by wildelycreative | Aug 26, 2011 | Case Studies, Forest School
“We’re Going To The Woods Today!”
What impact does a programme of exiting, meaningful outdoor experiences in local woods have on the outcomes of a group of nursery children, mainly boys, some of whom have English as an additional language?
by kindlinglily | Jul 9, 2011 | Case Studies
I have been working closely with a school as they went through some massive changes. When I first worked with them in March last year the Foundation stage; nursery and reception class were two separate entities. Hilary who leads the unit, has been inspired by a trip...
by kindlinglily | Nov 29, 2010 | Case Studies
As the children had their lunch I went up to the treehouse site (if you are new to this project then catch up here and here). I wanted to check things over and see what things looked like without half a dozen small bodies on top of the walls and door frame. A group of...
by kindlinglily | Nov 28, 2010 | Case Studies
Last week I began a child led project with a foundation stage group of children to build a treehouse. It was a very process oriented project. The children were content to have moved from hammering, sawing and drilling around a table inside, to have moved to hammering,...
by kindlinglily | Nov 19, 2010 | Case Studies
After the popularity of the work bench in the Atelier I was reflecting on how we could keep developing our skills with the tools and make a collaborative project. I also wanted to take the work bench outside. Over the next few sessions we have some different tools,...
by kindlinglily | Nov 5, 2010 | Case Studies
So far this week we have only had to down tools to deal with an injury twice. Once for a very small cut that needed a plaster and once for a finger, that got hit with a hammer slightly harder than all the other times we hit our fingers and thumbs with a hammer. Not a...