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Your outdoor calendar: October

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

The days are getting shorter and you can literally smell the seasons changing – but autumn is a wonderful time to be outdoors and active! By Julie Mountain

Outdoors: Natural adventures

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - flowers and mud

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Friday, June 8, 2012

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Revisiting the forest was a day of discovery for the children of Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex, says Martin Pace, director

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Call of the wild

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Monday, February 6, 2017

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A forest creature who teaches respect for nature is capturing young children’s curiosity around the world. Nicole Weinstein reports

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rise to the challenge

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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The Outdoor Challenge will get you to think hard about your setting's outdoor provision, says Julie Mountain of Learning Through Landscapes.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Boxing clever

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Monday, January 11, 2016

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Role-play boxes can increase children’s involvement in the outdoors beyond typical activities and improve their learning, reports Everton Nursery School and Family Centre’s Lyndsey Gardner

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the roof

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Having involved the children in its design, a London nursery is now enjoying its feature-rich roof garden, reports Katy Morton.

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… water

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Monday, June 25, 2018

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With summer upon us, Julie Mountain suggests some creative ways to use water in your setting

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Cream of the crop

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Monday, April 2, 2018

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More and more farms are helping to educate young children, as Ruth Beattie found out when she talked to some prize-winners

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the trail

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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In an extract from his book of story-based adventures, Adam Dove explains how woodland fairies and a big-footed troll can provide an exciting and engaging starting point for outdoor learning

Nursery Equipment: Forest School - In the thick of it

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Monday, May 16, 2016

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Forest school and outdoor teaching are becoming a key part of the early years curriculum, offering deep learning opportunities as well as cultivating a kinship with nature, writes Nicole Weinstein

Outdoors: Key 11 – guidance on supporting challenging play

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Children need to push their boundaries in all directions, so finding the balance between safety and challenge is central to this strand of the outdoors, says Professor Jan White

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Feet first

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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Follow young children on the trail of new sensory experiences and inspiring ideas to take back to nursery, with Katy Morton.

Enabling Environments: Roof garden - Green oasis

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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A nursery in central London has turned garage roofs into a haven for wildlife, finds Annette Rawstrone.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Clear thinking

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Monday, June 2, 2014

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In part three of her series on the 7Cs approach to planning outdoor spaces for young children, Julie Mountain explains the importance of incorporating 'clarity' and 'challenge'.

Enabling Environments: Composting - Wasting time

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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Children learned from a TV gardener about a vital stage in plant life and an environmentally useful practice when growing their own food. Annette Rawstrone hears all about it.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In full swing

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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Action research has helped to develop a nursery garden to better provide open-ended opportunities for learning, as well improving practice. Teacher Sue Duglan breaks down the transformation.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

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Friday, January 25, 2013

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Playing outdoors after dark can be exciting and challenging. Julie Mountain advises on making the most of outside spaces all day.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

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Friday, August 3, 2012

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Rain continued to be a source of fascination, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… Tarpaulins

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Monday, February 18, 2019

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If you don’t already have a tarp collection at your setting, perhaps these ideas will tempt you, says Julie Mountain

Enabling Environments: All about ... Creating a wildlife area

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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The best way to get children to think about our disappearing wildlife is to have them take an active part in its resurrection - and it's really simple to do, says Mary Whiting.

Outdoors - Open minded

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Monday, July 9, 2018

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As Chelsea Open Air Nursery School prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary, Nicole Weinstein finds out what makes the setting so special today

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Up and away

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Friday, September 20, 2013

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A new climbing area is offering impressive challenge and variety, says King's Meadow Primary School's Sarah Obinna.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In their element

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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Girls consistently achieve better than the boys, but research suggests that the way to male attainment is to send them outdoors, says Sarah Ghahremani.

Outdoors: the plants in my street - willow

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist Julie Mountain will be pointing out some commonly found flora and what you can do with it

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Your outdoor calendar: October

Outdoors: Natural adventures

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - flowers and mud

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Call of the wild

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rise to the challenge

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Boxing clever

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the roof

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… water

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Cream of the crop

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the trail

Nursery Equipment: Forest School - In the thick of it

Outdoors: Key 11 – guidance on supporting challenging play

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Feet first

Enabling Environments: Roof garden - Green oasis

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Clear thinking

Enabling Environments: Composting - Wasting time

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In full swing

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… Tarpaulins

Enabling Environments: All about ... Creating a wildlife area

Outdoors - Open minded

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Up and away

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In their element

Outdoors: the plants in my street - willow

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