QI 1.5 p21 – Management of resources to promote equity
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We effectively use the community and indoor and outdoor spaces to maximise high-quality learning.
QI 2.2 p27 – Curriculum
Challenge question
What do we do to encourage a child’s sense of belonging and increase their knowledge within their wider community?
QI 2.3 – Learning, Teaching and Assessment
p28 Challenge question
How well are we enabling Children to become independent learners and develop the 4 capacities?
To what extent does our learning environment support different types of play?
p29 Level 5 illustration
Children are highly motivated and fully engaged by the range of rich, challenging experiences and opportunities that are on offer both indoors and outdoors.
QI 2.4 p31 – Personalised support
Babies, toddlers and young children benefit from exploration and engagement with natural materials including daily encounters with nature and learning outdoors
QI 3.3 p46 Developing creativity and skills for life and learning
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Our Outdoor learning environments and engagement with the natural world offer regular high quality experiences that enable children to explore ideas and materials and to use their imagination freely.
Challenge question
How well do our Indoor and Outdoor spaces support creativity, curiosity or inquiry?
How well are the natural materials and open-ended resources used to support sensory play, exploratory play and creativity?
QI 2.1 p37, 38 & 39
Staff understand the importance of outdoor play for children’s health and wellbeing, promoting sustainability and caring for the environment.
Staff recognise the right of all children to enjoy outdoor play. Children can influence when they play outdoors every day and regularly explore a natural play and learning environment. Children are confident in exploring and developing their outdoor environment, supported by staff who actively support and encourage children in their endeavours.
Staff understand the positive impact rich, multi-sensory outdoor play and learning has on children’s resilience, health and wellbeing. Children have uninterrupted time to become absorbed in their play and have fun.
Positive approaches to the benefits of risky play underpin effective outdoor and physical play and learning experiences.
Opportunities are provided for children to learn about sustainability and caring for their natural environment
QI 2.2 p43
The indoor and outdoor environments are sensitively structured and take account of all children’s stages of development and learning.
