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Taking learning outdoors can transform lessons.
Don’t be daunted –
plan for success, follow a few key strategies and you will be inspired to
take children outdoors even more.
Learning through Landscapes May 2011
Make yourself heard!
• Check that...
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schools
Taking learning outdoors can transform lessons.
Don’t be daunted –
plan for success, follow a few key strategies and you will be inspired to
take children outdoors even more.
Learning through Landscapes May 2011
Make yourself heard!
• Check that outdoors the children
will be able to hear you.
If, for example,
the field is being mown, or there is an
outdoor performance practice, will it be
too noisy for you to be heard?
• Position yourself so the children have
their backs to the sun when they look
at you, and so your voice travels
downwind.
• Avoid the tendency to call or talk too
loudly to the children.
• Praise the children who are showing
that they are listening to you.
Be prepared
• Check the outdoor area you wish to
use will be free when you need it.
• Collect together all the extra
resources you may need and check
you have enough of everything.
• For written work supply clipboards
and pencils (easier to write with if
there is a shower) and take spares.
• Depending
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