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.
Category Archives: 30 Day Challenge
Day 9 – How to Measure the Height of a Tree
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.
Day 8 – Bug Shake Down
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.
Day 7 – Obstacle Course
Have fun building an obstacle course then challenging your friends to take part!
Timeline – 30 day challenge calender of events
Here it is… The complete roundup of all 30 activities and dates for the next 2 months. Each activity has a corresponding YouTube link and activity specific card that are clickable in the pdf highlighted below 👇
We would love if you could take part in one, two or all thirty challenges and share your progression with us. At Blairvadach, we fully believe that outdoor learning and outdoor education will have a strong part to play in the coming weeks, months and years and hope these cards can encourage those little steps into a new learning environment or bounds into a huge world of opportunity.
We have had a great start to our #30DayChallenge to #LearnMoreOutdoors with schools from all over the country getting involved via our social media channels. Feel free to follow us, tag us or share your progress using #30DayChallenge and #LearnMoreOutdoors on the streams below.
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Week 2 is just around the corner, with five exciting and educational reasons to get out of the classroom environment. We’ll be using our literacy skills to create a five line poem on Monday. Our physical and creative skills while compleying our obstacle courses on Tuesday. We will be examining and recording the ecosystem of a bush/shrub on Wednesday with a bug shakedown. Using numeracy skills to measure a tree on Thursday. On Friday, we close the week with a look at compasses and how the can be used in cross curricular learning.
So much coming your way.
Jump onto our Webpage to download the Outdoor Activity Cards – www.blairvadach.org.uk
We hope to hear from you soon. From all the staff at Blairvadach O.E.C.
Day 6 – Five Line Poem
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.
Day 5 – Clockwork Cones
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!
Day 4 – Counting with Sticks
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.
Day 3 – Mini Shelter Building
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.
Day 2 – Playground Workout
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?