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Teachers Learning Pack- Carbon Footprint

This Learning Pack has been created to provide teachers will engaging tasks to educate children about fossil fuel and carbon footprints. Included in this pack is an Activity plan, Worksheets and Resource Cards. All three resources can also be downloaded separately.

Teachers Learning Pack- Carbon storage calculator

This Learning Pack has been created to provide teachers will engaging tasks to educate children and help them calculate carbon storage. Included in this pack is an Activity plan, Worksheets and Resource Cards. All three resources can also be downloaded separately.

This activity plan highlights the importance of sustainably managing our natural resources, focusing
on the important role trees have as a carbon store; absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
through photosynthesis

Teachers Learning Pack- Woodland Management

How a tree works activity plan-

This activity plan highlights the importance of sustainably managing our natural resources focussing
on trees and their systems function

The woodland management tree cycle-

This activity plan highlights the importance of sustainably managing our natural resources, focusing
on the life cycle of trees and the cycle of sustainable woodland management

Sustainable Site Management Video- Conservation and Nature Play - Part Two

In the second video of this series, discover how to take children into local woodland for conservation and nature play.

Click here to view this video.

Sensory Woodland Stories- Storytelling tips and Origins

This resource sits alongside the Sensory Stories and Rhymes cards and provides tips to enhance the experience for those involved. This also provides background information on the origins of the stories.

A range of simple and inspiring education story resources for children with complex additional needs. Scripts and suggested props to allow for extra engagement and flexibility to suit the children you are working with. The Storytelling Tips and Origins resource accompanies these cards and provides tips to enhance the experience for those involved. This also provides background information on the origins of the stories.

Trees, People and the Country Estate

The Trees , People and the Country Estate resource is an introduction to the Enlightenment and the role trees and forestry played in the development of modern Scotland. It is designed to support curricular work delivering People in the Past and People in Place Experiences and Outcomes. Relevant topics supported by this resource include the Jacobites, slavery and its abolition, the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the New Town of Edinburgh and Scotland at the time of Burns. This resource is supported by the shorter companion resource Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment.

Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment

This resource, Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment is an outline of the story of the Enlightenment and the beginnings of modern forestry and is intended as a brief introduction to a complex subject, which is complemented by the more detailed stories told in Trees, People and the Country Estate. Links to this resource are given through this text and are highlighted in yellow with page numbers.

Scotland is the home of modern Forestry. Forests here are managed now very differently to how woodlands were managed in the past. This resource tells the story of how Scottish forestry developed during a particular historical time period, known as the Enlightenment and in a particular sort of place, the Scottish Country Estate.

This popular resource has been produced to support teachers who are reading the novel Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver with their classes. Set in Mesolithic times, the novel is not only an exciting read but also reveals much about the lives of hunter-gatherers who lived in Scotland 10,000 years ago.

The resource aims to:

Bring the Mesolithic period to life through a series of woodland and classroom learning activities

Encourage pupils and teachers to enjoy spending time in their local woodland

Support teachers in delivering Curriculum for Excellence outcomes through outdoor learning

Wolf Brother's Wildwoods (coastal resources)

Annotated poster to support Scottish Forestry's Wolf Brother's Wildwoods resource, showing how Mesolithic people used the coastal landscape for food gathering and campsites.

Wolf Brother's Wildwoods: Every part of the deer (poster)

Annotated poster to support Wolf Brother's Wildwoods resource, showing how wild boar and deer are skinned and used in a Mesolithic camp.

The Wee Tree Name Guide is part of the Identifying Trees resource, also created by Outdoor & Woodland Learning Scotland. The Identifying Trees resource along with others highlighted within, such as the Woodland Trust Tree ID app, will help provide further information on how to identify trees and should be used together to gain a deeper knowledge and insight into this topic.

Learning to identify and name trees and putting that skill to use gives a positive context and provides key tools for addressing two of the most pressing concerns of the climate emergency: loss of biodiversity and inequality. It also brings Learning for Sustainability through Outdoor Learning to life.

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Teachers Learning Pack- Carbon Footprint This Learning Pack has been created to provide teachers will engaging tasks to educate children about fossil fuel and carbon footprints. Included in this pack is an Activity plan, Worksheets and Resource Cards. All three resources can also be downloaded separately.

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Outdoor Classroom Day is a day to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom, and we want YOU to get involved!

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This section contains suggestions for experiences based around playing outside in natural spaces where children can enjoy playing and developing a love of the outdoors and nature that lasts a life time.

It is worth exploring other pages of the blog posts such as Developing Outdoor Spaces and Gardening. These contain posts that have strong connections to nature play and vice versa.

Outdoor Early Learning and Childcare

Plants

Leaves

Sticks

Animals

Birds

Snow, frost and ice

Other weather explorations

Water

Beach and sand

The urban beach visits - one nursery's experience of getting this going. Much of this was around building confidence of staff and children to explore.

Beach play - 10 ideas. In the unlikely event that your children need some inspiration. Good for linking to a relevant text.

Shells - 10 ideas. A few short, simple ideas for playing with shells on a beach.

The sand dog sculpture - small is beautiful. Sometimes a bag of sand is all a group needs.

Sandpits outside - challenging myths and misconceptions. The one stop shop for finding out about the ins and outs of having sand in a early years or school grounds. Also lots of examples of practice to give you ideas.

The Highway Farm sandpit. An illustration of a creative self-build approach: different levels, mirrors, use of platforms and pulleys. Good for settings wanting to stretch the play possibilities.

A tyre sandpit. *This was my first attempt at a pop-up sandpit. Whilst it looks good, there are lessons to be learned and one key one is active and ongoing management of the pit. Also I wouldn't put soil and plants around the edges anymore.

A recycled sandpit kitchen. *An example of a play space created through careful use and placement of unwanted home economics furniture - with due regard to checking and ensuring the safety of these to use in this context.

A seascape to whet the appetite. As a result of the grounds developments, Inverallochy School children were inspired to give the school dining room a sea theme makeover - a lovely example of indoor/outdoor connections that can be made that involve the community too.

Boggle Hole - Children need to have access to objects and ideas that spark the imagination and get the creative juices flowing. This Youth Hostel does just that!

Rocks, stones and pebbles

Mud

Generic nature play posts

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Every child needs frequent and regular opportunities to garden. We need to move away from thinking that a gardening club and providing gardening as an alternative curriculum for children not managing classroom work is a whole school approach. Instead, gardening can be a core outdoor experience for each class. This does not have to be onerous or high-commitment. A focus linked to the interests of the children, creative themes such as "growing your dream" or linked to a project such as minibeasts can be a lot more fun than feeling you have to maintain the school veg patch.

Growing plants is magic. Biodiversity is brilliant as you see a patch of ground come to life. It's a place of experimentation, observations and investigations. It is a fundamental part of helping children learn about positive steps they can take to tackle climate change. As much as possible follow the children's lead. If they want to grow a particular plant or try something then do this. Child-initiated and child-led projects appear to have greater impact on the memories created and the value of what has been learned.

Also gardening can grow into a life-long passion. This may not be apparent in childhood but is the sort of activity that connects us all to the land and eventually the fingers begin to become green and begin to itch again. in adulthood. Every garden kept that is not hard landscaped into a driveway can play a vital community role as part of a whole watershed approach to managing floods and reducing the impact of flash flooding.

Many of these 50+ blog posts are now quite dated but still feel relevant. In particular, the schools have moved on and changed, so these posts capture a moment in time rather than current practice! It is worth exploring other pages of the blog posts such as Developing Outdoor Spaces and Nature Play and Learning. These contain posts that have strong connections to gardening and vice versa.

Getting started

Wee green fingers. A list of plants for different places that will grow in Scotland and support biodiversity, pollination and other plan needs.

Kickstarting a whole school approach to gardening. A simple approach that requires soil and a trug or small container for each class. Children are actively involved in planning, designing and planting up the trug.

A wonderful wildlife garden. Fantastic example from RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries & Galloway with a series of tips for schools. This is a useful read before beginning anything too ambitious or posh.

Zen gardens - a reflection. Another useful entry point into creating and maintaining a garden as well as link to mindfulness, meditation and other wellbeing approaches. You can create large Zen gardens but these also work well as individual trays outside or in.

Do you have a poisonous plant in your school grounds? Practical advice about potentially harmful plants and positive management approaches. Should help with concerns and myth-busting.

Plants, containers and raised beds. If you are thinking about going for this type of gardening, read this first!

Whole school approaches to gardening

This video taken of Westpark Nursery outdoor space shows the development of their asphalt area and how they have taken creative approaches to embedding gardening, improving the biodiversity and greening the outdoor space - all on a shoestring budget!

Integrating gardening into the curriculum

The art of plant study outside. Using a range of resources to create representations of plant functions and structures. Highly valuable alternative or precursor to the ubiquitous worksheet.

Garden labels of love. Making the act of labelling a garden or outdoor space a creative opportunity that ignites children's imagination.

The best in the show. Examples of miniature gardens that should fire your children's imagination!

The biblical garden. These are uncommon but provide interesting food for thought particularly for schools linked to churches. Every plant and gardening area has a biblical connection.

A crocus labyrinth. This wonderful example from Cruickshank Botanic Garden shows the possibilities of a springtime temporary labyrinth. Many other options exist and exploring labyrinths is a wonderful opportunity to link Heath and Wellbeing with Religious and Moral Education.

The Pansy Project. This is perhaps one of the most poignant art and guerrilla gardening projects that acknowledges homophobic and transphobic abuse. Perhaps more appropriate for secondary schools but every educator should visit this post and website for greater understanding.

Fairy gardens and literacy. A miniature world such as a fairy garden can be an ideal setting for children to create their own settings and narratives. Although the blog post is EY in focus, this is relevant for all primary ages too.

Death, decay and new life. Using rosebay willow herb to illustrate the life cycle of a plant.

Plant ID in a parallel universe. Photo Booth comes alive using the mirror line function to make plant identification with a difference.

Habitat creation

8 easy minibeast habitats that young children can make: "Skinted not minted" ways of increasing homes and therefore biodiversity in your outdoor space.

Minibeast hotels and other residences. A blog post showcasing a range of different options - it doesn't need to be the "same old, same old" ideas.

Log piles - creating a flourishing wildlife community. The old-fashioned log pile remains a free or low cost option for improving biodiversity. This blog post explains how to make one, where to put it and how to care for it.

A bird feeding garden. A naturalised approach that is based upon how birds feed in the wild created by wild gardening expert and former RSPB officer Ella McLellan.

Red squirrels. Advice from a red squirrel officer and a look a squirrel proof bird feeders.

Play stumps. This blog post focuses on the play value but there is also high habitat value if the stumps are left alone.

Ponds in schools. Some examples and things to consider before embarking on a creating your own.

Making a pond from a tyre. Useful approach to making a small scale pond to learn the ropes. So much easier than a big project!

8 ways to re-use your Christmas Tree - real trees whether rooted or cut can be retired outside and found a second lease of life.

Just an old shed? Look again. A gardening shed can be a good place to store gardening kit but this is a good example of how to theme it using homemade resources that can help improve its biodiversity.

Composting! Yes this is a wonderful habitat for a range of minibeasts as well as creating free compost for your garden. You may also want to integrate this into a wider worm project or even a simple sing song.

Confessions of a worm worrier. Composting with worms. A bit of a knack was needed to get this up and running but the quality of the compost and worm juice was excellent.

QUICKBLOCKS. Where Duplo meets gardening so that raised beds and other growing features can be created in an instant, designed and put together by children.

Willow structures

Simple gardening-related projects

Re-using paper - origami seed packets. Great way to use newspapers, magazines or old book pages to store collected seed. Guerrilla reading!

Repurposing books into seed packets. When you have old library and books that are no longer fit for purpose, then give them a new lease of life to store seeds.

DIY clipboard flower press. This is an uber quick approach to ensuring a whole class of children can have their own flower press. Since writing this post, I've even ditched the clipboard and just used cardboard and elastic bands.

Gardening and foraging recipes

Foraging for fruit - a way to love gardening. Supporting children to find and eat food safely outside - with a handy download for off-site foraging.

Nettle soup - a wonderful way of foraging and using young spring nettle leaves for a tasty soup. Just leave plenty of nettles for wildlife and other uses such as cord.

Garlic mustard pesto. A lovely spring-time recipe that children can make from gathered garlic mustard.

The soapwort experiment. How to create a natural and traditional alternative to using soap. The plant is a vigorous weed so useful in a container where it can be cropped year after year.

How to make a seed bomb. A recipe of a different sort - to support the scattering of seeds 🙂

Hawthorn fruit leather. Creating tasty snacks using an ancient drying technique that provided an essential supply of vitamin C in winter months.

Making rosehip syrup. An old wartime recipe that helped keep the nation healthy owing to the high quantity of vitamin C found in roseehips.

Random posts

Gardening books and websites worth visiting

There are many other local and brilliant gardening websites, blogs and other information out there! It's worth a search as gardening does rely on local knowledge.

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Many children express themselves through art, music and drama and these can be a catalyst for exploring an outdoor environment. I am also fascinated by public works of art and how we can apply the thinking behind these to both developing our schools grounds or activities we can do there with our children. My approach is a "skinted, not minted" one.

Within this, behind every project we now need to be thinking of sustainable approaches to both grounds development and any activity that takes place there. Over the coming months you will see amendments to many blog posts to reflect this so that we, as educators are proactive about our efforts to tackle climate change.

Exploring textiles outside

Creating sculptures and exploring texture

Googly eyes: exploring magnetism outside but it doesn't have to be boring. Go for a creative approach to this science concept. You'll start thinking walls are watching you....

The sand dog sculpture. One small amount of sand can be used for moulding, shaping and sculpting. Exploring the texture of sand. No need to make a dog or a sandcastle. You are only limited by your imagination.

Funky junk art. Fantastic example of how the use of an external artist can inspire creative explorations of off-cuts. This is the work of Pete Moorhouse who can work with children and young people of all ages (shameless promotion but he's really good).

An urban mapping art project... done with beach balls! A very adaptable concept to a range of experiences or activities

An autumn memory mobile. A group piece of artwork to reflect upon an experience. Doesn't have to be seasonal.

The necessity of a white sheet. Brilliant wee addition to any environmental art work.

Exploring pattern and line

Exploring colour

Hunting for gold. A colour scavenger hunt can be made richer by focusing on a range of one colour. Useful springboard into further explorations of colour or descriptive writing.

Group masking tape artwork. Often shared artwork can create a sense of collective ownership. This example uses natural and found resources to create an arrays of colour by mashing and grinding with pestle and mortars. This blog post shows individual examples.

Colour and light explorations with sweet wrappers (and a transparent tarp). Whilst not a long lasting piece of art work, the creative process and the use of a frequently discarded piece of 'litter' can help children see colour and garbage differently.

Rainbow potions. Creating natural watercolours from plant materials. making them is also an art form ... giggle!

Leaf art. Simple examples of colourful leaves gathered and used on asphalt to create fetching environmental art.

Shadow explorations with an iPad. A curious discovery about one element of Photo Booth that lends itself to investigating shadows.

Improving schools grounds and outdoor spaces through art projects

Inspirational public artwork

Community art projects

An outdoor tea towel. Designing a school tea towel with a difference: a chance for children to add in their own ideas and an opportunity to collaborate and support local businesses.

Well dressing in Derbyshire. A nature art custom in many local villages. The process and detail is amazing. I think smalll versions could be brilliant as a nature celebration.

After the storm - a transient art project. A lovely example of a woodland desecrated by a storm is used for a temporary sculpture trail that invited local people to get involved and consider how the storm impacted their lives.

A seascape to whet the appetite. As a result of the grounds developments, Inverallochy School children were inspired to give the school dining room a sea theme makeover - a lovely example of indoor/outdoor connections that can be made that involve the community too.

Boggle Hole - Children need to have access to objects and ideas that spark the imagination and get the creative juices flowing. This Youth Hostel does just that!

Outdoor Music

Outdoor dance and drama

Other posts

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There's almost 70 blog posts with ideas and suggestions to support you to develop your literacy provision outside, be this in the early years or primary school. Most are open-ended and can be easily adjusted to the level at which you work.

Note: for some visitors to this website, the photos in each blog post take an age to upload. They will appear. Be patient. Also some of the blog posts need updating. This will happen in due course.

The freebies

Getting started

Reading and exploring books outside

Writing and mark making outside

Talking and listening outside

Environmental considerations and literacy

Resource-based literacy explorations

10+ ideas for using story stones outside. This is a mixed page with lots of suggestions for primary classes, not just early years.

Story stones and thinking skills. The value of abstract designs and using the children's own stones. Story stones need to be more than just nouns that limit the possibilities.

Stones. The original blog post about using painted stones outside.

Fairy gardens and literacy. A miniature world such as a fairy garden can be an ideal setting for children to create their own settings and narratives. Although the blog post is EY in focus, this is relevant for all primary ages too.

Creating ongoing dialogue and change with children. The use of a teddy bear as a context for exploring literacy and giving children a voice to express their preferences and interests.

Wooden spoons project. An interdisciplinary project that involves designing a wooden spoon character and then writing about it. Very simple and transferable.

Alphabet and letter work

Alphabet mirror letters. One ASN class strung and hung these for another ASN class to find. A quirky challenge owing to the ability of the mirrors to blend into the environment.

Letters from sticks. Using sticks with an ASN class to explore making letters outside. Requested by a child.

Sticky letters. Use of double-sided sticky tape to create letters with children for using on a dry day outside. Completed with a small ASN class (I think the preparation would be too much for a regular size of class unless the children did the work of putting on the sticky tape following an outline).

Introducing letters outside: creating letters from natural materials but with an extra twist.

Looking for more literacy resources and ideas

Why not attend one of my webinars or outdoor training courses, listed on the home page... you get lots of additional handouts via a password protected resources.

Buy my multi-award winning Dirty Teaching book.

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There's about 90 blog posts with ideas and suggestions to support you to develop your maths provision outside, be this in the early years or primary school. Most are open-ended and can be easily adjusted to the level at which you work.

Note: for some visitors to this website, the photos in each blog post take an age to upload. They will appear. Be patient.

Maths Week Scotland webinar

25 Outdoor Maths Games for Everyone. A range of ideas and games for making maths accessible to all. Below is a brief video with some top tips for getting outside and enjoying maths in a more expansive space.

The Freebies

Useful posts to get you started teaching maths outside

Outdoor number explorations

Outdoor measurement

Outdoor patterns and relationships

Properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects - outside

Outdoor angles, symmetry and transformations

Handling data outside

Daisy footprints. Does the size of your footprint or the place where your boot lands that will flatten the most daisies? Useful open-ended investigation for a range of ages.

Information or data handling outdoors. Exploring a range of possibilities with a group of teachers.

Resource-based outdoor maths explorations

Environmental maths explorations

Broader explorations of maths

Sketchnoting Capturing maths and other educational thoughts. Examples that include maths concepts. I also advocate teachers showing children how to sketch note so they can do their maths journals using this technique.

Can I go on the computer, Mum? A parent's experience of playing a game and giving her son the opportunity to create a game and change the rules. The outcome was much more positive.

Making environmental print meaningful at Stramash Fort William How one outdoor nursery created signs that were personalised and relevant to each child at nursery. It's about using non-standard measurements to measure distance.

Amazing mazes. A wonderful exploration and creation of mazes by a group of P6 children with additional support needs. Thank goodness for brain diversity and creativity.

STEM explorations

Maths celebrations and events

If you are looking for more maths resources and ideas

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Lesson Ideas for ALL curricular areas

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Outdoor learning ideas | Learning through Landscapes

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Hundreds of free lesson ideas and activities for every age and subject area — ideal for curriculum-led outdoor learning and Forest School.

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Our online learning hub – is designed to support our free tree packs and includes everything you need to plan, plant and care for your trees.

You can access our Nature Detectives activities here too. From tree ID sheets to nature crafts, you'll find lots of inspiration to take learning outside.

There's a range of interactive activities and printable worksheets, which you can choose to use in the classroom or outdoors. Our resources are linked to the English national curriculum (KS1, KS2 and KS3), but they're suitable for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland too. And you can search by keyword, topic, or curriculum area to easily find what you need.

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Discover free tree-planting resources and outdoor learning activities to inspire your pupils about trees, woods and wildlife.

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When you sign up, we'll send you a great pack with everything that you and your class need to take part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. You will be able to sign up from after October half term. Simply come back to this page and the sign up will be live.

All our resources support curriculum learning and are designed to meet the needs of learners from EYFS through to secondary. We also provide you with historical records of Big Schools' Birdwatch, so you can compare what you see with the national results from previous years. All resources are supplied bilingually for schools in Wales.

Get counting in your school grounds any time from 8 January to 19 February 2024. Your free pack includes helpful ID resources, handy survey sheets and more. Why not make Big Schools' Birdwatch the first step your learners take to support the biodiversity of your school grounds? Complete five more activities and your school can gain a Bronze Wild Challenge award.

Submit your results online. It's easy to do with your class interactively on the whiteboard. We really want to know what you see, even if you see nothing at all. The last day for sending us your results is 19 February.

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Get ready for Big Schools' Birdwatch 2024

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Join thousands of other schools for Big Schools' Birdwatch 2024 and find out which birds your school grounds attract. Together, we can make it count.

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Get learning - Climate
Learn about how the industries and processes we rely on are the main source of greenhouse-gas emissions, which are causing an increase in the Earth's temperature.

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Scotland has cool summers, mild winters and rainfall spread over the course of the year. We have also seen more frequent heavy rainfall events.

Find out more

Greenhouse-gas emissions are causing an increase in the Earth's temperature, and consequent alterations in weather patterns.

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A collection of useful links and resources relating to the climate topic and citizen science.

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Get learning about climate with this learning resource written by a qualified teacher that compliments the Scottish curriculum for excellence.

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The Scottish Outdoor Access Code - education resource pack

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Scottish Outdoor Access Code. Two adults holding hands with two children walk in the outdoors.

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Tally mark the symbols spotted on the road safety walk. Once back at school create a bar graph using natural materials to show the results. (Example is not of road signs).

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Write an instructional route on how to safely make your way around the village or local area. Give a description of where the safest places to cross are and how to do so.

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Nature's Orchestra

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Mini Water Wheel

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The pupils can make bird feeders using a variety of resources. They can learn why it is important to care for the birds.

The same can be done for other living things such as bees or bugs.

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Create road safety signs using natural materials outside. Use chalk to create a road situation and role play scenarios.

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Scavenger Hunt: Living, dead or never alive.

How do you know if something is alive? Have a discussion and see if you can come up with a checklist of characteristics of living things. There are 7 characteristics of living things; they move, grow, feed, reproduce, need air, get rid of waste and react to their surroundings. Complete a table and include items that are living, dead or alive.

You could repeat the activity in a different environment – how do the things you find vary in the two places? Can you suggest any reasons why?

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What's alive around you? Learn more about living and non-living things in this BBC Bitesize KS1 Science guide.

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Go on a walk of the local village/area to identify road safety signs and symbols.

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Create a leaf rubbing using pencils or crayons. Once finished you could swap with a friend and try to match their drawing to the correct plant.

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Living Things - Animal Perspectives Mapping the School Ground

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Living Things - Animal Perspectives Mapping the School Ground

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LtL offers quality outdoor learning and play training to schools and nurseries across the UK. With 30 years experience leading outdoor learning training and schools grounds advice, LtL delivers proven and quality learning.

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Since the beginning of the new school year, Mairi Thomson and Mark Irwin, who both work for Education Scotland have been organising and running a series of webinars on a huge range of outdoor themes and subjects. There are more planned for 2021. My intention is to add the videos of the live events to this blog post so that I have them all in the one place.

The collection as a whole is demonstrating the sheer breadth that being outside can offer children, young people, teachers and the wider learning community. I recommend signing up for a live webinar as they tend to be lively with a lot of interactions with the participants. I'm also aware that they may be useful for those of you working in other countries where the national support for being outside may not be in existence or quite weak. Enjoy watching! The first one is presented by Linda Reed, HT at Garnetbank and her school's journey to embedding learning and play outdoors.

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Education Scotland Outdoor Learning Webinars FREE to view

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Loose Parts Play Toolkit

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Successful Approaches to Learning Outdoors

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Successful Approaches to Learning Outdoors

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Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning

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Find suitable objects to represent punctuation marks, e.g. stones, sticks, leaves. Write a sentence on a whiteboard or several whiteboards to allow space, then place objects in appropriate place. Read the sentence aloud to check and discuss. Try using different punctuation in the same sentence and discuss.