Friday 5th July 2013 is Empty Classroom Day!
Guest post by Zoë Slade. On Friday 5 July 2013 schools all over the country will be learning outside for Empty Classroom Day. Empty Classroom Day is a day to celebrate all the learning that takes place outside the classroom and to encourage even more outdoor learning. The day was created by schools and organisations at … Read more
It was twenty years ago today
I have been involved in the Woodcraft Folk for many years, as a volunteer working with children and young people between six and 18 years old. This nation-wide organisation was established in 1924, and was originally an off-shoot from the scouting movement which some people felt was too militaristic when the world was still recovering … Read more
Are children safer playing outside or indoors?
Reblogged from Outdoor Nation: ‘Stranger danger’ is often identified as a barrier to children spending more time outdoors unaccompanied, but, writes Chris Cloke, the NSPCC’s Head of Child Protection Awareness, a new NSPCC report published last week indicates that children are at greater risk of meeting someone who might harm them through the internet or … Read more
Bad weather should not be an excuse for not going outdoors!
Our children’s best memories of playing outdoors include careering down a muddy hill on an old bin bag, snowball fights, splashing in muddy puddles, running around in torrential summer rain and drinking hot chocolate in their den on an icy night winter picnic. You may be surprised that most of these activities weren’t done on … Read more
Getting kids beyond the screen and into the green
I’m not sure what happened, but it seems as though people have started living their lives through screens instead of through day to day interactions. Instead of talking to someone face to face, a text or an email is sent. The issue only seems to be magnified in the younger generations. Kids play video games … Read more
March2Work scoots and skips off!!
Chris has been joined by loads of kids (and some adults) on the Isle of Man to scoot, skip and zoom to work to kick off his Love Outdoor Play campaign for Safer Routes 4 Play on the Isle of Man and everywhere! Why not join him on March 22nd and video yourself to highlight … Read more
A broken limb, the Health and Safety Executive, and a good outcome
Reblogged from Rethinking Childhood: The Health and Safety Executive – the nation’s safety regulator – is so often the fall guy for everything that is wrong about the way risk is managed. But last week I heard an anecdote that brought home to me – in an unexpected way – the positive role HSE is … Read more
How could you March2Work?
Last year all of the Love Outdoor Play team watched, laughed and cheered as Chris Gregory bounced, hopped and hula-hooped his way to work every day of March to get people talking about the importance of safe routes for kids to walk and cycle themselves to and from school. Well this year he’s asking you … Read more
The nature of the walk to school
Reblogged from Outdoor Nation: Less children are walking to school than a generation ago, missing out on the experience of the nature on their doorsteps, writes Jayne Phenton. One of the more vivid memories of my younger schooldays is the nature table. Leaves, flowers, pebbles, precious empty bird’s eggs and other finds were offered up, … Read more
Loving Outdoor Play at Homerton Grove
Have you ever been to an adventure playground? I mean a real local playground, a secret magical space, a bit of nature and adventure in the inner city? A place kids from 6 to 15ish can hang out, play, cook, scream, dig, make friends… Well on Friday I had a lovely few hours on the … Read more
We’ve been given a Liebster Award!
