Children Experience High Quality Spaces, Quality – p20 Safety and Maintenance of Spaces
Our physical environment, whether offered indoors or outdoors, is welcoming, fully meets children’s needs, and is well equipped. It gives a strong message to children that they matter. We make the best use of available resources to create, sustain and enhance a motivating physical environment. As a result, children experience high-quality care and learning centred on their needs and interests.
We recognise the importance of daily outdoor play and the benefits of this for enhancing learning and wellbeing. We support, facilitate and encourage children to explore and build independence. Children are supported to actively explore and learn about the wider world
p25
How can we be confident that our physical environment maximises opportunities for children to be challenged, creative and engaged in their play?
To what extent does the physical environment support different types of play?
How can we be confident that our physical environment is maintained to the highest standards, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for children?
How do we promote diversity, equity and inclusion and how are these positively reflected in the resources, spaces, and experiences available?
Children Experience High Quality Spaces – p22 Children Influence and Affect Change
Children have high levels of involvement in influencing the design and use of spaces, which gives them a strong, clear message that they matter.
Learning, Teaching & Assessment – p39 Children’s Learning and Engagement
Children explore, experiment, and develop curiosity and creativity through a wide range of high-quality resources and spaces
Children’s progress & Achievement p62
In what ways do we ensure our interactions, experiences and spaces support children to make progress across almost all aspects of their learning
p8
Instead of focusing on recreating indoor play areas outdoors, reflect upon the unique opportunities outdoor play affords for big movement and dynamic play. For instance, consider how fresh air, natural materials, and areas for digging, growing and splashing in puddles can contribute to a child’s learning and development in ways that could never be achieved indoors.
p9
Settings should offer flexibility and an appropriate balance of time between indoor and outdoor environments. To ensure this flexibility, we are required to be reflective, solution-focused and continually evaluating our pedagogical practice.
