Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds From supporting environmental awareness to promoting resilience and adaptability to improving mental well-being, there are a whole host of benefits to Outdoor Learning. Which is why – in addition to the outdoor activities outlined below … Read More
The value of Learning Outside the Classroom, and the positive impacts it can have on teaching and learning, is supported by an enormous body of evidence. But as experience is just as important to theory, our experiential INSETs always provide staff with opportunities to recall and reflect on their own outdoor memories. Combining expert thinking … Read More
With more and more schools looking for meaningful ways of using their outdoor areas as learning areas, our range of tailor-made Outdoor Learning Trails is proving ever-more popular. Providing engaging and multi-sensory approaches in Maths, Literacy and Science, they have been designed to meet all budgets and are developed to support your particular needs and … Read More
Every year we deliver our Learning Outside the Classroom workshops to schools, helping them to realise the potential of their outdoor spaces for creative learning opportunities Learning Outside the Classroom Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds. Find out more… Learning Outside the Classroom INSET Our … Read More
I’ve made many visits to Scotland over the last couple of years, taking as creatives’ learning programmes to primary and secondary schools in Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glasgow (lots of trips to Glasgow!), Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Langholm, Paisley, Renfrew and Troon. As part of our ambition to promote creativity in education, we’ve developed the Five C’s. … Read More
We’ve been promoting the benefits of Learning Outside the Classroom ever since our foundation, ten years ago. Over that time, we have developed a whole range of methodologies, sharing our passion for and expertise in the area with tens of thousands of children and young people right across the country. And, with a reputation for … Read More
The value of Learning Outside the Classroom, and the positive impacts it can have on teaching and learning, is supported by an enormous body of evidence. But as experience is just as important to theory, our experiential INSETs always provide staff with opportunities to recall and reflect on their own outdoor memories. Combining expert thinking … Read More
Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds. Every year we work with schools across the UK to help realise the potential of their outdoor space/s for creative learning opportunities. Outdoor MathsSchools’ outdoor areas offer a wealth of stimulus for learning in Literacy. Whether it’s an observational poetry … Read More
A nostalgic whim took me on a detour recently, to show my kids where I had built dens amongst trees and bracken as a dirty-kneed nine year old. It was the same spot, I told them on our approach, where my big brothers regularly rode their bikes on dirt tracks, over obstacles and down dips … Read More
Specifically designed to bring learning to life and give pupils exciting opportunities to practise and develop their skills, our Maths and Literacy Trails feature a wealth of engaging and meaningful activities. Perfect for outdoor spaces, they can be easily adapted for indoor use on rainy days – and have been developed with differentiation in mind. Although we … Read More
View our wide range of curriculum linked school workshops Tapping into pupils’ own creativity, our unashamedly fun Creative Maths workshops include: CSI: Maths, The Pirate’s Challenge, Big Maths, The Trading Game and Outdoor Maths… Explore Maths Our best-selling poetry workshops are available all year round as well as on key annual events … Read More
Our Catch-Up Summer School 2023 workshops are now available to book allowing you to create tailored maths, science or literacy-based creative days – or your own cross-curricular programmes! This summer over 3000 pupils are taking part in our Catch-Up Summer School workshops. Whether you are looking for a one day workshop or something longer-term our … Read More