Published by Alix Marschani on 20th January 2020 at 12:33 pm | No Comments
This book comes highly recommended by practitioners and lecturers in education. In this blog the author Helen Porter describes part of her journey as a primary teacher with an interest in developing outdoor learning using the UK national curriculum. If you use this book in your practice please leave a comment for our readers. Helen […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 18th January 2020 at 1:49 pm | No Comments
Sixty ten year olds were given half an hour to make a structure with sticks and branches. Working in friendship groups they had to respond to the challenge using teamwork, minimal resources and a lot of imagination. This is what they did: ‘Let’s lean them against the fence to make a shelter’. ‘We put the […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 12th January 2020 at 11:29 am | No Comments
Marchant E, Todd C, Cooksey R, Dredge S, Jones H, Reynolds D, et al. (2019) Curriculum-based outdoor learning for children aged 9-11: A qualitative analysis of pupils’ and teachers’ views. Abstract: ‘The relationship between child health, wellbeing and education demonstrates that healthier and happier children achieve higher educational attainment. An engaging curriculum that facilitates children […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 12th January 2020 at 8:59 am | No Comments
The State of Things and the State of Things to Come: Joining up the Environmental Dots The narrow bandwidth of sensory perception we have been operating in for the last 200 years will no longer serve us in the coming times of change, and awareness is the first step towards implementing that change. Susan Raven […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 12th January 2020 at 8:20 am | No Comments
Third meditation from guest blogger Caroline Sherwood. From the book: Making Friends with Ourselves: Introducing Children to Meditation. BREATHING THE SKY To encourage interest in colour and its relationship to mood and emotion To develop a quality of spaciousness and openness in which opportunities can arise, and understanding can grow To develop perspective. Have […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 12th January 2020 at 8:04 am | No Comments
Second meditation from guest blogger Caroline Sherwood. From the book: Making Friends with Ourselves: Introducing Children to Meditation. Animal and plant friends To promote respect for all living creatures To give a chance for fears and prejudices about different creatures (e.g. spiders, crocodiles and maggots!) to be aired & examined To encourage responsibility for […]
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Published by Alix Marschani on 12th January 2020 at 7:52 am | No Comments
First meditation from guest blogger Caroline Sherwood. From the book: Making Friends with Ourselves: Introducing Children to Meditation. Intro A Crisis of Sensitivity The ecological crisis is actually a crisis of sensitivity, which is in fact a crisis of the senses. Living at too fast a pace (with insufficient time to process information, impressions and […]
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