Outdoors and Active
Outdoors and Active – an action research project commissioned by the London Borough of Newham – took practitioners from nurseries, schools, PVI settings and children’s
To audit the current provision for physical development outdoors in your school or setting, you can download our three sample audit sheets below. You should try to audit how your outdoor space is being used on several different occasions, so you can capture how it may be used at different times of day, in various weather conditions and by different groups of children. Think about the potential of the space and record what could happen, as well as what children are doing to develop their physical skills and capabilities, and the resources and spaces they use to do so.
To observe children’s physicality, download the BoingWhooshRolyPoly outdoor observation audit sheet .
To explore children’s physical development outdoors, download the Outdoor audit sheet
To examine children’s outdoor play, download the Outdoor Play Observation audit sheet.
To assess an activity, you can use the Risk Benefit Thought Cloud sheet.
Outdoors and Active – an action research project commissioned by the London Borough of Newham – took practitioners from nurseries, schools, PVI settings and children’s
Busy modern lives are having a dramatic impact on the health and wellbeing of our youngest children. They play outdoors less, spend more time being
Little or no equipment is needed to get children active in the park – not even the play equipment that’s probably already there! If there is play
Even everyday journeys and mundane chores can be used to encourage children to be more physically active. Here are some ideas, suggested by the Outdoors
Toddlers need plenty of balance practice once they are up and walking. Each of the three semi-circular canals in the inner ear respond to movement in different
An early task for the Outdoors and Active action researchers was to identify the barriers to taking children out and about beyond the setting. Only
Human beings are “hardwired” to take risks, from birth. Babies take their first independent breaths; they decide to try crawling and walking and then running;
Traditional fixed play equipment is not necessary for physicality; if it’s there, then great – use it. Most of the Outdoors and Active project settings
Children can have fun and be active in any kind of landscape, but there’s no doubt that the more diverse and intriguing the space, the
Are children at your setting moving enough? Do they enjoy plenty of physically active outdoor play? The Newham Outdoors and Active practitioners spent eight months
Some of the childminders involved in the Outdoors and Active project thought that a kit of easy to carry, low cost resources could encourage children
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