Thank you to you all for taking part in our Blairvadach 30 day challenge. Today it is time to look at what you have learnt by undertaking a review. Happy Friday everyone!

BOAC – Reviewing

Today’s challenge is to make some noise with natural objects. I bet you know some young people who will enjoy this?

BOAC – Silly Symphony

I can’t believe we are so far into this challenge already! Thanks Katie for this gem, worm charming.

BOAC – Worm Charming

Hope you had a good day. Today’s challenge was the egg drop. We hope you had fun with it and thanks for your pictures on social media.

BOAC – Egg Drop

Good morning everyone, we hope you had a great October break! This week we’re back to our 30 day challenge. Today is a fun, reflective and creative activity, enjoy!

BOAC – Journey Stick

A nice activity for a Friday, meet a tree! You will learn more about what makes one tree different from another by using your senses to explore these differences. Have a great weekend everyone.

BOAC – Meet a Tree

A great fun activity for today! Forage for some natural materials and build the biggest structure that you can. This could be a competition or a personal challenge. We’re looking forward to seeing your creations on our social media.

BOAC – Structure Building

Today is a fun activity to learn about how some birds keep their eggs and young safe. Nest building! Get creative and knowledgeable at the same time. Please send us pictures of your creations.

BOAC – Nest Building

Time for something peaceful, relaxing and creative. Scan the sky and let your imagination run free. Send us some pictures and tell us about your experience. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

BOAC – Sky Scanning

Happy Monday everyone. Today is a fun physical challenge, finding things to climb or move along. Get out there and have an adventure!

BOAC – Traverse Challenge

We have a fun Friday challenge for you, create a model human Skeleton in the playground. We’re looking forward to seeing your creations on our social media accounts. Have a good weekend everyone!

BOAC – Skeleton Drawing

It’s a beautiful day outside today, ideal for a bit of raft building! Have fun with this one and remember to keep the pictures coming on social media. Thanks everyone!

BOAC – Mini Raft Build

We hope you had a relaxing experience yesterday with your forest bathing. Today we challenge you to tie a knot. Follow the instructions and let us know how you get on!

BOAC – Knot Tying

Time to relax! Find a quiet place to be alone with your thoughts for a while and let yourself be rejuvenated by nature. Hope you all enjoyed your long weekend.

BOAC – Forest Bathing

Time to get motivated and get some exercise! Have a go at our constrained sprints to learn more about how your body works. Have fun and please send us a video clip or two on social media.

BOAC – Constrained Sprints

Challenge 15 and the magic number is 15. Can you fit the numbers 1 to 9 into a 3×3 grid with each row or column adding up to the magic number. Its a lot harder than it sounds. Hope you all have a great weekend!

BOAC – Magic Number Square

Good morning! Today’s challenge is to build a dam. A fun interactive activity that blends some science, technology and can lead to some interesting discussions about the sociopolitical implications of dam building. Please send us some pictures of your creations.

BOAC – Build a Dam

Good morning everyone, what a beautiful day! Today we’re looking at some numeracy skills outside using leaves as a fun resource to help us. Now that the seasons have officially turned and we are past the equinox, you will probably notice a lot more leaves on the ground and can admire the amazing range of colours too. Why not make a palette and count how many shades of each colour that you can find? Remember to send us some pictures!

BOAC – Make Leaves Count

Today’s fun is to have a go at making a map. Understanding how maps work is an important life skill that enables us to explore our environment effectively and helps to develop spacial awareness. Please share your maps with us on social media!

BOAC – How to Make a Map

We hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed the great weather! We are now into our third week of the Blairvadach 30 Day Challenge. Thank you for all of the feedback and interactions you are giving us on social media. Today we are looking at the very topical issue of Environmental Sustainability through Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Here is a game to help you get your young people thinking about this concept.

BOAC – Reduce Reuse Recycle

Today it’s time to learn about the cardinal directions, North, East, South and West. Here is a fun game that you can enjoy outside. You can also develop the game to include other aspects of the geography curriculum such as enironments where different animals live. Have fun and let us know how you get on via social media.

BOAC – TheWorldCompass

A bit of fun science and maths today learning how to measure the height of a tree and you don’t even need to climb it! Send us a picture and let us know how high your tree is.

BOAC – Howtomeasuretheheightofatree

Time to get close to nature! We love this activity and so do the young people. This activity will help foster a greater appreciation and understanding of the natural world. Get in touch with @BlairvadachMr_T on Twitter if you need help to identify anything.

BOAC – BugShakeDown

Have fun building an obstacle course then challenging your friends to take part!

BOAC – ObstacleCourse

We hope you had a good weekend everybody. Today is day 6 of our 30 day challenge and time for something creative and reflective. We can’t wait to read some of your 5 line poems! Please share with us on social media.

BOAC – FiveLinePoem

Thank you all for a great first week of the Blairvadach 30 Day Challenge! We hope you have enjoyed the activities so far? Today’s challenge is to learn about telling the time from a clock face using a fun outdoor game. As ever, continue to let us know how you get on through our social media channels. Have a good weekend everybody!

BOAC – ClockWorkCones

Great fun to be had today whilst improving your numeracy skills! #CountingWithSticks.  We would love to hear from you on our social media channels so feel free to get in touch and show us what you have done.

BOAC – CountingWithSticks

Today is day 3 of our #30DayChallenge. Can you build a shelter capable of keeping a small cuddly toy or action figure dry and safe from the weather? Try different materials to see what works best and take a picture or video clip of the results. We love hearing from you so please continue to let us know how you are getting on via social media.

BOAC – MiniShelterBuilding

Stay fit and healthy whilst enjoying an outdoor space! Use the 10 workout cards to complete a circuit in your local park or playground. You could team up with a friend or relative to help you get motivated or just challenge yourself. Maybe you can invent some of your own exercises?

BOAC – PlaygroundWorkout

Playground Workout Cards

Today we are very pleased to announce the launch of our 30 Day Challenge and the new Blairvadach Outdoor Activity Cards. Each day this week something new to help you learn more outdoors! Check out day 1, outdoor activity risk assessment, with links below.

BOAC – OutdoorRiskAssessment