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Outdoors: STEM – breath of fresh air

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

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Air is not only essential for life but is also a fantastic STEM resource in its own right, and Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson’s ideas will blow your mind

Outdoors: Stem – experimenting with friction

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Forces are all around us – this month we’re going to explore the forces that relate to motion on wheels: pushing and pulling, and the effects of gravity and friction. By Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson

Outdoors: Stem – discover the Sky at Night

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Unleash children’s curiosity about the night sky, with a host of activity and clever resources ideas. By Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson

Outdoors: STEM – explore changing states

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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Science and technology can work just as well outdoors as in – if not better. In the first of a new series, Julie Mountain looks at changes of state

The Plants in My Street: Conifers

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Conifers make up 40 per cent of Earth’s plant cover and provide often-fragrant cones. By Julie Mountain.

Alison Clark's Slow Pedagogy: How to be 'slow' outdoors

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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What is ‘slow pedagogy’ and what does it look like for children and practitioners when taken outdoors, asks Alison Clark

The plants in my street: Horse chestnut trees

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Best known for their conkers, Julie Mountain explains how to make the most of horse chestnuts

The plants in my street: Oak trees

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Oak can support more than 2,000 species, is great for climbing – and has acorns. By Julie Mountain

Make the outdoors a place of 'irresistible temptations'

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

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In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what other settings can learn from those she visited

Outdoors: Natural adventures

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

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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

The plants in my street: Time to go blackberry picking

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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August is the traditional blackberry month – so get a-foraging, says Julie Mountain

EYFS Best Practice: All about … beach schools

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as in Forest School– but with added drama. By Annette Rawstrone

Outdoors: The plants in my street – grass

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Let grass grow, says Julie Mountain, and discover a world of sensory, STEM and environmental benefits

Outdoors: How to resource a 'wild' space

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Julie Mountain visits past Nursery World award winners to discover how to resource and lead a high quality ‘wild’ space outdoors

Sustainability: New climate education document aims to give children agency

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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The drive to net zero includes educating children on climate change and sustainability. Dr Diane Boyd has written Sustainability Matters in Early Childhood, a new resource designed to help settings do just that

We've explored… tadpoles

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Monday, June 26, 2023

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A visit to a pond inspired the children at one setting in West Yorkshire to learn about tadpoles and frogs and recreate their environment in their play. By Annette Rawstrone

We've explored… gardening

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Friday, June 2, 2023

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After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired to design a plot of their own. By Annette Rawstrone

Outdoors: The plants in my street – the dog rose

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

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Dog rose works incredibly hard all year round and there is a distinct lifecycle you can share with children, plus opportunities for making cordial and jelly. By Julie Mountain

Outdoors: Creating inclusive outdoor environments

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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How can outdoors be an enabling learning environment for all children? Julie Mountain reports on how award-winning early years settings provide routes to inclusion outside