Our training day this year we had the pleasure of welcoming Circle of Life Rediscovery for our annual team training day. Director Marina Robb has dedicated her career into researching and sharing the advantages of nature education to support development, resilience and improve mental health. Marina and her team set up at our very own forest school site to ignite the inner child within us and explore the benefits of outdoor learning both for us and our children.
Our educators had the opportunity to explore various ways of extending children’s outdoor learning within their practice, including the exploration of loose parts and using tools, extending maths outdoors, storytelling and songs, risk benefit assessments and building outdoor shelters. Marina herself also emphasised the importance of us as educators and how we can really support our children to get the most out of outdoor play, helping to inspire, motivate and empower our teams in the magical work they do every day.
