Playful activity ideas using sticks - if you only have an hour outdoors with your children, make the most of it!

Our new action research style CPD course brings you our most effective, tried and tested ideas to take STEM learning outdoors. The programme is suitable for KS1 and KS2, and especially for maths, DT and science subject leaders. This course is designed either for one school or a cluster of schools to work together on developing STEM outdoors. The course will build your confidence in making connections between STEM subjects and planning and delivering your own engaging program

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

Review of Juliet Robertson's first book, Dirty Teaching.

Stop Press - Play Learning Life's obsession with sticks goes global (sort of): we were delighted to be asked to write about our (somewhat unhealthy) obsession with sticks, in this week’s Nursery World magazine. Our focus was on how practitioners can make the most of this free and fabulous resource to enrich the early years curriculum. We’ve touched on physical development of course (observing children becoming confident handling a stick that’s taller than they are is always