If someone is struggling with letters in the classroom, get them outside, says Charlie McNair. ‘You can find different ways of teaching – use sticks to make letters or make them out of mud paint. It is about making it multi-sensory and understanding that shapes of letters in the classroom can be quite intimidating. If you are outside you may not remember the word but you remember the feeling – say, the mud being cold and wet – and that triggers a piecing together.’
Ms McNair went on a two-and-a-half-day training course from Rooted Forest School, Outdoor Learning Practitioner, aimed at Level 2. The course delivers some background to modern outdoor learning, and practical information on getting the team ‘on board’, planning and delivery, managing and improving outdoor learning environments, and ecology.
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