Are school ponds making a comeback? In recent months I've visited several schools with sadly unloved ponds, yet each school expresses l

Felicity and I have been updating our CPD courses - the first one to get the treatment is our brilliant (if we do say it ourselves) early years maths and numeracy action research CPD. We've updated it to include new thinking, new activity ideas and the latest ideas about the importance of physicality and movement in young children's learning. The new programme is suitable for early years practitioners wishing to take a lead on, or with responsibility for outdoor learning thr

I admit it: I steal; I scavenge; I can't walk past a skip without peering into it. And I blame my mum. As a child, the principles of 'waste not, want not' and 'refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle' were instilled into me by my mum (Hi Mum! <waves>), who was waaaaay ahead of her time when it came to environmental issues. The result is my addiction to charity shops, an ability to chop up and sew pretty much anything into anything else, and a possibly unhealthy attitude to other peopl

I admit it: I steal; I scavenge; I can't walk past a skip without looking in it. And I blame my mum. As a child, the principles of 'waste not, want not' and 'refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle' were instilled into me by my mum (Hi Mum! <waves>), who was waaaaay ahead of her time when it came to environmental issues. The result is my addiction to charity shops, an ability to chop up and sew pretty much anything into anything else, and a possibly unhealthy attitude to other peopl