outlook • May 2007
learning through landscapes
groundnotes July 2009
Unlocking the potential of
your school grounds
Schoolgrounds-UK
around your school grounds with new
eyes – and challenge yourself to identify
useful features that could help you to...
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outlook • May 2007
learning through landscapes
groundnotes July 2009
Unlocking the potential of
your school grounds
Schoolgrounds-UK
around your school grounds with new
eyes – and challenge yourself to identify
useful features that could help you to
deliver a different key aspect of the core
curriculum, a vital initiative or offer added
value to the community.
After all, your
outdoor space is a resource that’s every
bit as valuable as your school building.
In this Groundnotes, school grounds
professional Felicity Robinson goes back
to basics and helps you ensure you are
unlocking your school grounds full
potential, with ideas for:
• curriculum delivery
• supporting initiatives
• extra curricular activities
• practical pointers for successful
outdoor experiences.
curriculum delivery
outdoors
When teachers are asked to estimate the
percentage of time they use the outdoors
as a teaching environment, it is clear that
older children benefit very little from core
time outside – ofte
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