Outdoor Learning
The Outdoor Learning Journey
Pam Lowry, the Principal of Killylea Primary School, recounts how they started off with getting the children outside 1 day a week for outdoor play. 5 years later they are an 'outdoor learning' school.
Pam Lowry, the Principal of Killylea Primary School, recounts how they started off with getting the children outside 1 day a week for outdoor play. 5 years later they are an 'outdoor learning' school.
Learning Points
Learning Points
Outdoor Learning is about learning in a different engaging, child appropriate way.
Consider starting with one day a week for taking the learning outside.
Consider getting outdoor play established and then move to outdoor learning.
Cross curricular links can be explored using this approach.
It does not have to be expensive to implement but recognise that this will take time.
Key Questions
Key Questions
What has made you consider this as an area to explore?
Was there anything in this video clip that surprised you?
