Down to the woods: outdoor project

There's more to outdoor play than the school playground might offer. Alison Mercer sees how some children are learning further afield A dragon in a tree, blossoming bluebells and daffodils, fungi, an enormous muddy pond, a chance to make a fire... whenever the nursery children from Redesdale First School in Tyneside go down to the nearby Rising Sun Countryside Park, they're sure of a few surprises. Their weekly visits have introduced them to the great outdoors and allowed them...