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Making the most of your outdoor environment

A well-planned outdoor environment will become an essential part of your setting and can be used across the curriculum and in every season.  The benefits of outdoor play All children benefit from access to outdoor play and learning opportunities. In addition to the educational value of nature-based programming are the health benefits of getting outdoors. Some…

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Episode 4: Bringing the outdoors into all areas of learning with Sue Asquith

Throughout episode 4, Alistair Bryce-Clegg, and International Educational Consultant Sue Asquith, talk about the value of using outdoor spaces in all areas of learning across the Early Years framework.   Sue and Alistair share practical ways to incorporate all areas of learning into your outdoor spaces to support children’s learning and development. From PSED and physical development…

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James Clarke

Meet our Outdoor Spaces Webinar panellist: James Clarke

James Clarke is the Design Director at Spaceoasis, responsible for their value-engineered capsule collection, Learniture. With over thirty years’ experience in the furniture industry, James has extensive knowledge of, and experience in the furnishing of learning spaces.   From early BSF projects through to some of the UK’s leading independent schools as well as international projects from…

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Episode 3: Continuous provision in the outdoors with Sue Asquith 

In this episode, Alistair Bryce-Clegg, and International Educational Consultant Sue Asquith, explore continuous provision in the outdoors. Alistair asks Sue the million-dollar question; how do we define it, and what should practitioners consider?   Open-ended opportunities Sue explains the importance of open-ended learning opportunities. What resources are likely to inspire children in their early childhood? And…

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Meet Podcast Guest: Niki Buchan

With a biomedical background, Niki has lived and worked in South Africa, and Scotland and has been calling Australia home since 2011. She has a great love for the outdoors and has been working with both adults and young children in very consultative, naturalistic environments both indoors and outdoors for more than 38 years. She…

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