But the last activity I've tried was a QR code peddy paper. The students love to scan the codes, answer the questions and run to the next code. Sometimes I attach the codes to strange places and they are harder to find!...

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The place that does not cost, does not require effort and always has an application area is the school garden. 🌟In the teaching of geometric shapes, by preparing a game in the school garden, as much as the specified shape and the desired number we prepared a competition with jumping 🌟Painting outside with canvases.🌟Reading a book under the trees🌟Creating a garden using waste

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Today I took my first-graders out on the school yard where we used paved space to draw big grids for classification exercisses. They were learning and having fun 😉.

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At our school we are lucky enough to have a space for the students to plant their own vegetable which they take care of and watch grow. I have also prepared scavenger hunts in the school yard. We have also used the paving to draw bar graphs of the different leaves we could find instead of just drawing the graph in their books. We sometimes go outside and sit under the tree for our reading lesson.🌳

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Outside of the classroom, we used the school garden for teaching. We collected leaves, painted and printed. We made pictures of animals with leaves. We designed a door ornament. We collected cones. We painted and designed our own forest. In writing studies, we did writing activities in the school library. We did addition and subtraction. We drew geometric shapes.

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I recently use the school yard for planting flowers with my students and they parents. But they felt very beautiful when i told them to close their eys and only hear the sounds of nature. I also told them to distinguish the nature sounds from sounds of civilization. Then I told them to smell the nature and describe the smells of nature. So I introduced to the kids the senses.

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In my school there is a courtyard that is mainly used for sporting activities, I have used it several times for outdoor teaching activities. The most significant was for a flask mob on the occasion of an ERASMUS mobility in our school.

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We carried out a project and had an activitiy to create a sustainable learning environment. we created a vegetable garden with organic seeds.My students learnt how to grow vegetables and they understood how much effort needs to grow vegetables

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Almost every day we are outside - on schoolyard. Maybe just for 10 minutes, to go on freh air walk or run. Maybe to study, to read, to repeat, to harden, to create, to play, to study, to observe.....

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What I realize is that I dont use the school yard except for playing, physical education and pic nic. I will change that!

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In my school it is very common to have moments of learning outside the classroom.

In addition to celebrating festive days – Music Day, Poetry Day, Children's Day, Carnival, Halloween, … - the school yard also serves to have various curricular subjects activities. I usually do Peddy Paper at the end of each quarter, with competition between classes about a particular book that was read and analyzed in the classroom. These activities are games where students have to go around the school (Library, Theater room, Music room, Gym, Vegetable garden, Gardens, Soccer fields, Student and Teacher lounge) responding to various challenges (singing, reading , writing, drawing, imitating, declaiming, dancing, dramatizing) in a given space of time. There is always a prize for the winning group: a book according to the age group of the students.

This type of activity requires coordination between the different teachers of the different classes, but it is always fun, fruitful and encourages reading.

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Schoolyard is mainly the place for physical education classes but it can support teaching and learning of many other curricular subjects especially through embodied and playful learning activities.  It is also of high educational value to leave a space for students to create a garden. Students can collaborate and gain knowledge and skills by actively involved in all the process of its creation and caring.

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I practiced the alphabet in the schoolyard with first graders. The students repeated the alphabet by walking in a circle, jumping and squatting on certain letters. It was a lot of fun, and very successful.

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I have not done something outside my classroom, but each year, a colleague organizes with her group a "treasure hunt" as Dr. Barfod suggests. Students go around the classrooms and some parts of the school, collecting clues, the returning to the the teacher, just to have some other lue to be found. I've seen her students enjoy the activity a lot. I will try it out next semester.

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We do many activities in the school garden. Mathematical measurements, observation, experiment, artistic activities, reading books games etc.

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I use the school yard for differnet activities, for maths (walking and counting our steps, or jumping and counting oyur jumps), for physics (using the playground seesaw as a mass comparison yoke), for enviromental studies (observing the trees and plants), or simly by picking up trash in big garbage bags and cleaning it!

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An example of how the schoolyard can be used as an outdoor stage with a red carpet for the parade of masked students on the occasion of Joke Day April 1st.

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I try to use the school yard, mostly for physical activities. But I rememeber that an earthquake happened and we went to the yard we took the advantage to talk about this phenomenon. School yard is a place you can teach anything.

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We have prepared sensory play corners such as a music wall and a water wall in the school garden.

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What we enjoy the most is our small garden. Pupils have learned, among other things, the germination cycle by doing. We also use the schoolyard for phisycal educationactivities, for Easter Eggs hunting, drawing, painting, reharshall drama, storytelling...lots of different activities.
Other types of spaces for learning outside the classroom that exist in the school are the gym, that we also use for the same purposes than the schoolyard in rainy days and also  a cooking workshop that we use once a term to learn and prepare healthy food.
The library is another part of the school that we use as learning space.

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The school playground is not very representative, but I try to make the most of it, so I planted plant seeds and smaller seedlings with first graders and we learned about seeds, seedlings, planting, the necessary ingredients for proper plant growth and development. In times of great heat, I try to do language lessons with the students in the shade and start with a conversation, then tell a review of the story, followed by a return to the classroom for writing in a notebook.

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Our school yard was just and empty space with nothing for the children to play. So one year we had a project about making a proposal to the local authorities about this specific yard. The children were thrilled and they were measuring, counting, designing and questioning about what is they need in a school yard. As you can imagine we had to spend a lot of time outside and the results of that project were astonishing. Two yearls later the municipality constructed a convntional playground, nothing like the ideas that children came up with. But still it was a big improvement.

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When we plant plants outside with my students, they also learn effectively. As religion teachers, we plant plants/trees with our students. We make an electrical circuit (simple). We make mockups. We are coding. We go to exhibitions.

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I used the yard of my school for educational purposes with 5th grade students. Students measured the length and width of a tennis and football field. They calculated the area of the school tennis and football court and compared the obtained result with the actual football and tennis court. We also have a park around the school so I can learn about the plant and animal species that live there.

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We paint, we sing, we read, we talk, we do nearly everything in the school yard