Following the success of the P1 outdoor learning and play project, P2 children now have the opportunity to engage in this provision. This will run on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s every second week, and children will have the opportunity to develop a section of the school grounds based on their very own ideas and interests! For this reason could children please have an outdoor jacket and wellington boots on these days (if possible).
Each session we shall focus on 1 indicator from the GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) SHANARRI wellbeing wheel.
These include;
Safe
Healthy
Active
Nurtured
Achieving
Respected
Responsible
Included
On completion, children shall evaluate their experience using the 4 capacities from the SHANARRI Wellbeing wheel. This will include reflection on how they think they were;
Effective contributors
Responsible citizens
Confident individuals
Successful learners
We adopt a pedagogical approach to our outdoor learning and play provision to encourage your child to have a rich outdoor learning and play experience, develop their individual skills and enhance their wellbeing. We will also apply children’s learning and play to the Curriculum for Excellence (at their stage of development). You shall of course be kept up to date with our outdoor activities on the blog (those children who do not have photo consent shall have their pictures and comments blurred for their privacy).
Session 1: Safe
This week we brainstormed the meaning of the word ‘safe’.
We then brainstormed what a big and small risk is, and how we can reduce this.
These questions were asked to encourage children to think about outdoor environments and problem solve, to empower them to reduce risks, be safe and enjoy the benefits of being outdoors!
We then became risk assessors, and surveyed our garden for big, medium and small risks, which we coloured in red, orange or green accordingly, on our assessment sheet. We discussed how we could reduce these risks to stay safe.
After this we fully explored our garden safely, and the children shared lots of fantastic ideas for how they would like to develop the garden over the forthcoming weeks!
